SOC 210: Gender and Society: Websites, OERs, and Organizations and Associations

An informative website on gender equality from Council of Europe.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

An informative website on gender stereotyping from UN Human Rights Office.

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

The Council of Europe offers a wide range of resources to promote and implement gender equality and women’s rights, including publications, factsheets, brochures, audiovisual materials and more.

Goal: The Consortium of Gender Scholars (GenCon) exists to bring together and support gender scholars in Kazakhstan, and those who study the Central Asian context. GenCon’s primary purpose is to generate research designed to make meaningful change in various areas of society with regard to gender equality and the advancement of women. GenCon is interdisciplinary and based at Nazarbayev University.

This document addresses the societal norms of gender within an educational institution. In order to explore this topic, we have created an outline of a real-world example in which the question of both genders playing a certain sport is addressed.

Valuable resources from Unesco Digital Library.

The Consortium’s work aims to use knowledge about gender and security to end armed conflicts and build sustainable international peace. We seek to further the development of new knowledge on the topics of gender, armed conflict and security, while also bridging the gap between the scholarly research community and policy makers.

The Gender Equality Commission (GEC) was established to help ensure the mainstreaming of gender equality into all Council of Europe policies and to bridge the gap between commitments made at international level and the reality of women in Europe. The Commission, whose members are appointed by member states, provides advice, guidance and support to other Council of Europe bodies and to member states.

The Unstereotype Alliance is a thought and action platform that seeks to eradicate harmful stereotypes in all media and advertising content. Convened by UN Women, the United Nations entity for Gender Equality, the Unstereotype Alliance brings together partners and seeks to collectively use the advertising industry as a force for good to drive positive change all over the world. The Alliance contributes to empowering people in all their diversity (race, class, age, ability, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, language, education, etc.) to help create an equal world.