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Resources for Women

This page lists resources and organizations that seek to support and advance the status of women at Cornell, in Tompkins County, and at the national level.

Cornell University

Campus Club

Career and Alumni Connections Women's Dinners

Diversity and Inclusiveness Webpages

Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program

Institute for Women and Work, ILR

President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) Alumni Organization

Student Organizations
Visit this website for more information about student organizations, such as the Association for Women in Communications, the Society for Women in Business and the Society of Women Engineers.

Women's Resource Center
The CWRC provides services of support and advocacy, programming geared toward awareness of gender and society, and academic and career-based information to students.

Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Life Quality (WDELQ)
The Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality was established in January 2000 to provide leadership to the Cornell community in the areas of equal opportunity, affirmative action, diversity, and the "balance" between work and personal life. The office serves as a liaison to local community organizations that address the employment interests of individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups.

Vice Provost for Diversity & Faculty Development

Local Organizations

Advocacy Center of Tompkins County
Provides crisis intervention and support for battered women and their children including shelter, advocacy, support groups and referrals; also intervention, support and advocacy for children who have been sexually abused.

Phone: (607) 277-3203
24-hour Crisis Line: (607) 277-5000

Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance
The Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance (IBCA) provides support, information, and advocacy for all people who live in Tompkins County and the surrounding communities who are diagnosed with breast cancer or going through a breast cancer scare. It is our fundamental belief that each person must decide individually which treatment is best. We do not advocate one form of treatment over another. IBCA also provides assistance to the friends and family members of persons with breast cancer and to all persons interested in breast health.

Ithaca Rape Crisis

Phone: (607) 273-5589
24-hour Crisis Line: (607) 277-5000

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes
PPSFL was created in 2004 by the merger of Planned Parenthood of the Southern Tier and Planned ParenthoodofTompkins County, both founded in 1968. They are committed to providing quality reproductive health care and sexuality education for all people in the community regardless of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability to pay. Since 1996 they have been the designated provider of sexual violence response and education services in Chemung, Steuben and Schuyler counties.

Women: Making a Difference in Tompkins County
Online exhibit from the History Center in Tompkins County

Women's Community Building
The City Federation of Women's Organizations is committed to serving the needs of women and girls and administers the Women's Community Building in ways consistent with this goal. We provide meeting space for large and small groups, affordable office space for non-profit human service agencies and arts groups, and affordable commercial kitchen facilities to fledgling entrepreneurs, mainly women. We nurture and support community organizations, and encourage them to take joint action to improve women's lives.

Women's Opportunity Center
The Women's Opportunity Center is a local non-profit organization dedicated to helping women and men overcome obstacles to gain employment. Of the various opportunities that the center provides, each is a unique and holistic experience that prepares every individual for today's challenges in the workplace.

National Organizations

Women-Related Higher Education Web Sites

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Association for Women in Science

Catalyst

The Feminist Majority Foundation

League of Women Voters

National Council for Research on Women

National Organization for Women

National Women's History Project

National Women's Studies Association

US Department of Labor Women's Bureau

Women in Higher Education (WIHE)