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• The RAS Committee for Women in Astronomy
  
  The Royal Astronomical Society Committee for Women in Astronomy and Geophysics RAS CWiAG supports and represents the interests of female astronomers and geophysicists to the RAS and other groupsorganisations. ...
  http://sstd.rl.ac.uk/rascwiag/

• The Women at Work
  
  Sponsored by the Space Telescope Science Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Maryland Space Grant Consortium, and the Computer Sciences Corporation ...
  http://stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/WiA/

• Woman Astronomer
  
  Dr. Debra Fischer began hunting planets orbiting around other stars as a graduate student and recently was featured in the PBS film, Seeing in the Dark. She answers a few questions about her research and her life as a woman astronomer. ...
  http://womanastronomer.com/

• The CSWA Women in Astronomy Database
  
  This database, produced by the American Astronomical Societys Committee on the Status of Women, lists the names, professional affiliations, scientific interests, talk titles and contact information for women in astronomy and astrophysics. As of March ...
  http://aas.org/~cswa/WIAD.html

• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  
  This guide is not meant to be a comprehensive or scholarly introduction to the complex topic of the role of women in astronomy, but simply a resource for those educators and students who wish to explore the challenges and triumphs of women of the pas ...
  http://astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html

• The Christian Science Monitor
  
  Women and men are equally capable of doing excellent science. Diversity contributes to, rather than conflicts with, excellence in science. Current recruitment, training, evaluation and award systems often prevent the equal participation of women. For ...
  http://csmonitor.com/2003/0711/p25s02-stss.html

• The American Astronomical Society
  
  The Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy was established in 1979 and consists of eight rotating members with 3year terms. Our charge is to recommend to the AAS Council practical measures that can be taken to improve the status of women in as ...
  http://aas.org/~cswa/

• The Links for Women
  
  Links for women in science, especially astronomy. ...
  http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/rebull/womensci.html

• CSWA Survey Results 19922003
  
  This page compiles the results of the 1992 and 1999 STScI surveys and the 2003 CSWA survey of the gender distribution of astronomers at major U.S. research institutions. For statistics from other studies, see my Women in Astronomy Statistics page. Th ...
  http://grammai.org/astrowomen/stats/

• The Association for Women in Science
  
  The Association for Women in Science is dedicated to achieving equality and full participation for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ...
  http://awis.org/