Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Space
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) originated from the contemporary feminist and women's rights movements in the United States. The goal of the studies was to bring knowledge to women and their experiences and focus on women in a serious academic perspective. The mission for the WGSS program at SJSU is teach students to integrate academic and experiential knowledge, thereby contributing to social change and justice. WGSS students will meet this vision through cultivating critical thinking, engage in dialogue, coalition building, appreciation of diversity, and contribution of social change based on feminist frameworks.
For Further Research
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| SJSU King Library Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Page |
| SJSU Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Facebook |
| SJSU Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Instagram |
Organizations
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| National Women’s Studies Association - promotes and supports the production and dissemination of knowledge about women, gender, and sexuality through teaching, learning, research and service in academia and beyond. |
| American Association of University Women- national membership organization founded in 1881, whose mission is to promote equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change. |
| Santa Clara County Office of LGBTQ Affairs - Provides leadership and support for the LGBTQ+ communities |
| Santa Clara County Office of Women's Policy - Developing policies and programs that meet the needs of women and are gender-responsive |
| YWCA Crisis Intervention - for survivors of intimate partner abuse, sexual assault and abuse, and human trafficking (800) 572-2782. |
| Maitri - supports survivors of domestic violence from South Asia |
| Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence - supports domestic violence survivors and provides free bilingual services for all people. |
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United Nations Women - working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential |
| Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective (Sister Song) - Advocates for improving institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities. |
| National Latina Institute for Repro Justice - fights for equal access to reproductive health for Latina/x communities and empowers their voice to make informed decisions about our bodies, families, and futures. |
| The Body is not An Apology - A global digital media and education company exploring the intersections of identity, healing, and social justice through the framework of radical self-love. |
| Center for Women & Politics at Rutgers - a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, that is the leading source of scholarly research and current data about women’s political participation in the United States. |
| Institute for Women's Policy Research - a nonprofit organization that engages in research and dissemination to shape public policy and improve the lives and opportunities of women from diverse backgrounds. |
| Transgender Law Center - the largest national, trans-led organization working to advocate for the rights of all transgender and gender-nonconforming people to make their own choices and live freely, safely, and authentically. |
| Somos Familia Bay Area - builds leadership in our Latinx families and communities to create a culture where people of diverse genders and sexual orientations can thrive. |
Carol Mukhopadhyay Feminist Lecture Series
The SJSU Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies program is home to the biannual Carol Mukhopadhyay Feminist Lecture Series endowed in 2014 by Emeritus SJSU Anthropology Professor Carol Mukhopadhyay. Each year, these lectures bring to campus a prominent or emerging feminist scholar doing cross-cultural or transnational work with a feminist anthropological lens.
