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Collection Overview

Title: WID/ Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Reference File, 1965-2007

ID: 24/2/76

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of International Programs and Studies

Extent: 11.2 cubic feet

Arrangement: By country and by subject

Subjects: Agriculture, International, International Development, Population Control, Public Health, Women

Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Photocopies

Languages: English, Italian, French, Dutch;Flemish

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Women in Development (WID)/ Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Reference File contains bibliographies, conference proceedings, journal offprints, magazines, newsletters, newsclippings, newspapers, organizational reports, pamphlets, promotional booklets, and working papers issued by The World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), organizations and agencies of the United Nations, including the United Nations World Conference on Women, UNIFEM, UNDP, UNESCO, other national and international councils, including the Midwest University Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA), National Committee for the Advancement of Women, Women's Environment & Development Organization, and universities, on topics concerning women, gender, international development, environment, agriculture, population control, women's and reproductive health, food and nutrition, labor, credit and microfinance, and education; major regions covered are Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, and the Pacific Islands.

Biographical Note

The Office of International Programs and Studies (OIPS) was established by the Board of Trustees on May 24, 1962; its Director was given general responsibilities to supervise and coordinate programs, encourage instruction and research, and disseminate information.¹ The office works with other administrative units, and through its own specialized units. As of 1984, OIPS administered seven units. The Center for International Comparative Studies was founded in 1964 to support faculty research "along cross-cultural... lines."² The Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA), an organization to help midwestern universities coordinate and fund overseas research, was established in 1964, and the Urbana office opened the same year.³ The OIPS Committee on Publications has sponsored the publication by the University of Illinois Press of monographs in fields of international studies since 1972.⁴ The Office of International Faculty and Staff Affairs has supervised the "sponsoring and employing of foreign visitors and staff" since November, 1980.⁵ The Office of Women in International Development was formed in 1980 to promote research and to disseminate information about that area of study.⁶ The Study Abroad Office provides information and counseling for students who wish to study abroad.⁷ It was established in 1969.⁸ The Foreign Visitors Office dates from 1963,⁹ and the Overseas Projects Office from 1969.¹⁰ The two offices were merged in 1975.¹¹ The Illinois Tehran Research Unit was organized in 1969 to coordinate research and exchange between the University of Illinois and the University of Tehran, Iran.¹² The Unit was abandoned after 1979.¹³

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 51st Report, May 24, 1962, p. 1442-3; The Future--International Programs at the University of Illinois: A Ten-Year Glimpse. Report and recommendations of the Chancellor's Ad Hoc Committee on International Programs. May 1, 1968, p. 4. (RS: 24/2/802)

2. Ibid., p. 13.

3. International Programs and Studies, 1969-1970. University of Illinois, p. 78.

4. International Programs and Studies, 1981-84. University of Illinois, p. 106.

5. Ibid., p. 90.

6. Ibid., p. 113.

7. International Programs and Studies, 1974-1976. University of Illinois, p. 113.

8. Staff Directory, 1969/1970: University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Campus, p. 42.

9. Staff Directory, 1963/1964: University of Illinois/Departments in Urbana-Champaign, p. xxxv.

10. Staff Directory 1969/1970, p. 42.

11. Student-Staff Directory, 1975-76: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, p. 23.

12. International Programs and Studies, 1977-80. University of Illinois, p. 100.

13. It is absent from International Programs and Studies, 1981-84, despite large writeups in the previous three publications.

Subject/Index Terms

Agriculture, International
International Development
Population Control
Public Health
Women

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: Country Files],
[Series 2: Subject Files I],
[Series 3: Subject Files II],
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Series 2: Subject Files I

Sub-Series 1: Bibliographies

Box 6

Folder 1: AID Bibliography, ca. 1992
Folder 2: Annotated Bibliography, 1992
Folder 3: Credit: Annotated Bibliography, ca.1990
Folder 4: UFFPAAfrican Strategy, ca.1990
Folder 5: Income Generation Group, ca. 1990
Folder 6: Women's EducationAsia, 1982
Folder 7: WID Bibliography of Bibliographies, 1990
Folder 8: Household Food Security Annotated Bibliography, 1990
Folder 9: Ethical Standards for Human Subject Research in Developing Countries, 1992

Sub-Series 2: WS/WID Library

Box 6

Folder 10: Library Resources/WID, 1995
Folder 11: Frequently Used Subject Headings for WID
Folder 12: WID Selected Acquisitions, 1992-95

Sub-Series 3: WomenGeneral

Box 6

Folder 13: Strengthening the Recruitment of Women Scientists, 1993
Folder 14: Posters
Folder 15: ICRW Global Fact Sheets, 1991-93
Folder 16: Investing in Poor Women, 1989
Folder 17: Women and Human Rights, 1993
Folder 18: Women and Law, 1992
Folder 19: Women's Rights/Human Rights, 1897
Folder 20: Concepts and Issues Linking Gender, 1991
Folder 21: Women, Law, Development Conference, 1994
Folder 22: Women's Human Rights Printed Network Materials, 1997
Folder 23: From Bullets to Ballots (AID Publication) (5 issues), 1997

Sub-Series 4: Population

Box 6

Folder 24: Population Research, 1989
Folder 25: Population Program Quarterly Bulletin, 1992, 1997
Folder 26: Family Limitation/Italy, 1992
Folder 27: The United States and the International Conference on Population Development, 1994
Folder 28: Population/Vatican, 1994
Folder 29: Population Issue Summaries, 1993
Folder 30: The Soft Underbelly of Development, 1991
Folder 31: Report on the International Conference on Population and Development, 1994
Folder 32: Population in South Asia/USSR Reference Materials, 1981-86
Folder 33: Compulsory Sterilization, 1976
Folder 34: Son Preference in India, 1984
Folder 35: Family Planning and Islamic Jurisprudence, 1994
Folder 36: Women's Views Matter, ca. 1993
Folder 37: Population and Family Planning, ca. 1992
Folder 38: Fertility Attitudes, Nepal, 1981
Folder 39: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1992
Folder 40: Studies in Family Planning (3 issues), 1987
Folder 41: Malawi Child Spacing Program, 1992
Folder 42: Fertility Determinants Research Notes
Folder 43: AVC Proposal, 1993
Folder 44: Family/Medicial Leave Act Memo, 1993

Sub-Series 5: Women's Health

Box 6

Folder 45: WHO Adolescent Girls Press Release, 1994
Folder 46: Commercial Ads and the Great Health Robbery of Women and Children, 1982
Folder 47: Improving the Environment of Slums
Folder 48: Aging, 1992
Folder 49: Creating a Common Ground, 1992
Folder 50: Status and Health of Women (India)
Folder 51: Programming for Women and Health (Blair)
Folder 52: Women's Health Reference Materials, 1987-95
Folder 53: Pop. Council on Reproductive Health Products
Folder 54: Modeling Maternal Mortality, 1995
Folder 55: Estimates of Maternal Mortality, 1990

Sub-Series 6: Reproductive Health

Box 6

Folder 56: Nepalese Abortion Law, 1997
Folder 57: Fight For Reproductive Freedom Newsletter, 1996
Folder 58: Qualitative Aspects of Health Delivery Service in Gujarat, 1983
Folder 59: "These Are Modern Times:" Infant Feeding in Malaysia, ca. 1983
Folder 60: Reproductive Health Articles and Publications, 1987

Sub-Series 7: HIV/AIDS

Box 7

Folder 1: Epidemic Reflects Social Failures, 1991
Folder 2: UNDP, 1992-93
Folder 3: Articles and Publications, 1995

Sub-Series 8: Violence

Box 7

Folder 4: War and Violence, 1995
Folder 5: Violence Against Women, 1994
Folder 6: The Gender Weapon, 1992
Folder 7: Women's Rights as Human Rights, 1992
Folder 8: Ahmedabad Women's Action Group, 1981
Folder 9: Violence and Women re: Gujarat, 1985
Folder 10: Attacks on the Existence of Women (Gujarat), ca.1982
Folder 11: Some Reflections on Dowries, 1984
Folder 12: Tradition of Shame in Indian Slums (Moore)
Folder 13: Violence Against Women, 1991-95

Sub-Series 9: Nutrition

Box 7

Folder 14: Solar Drying: Trainer's Guide
Folder 15: Solar Box Cookers, ca. 1993
Folder 16: Solar Cookers: Responses of Rural Households
Folder 17: Rural Energy Situation: Consequences for Women's Health, 1983
Folder 18: Cooking with Firewood: The Burning Issue, 1981
Folder 19: Biogas: Some Issues (folder 1 of 2), 1981
Folder 20: Biogas: Some Issues (folder 2 of 2), 1981
Folder 21: A Study of the Weaning Practices, 1985
Folder 22: Study of the Breast-Feeding Practices of a Village Near Delhi, 1983
Folder 23: Nutrition Articles and Publications, 1992-93
Folder 24: Nutrition and Family Size, 1985

Sub-Series 10: Food

Box 7

Folder 25: Articles and Publications, 1978-93
Folder 26: The Street Food Project, 1993
Folder 27: Rice, Technology, and Women, 1995

Sub-Series 11: Agriculture

Box 7

Folder 28: Articles and Publications, 1989-96
Folder 29: Farming Systems Research in Asia
Folder 30: Utilizing the Services of Women Graduates, 1993
Folder 31: Heifer Project International, 1994
Folder 32: The Green Revolution and Cultural Change in a Punjab Village, 1965-78
Folder 33: Rice, Gender, and Farming, ca. 1995
Folder 34: Report to the Rockefeller Foundation, 1983
Folder 35: Agriculture, 1981-94

Sub-Series 12: Labor

Sub-Series 13

Box 8

Folder 1: Woman Power (Newsweek), 1992
Folder 2: Policies Affecting Women's Employment in the Formal Sector, 1989
Folder 3: A Sectoral Approach to Promoting Women's Work, 1989
Folder 4: Non-Market Work and National Income, 1993
Folder 5: Gender and Generation in World's Labor Force, ca. 1990
Folder 6: Microlevel Strategies for Supporting Livelihood, 1989
Folder 7: Global Feminization through Flexible Labor, 1989
Folder 8: Female Participation in Urban Labor Force, 1984
Folder 9: Rural to Urban Migration, 1989
Folder 10: Research on Women and Work in the Seventies, 1983
Folder 11: Golden Jubilee Symposium on Women, Work and Society, 1983
Folder 12: Women Construction Workers in India, 1975
Folder 13: Women, Work, and Child Welfare in the Third World, ca. 1987
Folder 14: Directory of Microenterprise Programs, 1996
Folder 15: Credit AEO/Chicago, 1997
Folder 16: Production Credit for Rural Women, 1982
Folder 17: Women and Income in the Third World, 1983
Folder 18: A Burst of Rural Enterprise, 1988
Folder 19: Articles and Publications on Women and Labor, 1995-97

Sub-Series 14: Credit

Box 8

Folder 20: Rural Financial Markets in Economic Development, ca. 1985
Folder 21: Credit Articles and Publications, 1985-97
Folder 22: Gender Training and Development Planning, Learning from Experience, 1991
Folder 23: Gujarat Reports, 1996
Folder 24: Methods, 1989
Folder 25: Credit/Women, 1989
Folder 26: Socio-Economic Impact of Rural Credit on Women, 1992
Folder 27: Credit StudyTokyo, 1991
Folder 28: Articles on Credit
Folder 29: Credit Research, 1989
Folder 30: Women and Credit in India, 1992
Folder 31: Gujarat Women's Economic Development Corporation, 1984-85
Folder 32: Organized Technical Skills Score Awards, 1975
Folder 33: News-Corp, 1985
Folder 34: Managing Socio-Economic Change: the Role of Professionals, 1978
Folder 35: The Amul Story, 1985
Folder 36: Seminar Reports, 1980, 1988

Sub-Series 15: Education

Box 8

Folder 37: How Schools Shortchange Girls, 1992
Folder 38: Educating Girls (World Bank), 1992
Folder 39: Legal Illiteracy (Zimbabwe)
Folder 40: Women and Science, 1993
Folder 41: Education: USA, 1992
Folder 42: The Forum for Advancing Basic Science and Literacy, 1991-93
Folder 43: Education Articles and Publications, 1992-94
Folder 44: Education and Women's Development, ca. 1980
Folder 45: Cooperative Education, 1979-91

Sub-Series 16: Education, continued.

Box 9

Folder 1: Education: Women in Development, 1985
Folder 2: Agricultural and Home Economics Education, 1978-80
Folder 3: Training, 1978-93

Sub-Series 17: Media

Box 9

Folder 4: Film/TV, 1991
Folder 5: Women and Music, 1995

Sub-Series 18: Women and Politics

Box 9

Folder 6: The Mother of All Debates (Jong NYT article)
Folder 7: Impact of Women in Public Affairs, 1991
Folder 8: Women and Politics Articles and Publications, 1980-92
Folder 9: "Charme" Newsletter, 1996

Sub-Series 19: Mothers and Children

Box 9

Folder 10: Planning for Mothers and Children, 1991
Folder 11: Maternal Work and Child-Care Strategies in Peri-Urban Guatemala, 1991
Folder 12: Infant Pschiatry, 1992
Folder 13: Mothers and Children, 1991-94
Folder 14: CDF Reports, 1993
Folder 15: Children's Defense Fund Reports, 1990-92
Folder 16: Children's Defense Fund, 1988
Folder 17: Daycare/Childcare, 1993
Folder 18: The Coordinator's Notebook, 1991
Folder 19: Care and Child Nutrition, 1992
Folder 20: Our Children are in Trouble, 1992
Folder 21: Hope for the Children: The Key, 1992
Folder 22: Childcare in EU, 1990
Folder 23: Child Labour in Nigeria, 1991
Folder 24: Children Articles and Publications, 1991-97

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