ICS 375:Critical Issues in Women's Studies: Websites of Interest

"This guide to gender-responsive approaches was developed by The Council of State Governments Justice Center in partnership with the National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women. The guide can help program providers in behavioral health and criminal justice settings across the country develop gender-responsive programs. "

"The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country."

"Our agency was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of federal prisons."

"The non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society."

"2023 marks the 50th year since the U.S. prison population began its unprecedented surge. The Sentencing Project and partners launched a public education campaign to raise awareness about the dire state of the U.S. criminal legal system, the devastating impact of incarceration on communities and families, and propose more effective crime prevention strategies for our country."

"women's rights for law enforcement personnel and the judiciary, among others.18. This Handbook aims to assist legislators, policymakers, prison managers,.. "

"WPA is the nation's first organization for women impacted by incarceration. Our approach is personal. We address the root causes of systems involvement, know the data, and are focused on the needs and nuances of individuals."

"Candor Health Education is a nonprofit organization that educates students, their trusted adults and communities on the topics of puberty, sex and drug education. We provide science- based information in a safe, engaging environment so students gain age-appropriate knowledge which prepares them to make informed decisions that positively impact their health."

"..The Illinois Learning Standards for Comprehensive Personal Health and Safety and Sexual Health Education provide districts that choose to teach these topics a medically accurate, evidence-informed, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed guide for age-appropriate instruction in all grades...."

"High rates of female mortality span a woman's life from infancy to maternal mortality in reproductive years. Improving knowledge of, access to, and quality of women's health services will save their lives, ultimately affording women better opportunities."

"The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives".

"This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2020 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau."

"Now is the time to address equity in wages. This means increasing pay transparency, disrupting occupational segregation, eliminating discrimination, increasing access to paid leave, child and elder care, and adding good jobs and women in those jobs to build the economy we all need to thrive. Together, we can close the gender and racial wage gap."

"The World Bank's Gender Data Portal makes the latest gender statistics accessible through compelling narratives and data visualizations to improve the understanding of gender data and facilitate analyses that inform policy choices."