A significant collection of digitised primary source material, comprising:
1. LGBTQ History & Culture Since 1940 I and II - material drawn mostly from archives in the US and UK
2. Sex and Sexuality 16th to 20th century - more than 5000 digitised rare books drawn from the British Library Private Case, Alfred C. Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, and the New York Academy of Medicine
3. International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture - draws on 3 important collections: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), South Africa; Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives; Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York

Useful starting point for exploring radical Black women from Africa and the wider diaspora

Archive catalogue of over 3,000 documents relating to gender and development (mostly full text), maintained by the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University.

Activist organisation that researches & campaigns around the intersection of gender & race in relation to power & injustice in the Global South

Initiative of the influential journal Signs to link feminist theory with social & political issues. Consists of: podcast interviews with leading feminist scholars; commentaries on books that have shaped the field; essays by leading scholars on controversies in feminism

London College of Communication (University of the Arts London) project collecting a wide range of zines, covering many areas: feminist, sexuality, etc. Some have been digitised

Formed in 2010 from previous bodies including UNIFEM & DAW. Notable publications include Progress of the world's women (print volumes at HQ 1154.P7). See also CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women), and the WomenWatch information & resources on gender equality & empowerment of women. From 2022 has published an annual report on Gender-related killings of women and girls
https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/11/gender-related-killings-of-women-and-girls-femicide-feminicide-global-estimates-2022

Useful annual reports 2006- (Google to find latest).

Developed by the Population Council and Equimundo as a tool to measure attitudes to gender norms across cultures

Cross-country index for comparing women's health across 5 broad dimensions. Developed by Hologic with Gallup World Poll (2020-)

Indicators relating to gender & labour (1945-)

Indices from 1990 for most countries.

Includes data from non-OECD countries. See also its Social Institutions & Gender Index (SIGI) covering over 100 countries, attempts to measure discrimination against women.

See especially Minimum Set of Gender Indicators (2005-). Also useful the flagship 5 yearly survey & report United Nations - World's Women and the UNDPs Gender Inequality Index.

Claims to be the most comprehensive compilation of data on women around the world - over 360 indicators of women's status. Registration required (free) to access the data

UK based campaign organisation

Data from Unesco Institute for Statistics

UK campaign to increase participation in STEM disciplines

One of the longest-running and most influential men's magazines, GQ expanded its initial focus on fashion to cover other subjects. The digital archive from 1931- onwards provides textual & photographic insight into the history of fashion, popular culture, masculinity, and society. Provides an interesting contrast to Vogue Magazine Archive, which is also available through the Proquest platform

Periodically updated by Michael Flood.

Created by Alt Advisory, based in South Africa, this website provides information on and mapping of responses to gender-based violence in African nations. Currently covered countries include Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria and Uganda. Each country file includes statistical information on trends, policies, and legislation.

Annual report (2009-) & index on progress towards gender equality in Southern Africa, plus additional country reports (irregular)

Platform for expression of Chinese feminist voices

Italian Womens' Library offers digitised books, posters & journals about women in Italy

(European Institute for Gender Equality)

National resource library for gender studies at Goteborgs Universitet library, maintains a number of databases of particular interest to Swedish & Scandinavian research.

Influential Egyptian periodical, edited by leading feminist Hoda Sharawi, published 1925-1940 & digitised by the Bibliotheque National de France. Also published in Arabic from 1927 under the title Al-Masriyya

Large scale survey of men in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine.

Portal for research on gender in the Pacific region

Independent quango charged with promoting human rights & equality in the UK. Includes Is Britain fairer? flagship project/publication. Notably the publications Sex and power: who rules Britain?, Inquiry into the Appointment Process of FTSE 350 Boards and Facts about women and men in Great Britain..

Campaigning organisation working for women's rights in the UK. It's long history means it has an important library with material from the late 19th century onwards. In 2013 it was re-named the Women's Library and moved to the LSE, some of the material has been digitised - https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/thewomenslibrary
Poster collection https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1bp01
Inter-War Feminist Pamphlet Collection https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1if01
The Fawcett Society continues to research and publish, including the Sex & Power survey every 2/3 years

London-based library, with major collection of literature relating to the women's liberation movement (late 1960s to 1990s)

The GWL contains extensive archives, a small proportion of which has been digitised, notably a number of zines, the "Dear Doctor" letters from Jackie magazine, and papers of Scottish Women's Aid

See also Equality on Gov.uk

Aims to collect and publish the memories and stories of feminists involved in the UK Women’s Liberation Movement. Focus is late 1960s to 1990s. Includes a timeline, link to archive collections and other resources. The site is developing oral histories and photographic archives

AHRC funded project, exploring UK feminist magazines from 1968 to the present day, and the influence they had on readers’ lives.

Various publications & resources. See the 2015 report of the Gender Inequality & Power Commission.

Organisation, founded in 1975, offers free legal advice and information to increase women's access to justice and campaigns for laws which protect women from violence and discrimination

Oral history of the UK feminist movement in the 1960s-1980s.

Most websites from 2017- onwards. Sections for body, gender identity, pay equality, suffrage, parenting, domestic abuse and equality in the workplace.

National association and charity established in 1991 for the promotion of women’s history (UK and beyond)

Online primary source material, part of the LSE Digital Collections

Parliamentary committee with responsibility for this area.

Schlesinger Library (Harvard) effort to collect digital materials relating to the #metoo movement in the US

Interviews with 72 African American women, conducted under the auspices of the Schlesinger Library (Harvard). Transcripts and some audio files. Participants include Rosa Parks. Civil rights is a key theme

Important collection of digitised primary source open access material from the 1960s and 1970s relating to 2nd Wave feminism in the US. Made available through the JSTOR Reveal Digital project, Independent Voices

Digital archive of Canadian feminism

Well-known feminist imprint founded in Seattle, 1976, mostly publishing US feminist works