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Links - Organisations in Utrecht

Stichting tegen Vrouwenhandel: Dutch Federation of Shelters and Foundation against Trafficking in Women

Tekstbureau Melusine: Christien Franken translates, edits and writes texts in the field of gender studies and emancipation

NOISE: The annual gender studies two-week summer school, organised by Utrecht University

WeAVE: The ATHENA student forum

GS@UU: The gender studies department of Utrecht University

GEM: Expertise centre for gender, ethnicity and multiculturalism at Utrecht University

NOV: The Netherlands' research school of Women's Studies at Utrecht University

GenderGraduates: Marie Curie fellowships for Early Stage Training in Gender and Women's Studies

ATHENA: Advanced Thematic Network in European Women's Studies

ACU: Political-cultural centre in Utrecht

TransAct: Centre for gender-specific healthcare and prevention of sexual violence

Advies en Meldpunt een VeiligHuis Utrecht: ’SafeHouse’ project Utrecht – against domestic violence

Netwerk Huiselijk Geweld: Network Domestic Violence

StiSAN: The Dutch umbrella organisation of abortion clinics

COC: National Federation of Gay and Lesbian associations

Links - Book Shops in Utrecht

Savannah Bay: Women’s studies, women’s literature, gender and ethnicity, gay & lesbian

Rooie Rat Bookshop: activism, anarcha, left politics

 

Links - Organisations in Amsterdam

IIAV: International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement

LOVER: The IIAV's Journal on feminism, culture and science, publishing articles (in Dutch) which highlight the world of women and gender studies in a journalistic way

Homodok-Lesbian archives Amsterdam: International resource centre for gay and lesbian studies

Schorer Stichting: Expertise centre for lesbian- and gay-specific health care

Mama Cash: Funds for women

Waag Society: Society for old and new media

Stichting PIC: Prostitution Information Centre

Women Inc: The Amsterdam-based platform for women “with guts”, of all nationalities, ethnicities, sexual preferences, levels of education, etcetera!

Links - Book Shops in Amsterdam

VrouwenInDruk: Secondhand women’s books

Xantippe Unlimited: literary book shop, specialised in women's books

Vrolijk: Lesbian & Gay bookshop

 

Links - Organisations in The Hague

E-Quality: Experts in Gender and Ethnicity

Amsterdam Tech!

Genderchangers provides courses, workshops and discussion on a wide range of technicities…

ASCII Amsterdam Subversive Cafe for Information Interchange: the place where it all began.

Eclectic Tech Carnival An annual gathering of women interested in technology.

Syster Server A server run by only women - to teach and learn sysadmin skills and to host women's mailing lists and websites.

Tech Outside of The Netherlands...

Constant VZW is a non-profit association, based and active in Brussels since 1997 in the fields of feminism, copyright alternatives and working through networks. Constant develops radio, electronic music and database projects, by means of migrating from cultural work to work places and back again.

Ada-online French-Dutch website from Belgium. The best information on women and technology I've ever read online.

Grep Grrl Inspiring group of female techies form France.

Chicas Linux The Spanish chapter.

Linux Chics The original women's Linux User Group.

Various Tech!

Take Back the Tech Action for violence against women on the web.


Old Boys Network Cyberfeminists.

Systers A community for technical women in computing that began in 1987 as a small mailing list for women in "systems". It was founded by Anita Borg and is a program of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

The ADA Project The goal of TAP is to provide a central location through which these resources can be "tapped".

WITT Project Women in IT in and around south Eastern Europe.

Gnurias A group in Brazil.

TechNixen A German network for women who are active in different ranges of the computer engineering.

Clean Computers Campaign Attention to re-use and recycling of gadgets.

Links - Various

Guerilla Girls: Fighting discrimination with facts, humour and fake fur

Emancipatie Portal: Links to various feminist and emancipatory institutions