As young women, we want resources that can help us find a job, negotiate a raise, educate, express and empower ourselves. So what are you waiting for?

Career Resources

The Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard University-- Provides job listings and links to more information about human rights internships, fellowships, organizations, and universities with human rights centers.

Chico State Career Planning and Placement Office lists jobs in the following focus areas: disability, diversity/minority, women/feminist and telecommuting.

The Feminist Majority Foundation’s Feminist Career Center

Forte Foundation -- Forté Foundation is a consortium of major corporations, top business schools, and influential nonprofit organizations that serves as a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business.

Government Jobs -- Another site for government jobs and quasi-public jobs.

HireMinds -- How to negotiate a raise

The Human Rights Databank-- A listing of human rights jobs around the world

Idealist -- A job bank for non-profit and non-governmental jobs, fellowships, interns and more. Also hosts regional job fares, has a daily news service, and provides several other community resources for its global online community.

JobWeb

United Nations employment opportunities-- Jobs in a variety of fields, professional levels, and global locations:

The official job site of the US government

Women for Hire -- Offers signature career expos, inspiring speeches and seminars, a popular
career-focused magazine, customized marketing programs, and an online job board that help leading employers connect with top-notch professional women in all fields.

Women in Technology International -- To help women advance by providing access to - and support from - other professional women working in all sectors of technology

Women's Career Networking -- A list of professional & networking associations

Job Seeking Tips

• For women with University affiliations, a good place to search is your alumni boards and career centers.
• University and local women’s centers also provide job listings, and are often open even to those not affiliated with the University or the center.
• Always check the website of the organization or institution you are interested in to locate job openings that might not be posted in other locations.

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Online Publications

Altar Magazine -- A forum for critical thought, coalition building, artistic creativity & activism.

Bitch -- Feminist response to pop culture

Cultural Survival Voices -- Indigenous news and viewpoints, designed for indigenous communities

Empowerment 4 Women -- Dedicated to bringing 3rd wave feminism to all ages, genders, & backgrounds.

Feminist.com -- An activist community & portal of resources supporting women’s equality, justice, wellness, & safety

Feministing.com -- Feministing.com is a popular blog by and for younger women. Feministing provides up-to-the-minute feminist news (with attitude!) and resources for activism, news, and information. Their mission reads: Young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures. Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze and influence.

Herizons -- Feminist satire & news at a glance.

Making Face, Making Soul -- Chicana feminist online resource center with News, information, & articles

Riff Rag-- A queer feminist magazine committed to fighting white supremacy & promoting accessibility to art

Sunshine Books -- Lots of us don't necessarily have a few weeks to devote to reading a book about a women's issue we want to acquaint ourselves with, but we do have a couple of hours to read a thoughtful summary. This website gives you a summary, quotes and arguments of some great feminist-oriented literature.

Verbalisms -- Feminism, rap music, & Hip Hop culture

Women’s eNews -- Women’s perspectives on public policy.

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Feminist Journals

Genders -- Publishes essays about gender & sexuality in relation to social, political, artistic, & economic concerns

The Scholar & Feminist Online -- Journal of women’s movements that provides public access to the Barnard Center for Research on Women’s programming & links to social action networks.

SIGNS -- Challenges the boundaries of knowledge concerning gender relations, sexualities, raced & gendered practices, & cultural productions.

Womanist Theory & Research -- Highlights Feminist-of-Color Art & Scholarship

Women in Judaism -- A journal devoted to scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism

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Research

Catalyst -- A leading research and advisory organization working with businesses and the professions to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work.

Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP) -- is a university-based research, education and public service center whose mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.

A Woman's Resource Project -- A list of resources on everything from science to sexuality

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Other

American Association of University Women-- AAUW promotes equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change.

THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS (GFWC) is one of the world's largest and oldest women's volunteer service organizations. Working locally through thousands of clubs in the United States and globally in more than 20 countries, GFWC members support the arts, preserve natural resources, promote education, encourage healthy lifestyles, stress civic involvement, and work toward world peace and understanding.

Girls, Inc. - a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold

Global List of Women’s Organizations -- Alphabetical list by country of women’s organizations.

La Leche League -- Offers information and encouragement—primarily through personal help—to those women who want to breastfeed their babies

League of Women Voters -- A nonpartisan political organization, fighting to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives -- The Lesbian Herstory Archives exist to gather and preserve records of Lesbian lives and activities so that future generations will have ready access to materials relevant to their lives.

National Association of Women Business Owners -- National organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries.

National Organization for Women -- The largest organization of feminist activists in the United States, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women

Planned Parenthood of America -- Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility.

Sista II Sista -- A collective of women of color of different ages that was created ato create community spaces where young women of color could tap into their collective power to fight against injustice.

Third Wave Foundation -- The Third Wave Foundation is a feminist, activist foundation working nationally to support young women 15 to 30. Through financial resources, public education, and relationship building, Third Wave helps support and strengthen young women and their allies working for gender, racial, social, and economic justice.

Vote Run Lead -- Vote, Run, Lead is a national nonpartisan mobilization initiative to activate young American women to engage in political participation -- from voting to running for political office

We Got Issues, The Next Wave of Women & Power -- The Next Wave of Women & Power (NWWP) is an international leadership development network designed for young women ages 18-40.  NWWP creates artistic projects and initiatives that fully engage the hearts, minds and concerns of young women both nationally and abroad.

Women and Social Movements -- Organized around 65 document projects with 1900 primary documents, the Women and Social Movements website offers new ways for students, teachers, and scholars to study American
History.

WomenMatter -- A non partisan, web-centric, non-profit organization whose goal is to empower women by helping them become part of the political process. The initiative seeks to increase the number of well-informed, politically active women so that the concerns and perspectives of women will be better represented.