Resources & Advocacy

There are several student organizations on campus that focus on gender equity. For a most up-to-date list, use the search function on the GopherLink website to find an organization that fits your interests. Within the Women's Center, check out Our Voices: Indigenous Women and Women of Color.

The Women’s Center works very closely with a number of advocacy and affinity groups that are designed to help improve the campus climate for women staff and faculty, including:

• Lactation Advocacy Committee
• University Indigenous Women & Women of Color
• Trans Advisory Action Team (Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life)
• Women’s Faculty Cabinet

Many of our campus colleagues and partners are also working to advance gender equity, including:

• Artemisia Leadership Initiative
• Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education
• Campus Climate
• Center for Women, Gender, and Public Policy
• Center for Women in Medicine and Science
• Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life
• Student Parent HELP Center
• Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport
• UMN Women in STEMM Collaborative
• Women and Girls of Color Engagement and Research Initiative
• Women's Health Research Program
• Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle

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