Resources
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International Organizations concerned with Gender and Built Environment
Huairou Commission www.huairou.org
Women in Cities International www.femmesetvilles.org
Women and Habitat (LAC) Network www.redmujer.org.ar
UNHabitat Gender Policy Unit www.unhabitat.org/genderpolicy
Examples of Gender Focused Built Environment Materials
Research: Gender roles in Ndebele Home-making
Conference: Gender, Social Change and the Built Environment
Paper: Gendered Cities: Built and Physical Environments by Prabha Khosla
Paper: Why gender matters by Jo Beall
Bibliography: Women and Gender in International Development by Ashwani Vasishth
International Archive of Women in Architecture
Readers
Susan S. Fainstein and Lisa J. Servon, (2005) Gender And Planning: A Reader, Rutgers, New Jersey.
Jane Rendell, Barbara Penner, and Iain Borden, eds. (2000) Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction, Routledge,
Joan Rothschild, (2005) Design and Feminism : Re-Visioning Spaces, Places, and Everyday Things, Rutgers, New Jersey.
Journals
Peer Reviewed Journals
Tertiary Courses
Syllabi
Gender, Territory and Urban Space: Dolores Hayden, Yale University
http://www.architecture.yale.edu/courses/spring_2006/urbanism_landscape/922b/922b.htm
Gender, Sexuality, and the City: Jessica Sewell, New York University
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~urban/teach/syllabi/sewell2002syl1.htm
Sex, Gender and Sexuality in the City: Marc Stein, Bryn Mawr College
http://www.h-net.org/~urban/teach/syllabi/stein1995syl1.htm
Gender and Built Environments: Ellen Balka, Simon Fraser University
http://www.sfu.ca/~ebalka/built.htm
Gender, Architecture, and Space: Despina Stratigakos, Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/womenstudy/syllabi/FL03_1405.htm
Genders & Architectures: John Paul Ricco, University of Kentucky
http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/QueerInfo/ricco.htm
Gender and Development, With A Focus on Housing: Hemalata C. Dandekar, University of Michigan
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hema/UP659Syllabus.htm
Gender and Race in Contemporary Architecture: Kathryn H. Anthony, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/kanthony/arch-ws424FA02/Syllabus.htm
Liguid Assets and Water Wars: Gender and the Global Water Crisis http://www.fas.harvard.edu/womenstudy/syllabi/FL03_1401.htm
Rhetoric of Feminist Spaces
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~hogan/spring04/Syllabus.html
Assignments and Exercises
Kathryn Anthony:
Kristen Hogan:
MOO PROJECT: TAKING PART IN FEMINIST WRITING SPACE
COMMUNITY WRITING PROJECT AND CONTEXT DOCUMENTS
On-line Bibliographies
Women in Architecture, University of Maryland Libraries, USA
Vernacular Architecture Forum Bibliography, results for search term "women", USA
Place and Space in Gender Studies, Feminism, Sexuality, and Queer Theory, USA