What types of entry-level jobs are typically available to majors in Women and Gender Studies?
What types of internships are typically secured by Women and Gender Studies majors?
What are Women and Gender Studies majors doing now?
What are some graduate schools with degrees in Women's and Gender Studies?
How can you learn more about careers that might interest you?
What types of entry-level jobs are typically available to majors in Women and Gender Studies?
The beauty of a liberal arts education is that it challenges students to develop a wide range of universally applicable and life-enriching skills, so your major is less representative of your abilities than it is of your interests. In other words, you can do just about anything with any degree. The following entry-level jobs are typical of those that majors in Women and Gender Studies pursue because jobs like these make use not only of the broad liberal-arts skill set, but also of the interests cultivated in the Women and Gender Studies curricula.
RAINN, Washington, DC: Communications Director
RAINN seeks smart, dynamic communications pro to lead external and internal communications effort. You will work with national and local media and network and entertainment partners to promote RAINN's anti-crime messages and the National Sexual Assault Hotline. Must be self-directed and detail-oriented and have excellent writing skills. Must have minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Ideal candidate will be comfortable in small, entrepreneurial, dynamic environment. RAINN is America's largest anti-rape org.AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program (AVAP), Concord, NH: Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocates
AVAP is seeking advocates to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence through civil and criminal proceedings throughout New Hampshire by offering information and support. AVAP advocates also provide crisis intervention, accompaniments and referrals to meet victims' needs outside the courtroom.Center for Reproductive Rights, NY, NY: International Legal Program Assistant
Carry out administrative and secretarial tasks for the International Legal Program; extensive word processing, editing and fact-checking of papers and reports; drafting, faxing, and mailing of correspondence; assistance with research; handling international travel arrangements; maintaining filing system; assistance with responses to inquiries and maintaining relationships with NGO partners worldwide.National Council of Women's Organizations, Washington, DC: Program Coordinator
The National Council of Women's Organizations is looking to hire a Program Coordinator who will have the following duties:
1) internal communications: new member outreach, handbook preparation, publications, listserv
2) external communications: press briefings, conferences
3) staff NCWO Council meetings and task forces, representation of NCWO at a wide range of meetings
4) advocacy -- congressional briefings, sign-on letters, visits to Congressional offices
5) grant-writing
6) supervision of office staff and internsWorking Families Party of New York State, NY, NY: Grassroots Organizer
The Working Families Party is hiring full-time political organizers for NYC and Syracuse to build political power for working class and low-income New Yorkers.
Organizers build local WFP chapters by: recruiting, training and mobilizing volunteers, deepening the involvement of affiliated labor unions and community groups and planning and implementing electoral and issue campaigns
What types of internships are typically secured by Women and Gender Studies majors?
The following is a very short list of the types of internships typically pursued by majors in Women and Gender Studies:
National Organization for Women – Interns have the opportunity to research and design fact sheets on a topic, write articles for our bi-monthly newsletter, draft letters to governmental officials, and take on projects of vital importance to NOW-NYC's activism and infrastructure.Alternatives to Marriage Project – Interns assist with research, material writing and design, responding to informational requests from journalists and members of the public.OneWorld - Interns will work with the Managing Editor to find and summarize stories from the global network of over 1600 organizations working in human rights and sustainable development.Nat'l Latina Institute for Reproductive Health --Interns will organize emergency contraception (EC) campaign actions in New York/New Jersey and Chicago; research the political and social climates in future target areas; and develop community partners and organizing Latinas.NARAL Pro-Choice America - The Legal intern will conduct research on the nature of social service programs provided with taxpayer dollars by churches and other religious institutions. The intern will gather information regarding the sources of funding, the services provided, the extent to which the programs incorporate a religious element, and other features of the programs.
What are Women and Gender Studies majors doing now?
Women and Gender Studies majors can apply their academic background to a variety of settings. The following is a sampling of related occupations, excerpted from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO.
Social Worker Psychologist LobbyistLawyer Rape Abuse Counselor MidwifePro-Choice Advocate Program Director Policy WriterFamily Counselor Professor Politician
What are some graduate schools with degrees in Women's and Gender Studies?
PhD programs:
Clark University, UCLA, Claremont University, Emory University, Rutgers, Ohio State, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, University of Washington
How can you learn more about careers that might interest you?
Use the Web. The following Web sites may be useful:
Monster's Major to Career ConverterCSO's Virtual Career LibraryFerguson's Career Research Center (accessible through the CSO Password Page)
More Resources and Services
Stop by CSO for a Drop-In, or call to make an appointment with a counselor to talk about contacting alumni, assessing your career interests/preferences, and other actions you can take to prepare yourself for the transition from Middlebury to the professional world.