- University of Houston’s Women and Gender Resource Center
The University of Houston’s Women and Gender Resource Center is located in Student Center North, 2nd floor. The center has various resources and help by the friendly staff from contraception to a library filled with items to satisfy your needs on any topic you want. Groups from a variety of topics are also hosted weekly.
2. Know Your Housing Rights: For Survivors of Domestic Violence
English: https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/violence/33978pub20080206.html
Spanish: https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/violence/33979pub20080206.html
3. Discrimination Against Muslim Women
https://www.aclu.org/womens-rights/discrimination-against-muslim-women-fact-sheet
4.Rights of Women Workers
English: https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/employ/13124pub20040130.html
Spanish: https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/employ/13135pub20040130.html
5. Title IX & Sexual Assault: Know your Rights
Title IX is a legislation passed in 1972 that prohibits the discrimination of women in any public (and some private) schools, which includes participation in sports and extends to sexual assault claims that any person brings forward to universities.
6. The Women’s Resource of Greater Houston
http://www.thewomensresource.org/Resources.html
Focuses on mainly getting women to be financially stable and independent in the Houston area. It includes links to many things one may not know about, such as savings accounts, tax help, credit, budget help, and health care.
7. U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Women’s History Month
Some of the best statistical research for any project or just to clap back at any haters, courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
8. The White House Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/women
Lists resource contacts within the Administration, and recent initiatives. This would have been a great resource but sadly, the Trump administration has taken down the webpage, with the link leading nowhere as of now. Hopefully soon the page will be back up with more information.
9. ACLU
The ACLU is one of the biggest groups of attorneys and members all over the nation dedicated to defending civil rights violations in the U.S. In the past few years they have been crucial in many of the cases pertaining to marginalized groups and have great infographics about knowing your rights at airports and if you get stopped by police.
10. Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org
A national group founded for women’s reproductive rights that have health clinics all over the country for women’s health. From contraception to regular check up exams, they help low income women get access to what they need.
11. National Women’s History Project
The National Women’s History Project is a website that provides information and performers across the country with an interest in not only Women’s history but LGBTQIA+ history and Black History. They also have a link to “Click!”, a great resource for the history on all three with an interactive timeline.
12. Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a nonprofit organization that helps with civil rights cases and protection for LGBTQIA+ people through court cases, education and public policy.
13. National Organization for Women
Founded in 1966, NOW focuses on a broad range of women’s rights issues, such as racial discrimination,women with disabilities, reproductive rights, family law, and economic justice.