Resources
BLOGS AND WRITING BY WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN
Our own Lavinia Plonka, author of Cosmicomedy:
laviniaplonka.com and ashevillemovementcenter.com
And a link to our own Jeanne Charters’ (Funny, Isn’t It?):
jeannecharters.com
And other writers you will want to know about!
SITES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
http://wncwoman.com/0403resources.html
Local Resources to help you start a business.
Junior League of Asheville
An organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, to developing the potential of women and to improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
League of Women Voters Asheville
The League of Women Voters of Asheville/Buncombe County is a vital, non-partisan community organization.
Sheville
We are women-centered, diversity-positive, and community focused! We are building a collection of the best that Asheville and Western North Carolina have to offer–stores, B & Bs, services for women, links, calendars, newletters and more.
Women Outdoors
Join Women Outdoors to meet other community women who share an appreciation for the outdoors. Their outings are varied and offer activities for all interests.
YWCA Asheville
Helping to empower women and their families and to eliminate racism. Building futures, Child Care, Youth Programs, Women’s Services and Health and Fitness.
Women Empowering Women A discussion/support group facilitated by Yol Swan.
NATIONAL
SBA Online Women’s Business Center
The Electrapages Directory of Women’s Organizations
Feminist Activist Resources on the Net
Feminist Internet Gateway
United States Information Agency: Resources for Women
University of Wisconsin: Selected Women and Gender Resources
Women and Disability Resources
Women Leaders Online: Organizing for Change
Women of Color Web
Women Waging Peace
WomensWire
Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues Resource Sites
Working Groups on Girls’ Rights
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Women’s Studies
INTERNATIONAL
CAVNET–Communities Against Violence Network
Centre for Women’s Research, Sri Lanka
Feminist Internet Gateway
The Global Business Responsibility Resource Center
Human Rights Links
International Gender, Science and Technology Links
Mapping the World of Women’s Information Services
Women and Disability Resources
Women Leaders Online: Organizing for Change
Women of Color Web
WomensWire
WomenWatch: the UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
Women’s Human Rights Net
Women’s Human Rights Resources
Women’s International Net Magazine
Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues Resource Sites
“When you teach a woman to fish, everybody eats.” epitomizes the aims of Women Thrive, an organization that works to influence US policies that help women lift themselves and their families out of poverty, worldwide.