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Vida: Women in the Literary Arts presents a count that suggests some problems. "The truth is, these numbers don’t lie. But that is just the beginning of this story. What, then, are they really telling us? We know women write. We know women read. It’s time to begin asking why the 2010 numbers don’t reflect those facts with any equity."

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is creating a Women Who Rock exhibit ranging from Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith to Lady Gaga. This site includes links to biographical information about some of the great women of recording.

Check out Polyphonic Feminisms: Acting in Concert from the Barnard Center for Research on Women.

Hate Violence Against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Communities in the United States in 2009 is now available published by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs.

Mary Robinson is speaking on April 12, at 7p.m. in Cubberley Auditorium as part of the Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts. To find out more about her and her work check out Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights: The Life and Work of Mary Robinson

Check out the !Women Art Revolution
"The artists’ and critics’ interviews presented here chronicle the founding years of the feminist art movement in the 1970s. While focusing on the events of that decade and the following, these narratives also discuss the impact of the civil rights, anti-war, and women’s rights movements."

HASTAC announces a new scholar's forum
"This one is on Queer & Feminist New Media Spaces, and is already off to a great start....This forum features a diverse group of featured commentators who have foregrounded and shaped the intersections of gender, sexuality, and queer media spaces through their scholarship, artistic works, and activism." Join the discussion.

Check out Gender News the new interactive Web portal from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

Check out the online version of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History available to Stanford-affiliated users.

Check out the new UN Secretary-General's Database on Violence Against Women launched March 2009.
"The primary source of information for the database is the responses received from Member States to the questionnaire on violence against women, of September 2008, and subsequent updates. Other sources of information include:

* States parties' reports to human rights treaty bodies