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Useful web Sites for Women |
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www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk - put together by Elaine, Sarah and Nicola in response to women's interest in money, gardening, food and parenting. Louise is author of UK Web Women ( Hodder and Stoughton £4.99). www.busygirl.co.uk - sponsored by Price Waterhouse Cooper -this site is for women keen to further their career potential www.flametree.co.uk -helping achieve a satisfying blend of work, family and personal life with a practical spin National Women's Register - an international organisation of women's discussion groups to exchange banter over 'non-domestic' topics. Aim is to enhance women's self-image and confidence in non-threatening environment http://www.nwr.org/ Magazine style features http://www.newwoman.com/ Setup by two businesswomen turned stay-at-home mothers who wanted to share the information they'd found on the internet about starting and growing a business. they're rapidly adding channels about other areas of life such as family, health and money http://www.everywoman.co.uk/ Freeserve's womens site, 'designed by women, for women' covering health, fitness, relationships, natural remedies, money, travel and parenthood. Also notice boards where women can correspond with each other on related topics. http://www.icircle.co.uk/ http://www.ivillage.co.uk/ The mission of this site is to be the voice of women in the UK without patronising or preaching. Community boards with clear, reliable information to make choices - whether it be on losing weight, changing career or having a baby. Find all the answers to all the important questions in your life. http://www.handbag.com/ Run by Boots and Telegraph, this was the first of the UK commercial sites for women, with 17 channels, from arts and entertainment to travel http://www.women.com/
http://www.allthatwomenwant.com/ The government's Women's Unit is past of the Cabinet Office. Its website under the banner 'better for women, better for all', gives facts and figures about women's status in the workplace and includes fact sheets on related topics such as family friendly employment. www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/womens-unit A charity providing links to women's organisations from the Ashfield Women's Centre to the Women's Education Committee of the Workers' Education Association. Aimed at businesswomen who aren't after hunk of the month. More FT than Cosmo with sections on business, politics, news headlines and careers http://www.womenconnect.org.uk/ Miscellaneoushttp://www.networkingmoms.com/ Aimed at 'Mothers who Think', covering books, arts and ideas dedicated to the written word http://www.salon.com/ http://www.dadah.co.uk/ Created by a dad to promote the interests of fathers who care for child in the home http://www.rainydaycorner.com/ http://www.mindtools.com/ Practical psychology, tips for planning your life including time management |