Female Only Programs

Feminists often complain about how we live in a “patriarchy”, and how women are “oppressed” and men privileged.

Remember that when reading over this list and try to think of a single group in history that called themselves oppressed, but had so much dedicated to them. In contrast, there is not a single Federal level program dedicated to men or even boys in the US. Also note that almost every one of these female only programs are in areas where women are doing far better than men and boys (education, health care, homicide, homeless, workplace death, violence).

Editors note: I had to “manually” find these programs as there is not a government list that tells you how much of your tax dollars are given to one genders issues. So to put it simply this list is, more than likely, incomplete. Also be sure to note that this is a list of Federal level female only programs. I did not even attempt to list all the state level programs for women as there are far too many, and the bandwidth on this webpage would probably give out if they were all put on one page.

Department of Health and Human Services
Office on Women’s Health (OWH)

• National Women’s Health Week
• Office of Women’s Health – Heart Truth
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health
• HIV Prevention Programs for Women

Office of Women’s Health – Illnesses and Disabilities Programs

• National Lupus Awareness Campaign
• Advancing System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People 2010 (ASIST2010)
• BodyWise – Eating disorder educational campaign
• BodyWorks: A toolkit for healthy girls and strong women
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee
• Coalition for a Healthier Community
• National Bone Health Campaign

Centers for Disease Control
Office on Women’s Health at CDC
Office of Women’s Health – CDC Campaigns

• African-American Women and Mass Media Campaign CDC
• Diabetes and Women’s Health Program CDC
• Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN)
• Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Program CDC
• HIV/AIDS and Women Program CDC
• One Test. Two Lives. Campaign CDC
• Choose Respect Campaign CDC
• Violence against Women Prevention Program CDC
• Women’s Safety and Health at Work Program CDC

National Institutes of Health

• Office for Women’s Health Research at the NIH (OWHR)
• Women’s Health Research
• FY 2011 Research Grants on Women’s Health
• Inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research
• Lifestyle Interventions in Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women Consortium
• Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR)
• Specialized Centers of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Health (SCORs)
• Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH)
• Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)

Other Agencies

• US Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health (FDA)
• US Food and Drug Administration – For Women (FDA)
• US Food and Drug Administration – Women’s health Research (FDA)
• Targeting Obesity in Young Women to Prevent the Development of Type II Diabetes (OPHS)
• HRSA Office of Women’s Health (HRSA)
• Women’s Health USA (HRSA)
• EPA Women and Environmental Health
• Women’s Outreach Program (USDA)
• Medicare/Medicaid – ‘Women’s Health USA

2011 Affordable Health Care Act
The 2011 Affordable Health Care Act Covered Preventive Services for Women

• Anemia screening on a routine basis for pregnant women
• Bacteriuria urinary tract or other infection screening for pregnant women
• BRCA counseling about genetic testing for women at higher risk
• Cervical Cancer screening for sexually active women
• Chlamydia Infection screening for younger women and other women at higher risk
• Folic Acid supplements for women who may become pregnant
• Gonorrhea screening for all women at higher risk
• Hepatitis B screening for pregnant women at their first prenatal visit
• Osteoporosis screening for women over age 60 depending on risk factors
• Rh Incompatibility screening for all pregnant women and testing for women at higher risk
• Tobacco Use screening and interventions for all women, and expanded counseling for pregnant tobacco users
• Syphilis screening for all pregnant women or other women at increased risk

Women’s Preventive Services

• Well-woman visits
• Gestational diabetes screening
• Contraception and contraceptive counseling
• Domestic violence screening

Additional Websites
Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day – Fitness and Nutrition
HHS – Girl’s Health website

Department of Defense and Veterans Administration
Department of Defense

• Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)
• STARBASE Program Women in STEM (DoD)
• Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO)
• NAVY Office of Women’s Policy
• NAVY Command Women’s Health Coordinator

Veterans Administration

• Center for Women Veterans
• Women Veterans Health Care
• Specialized Programs for Homeless Women Veterans
• Women’s Health Sciences Division (WHSD)
• Veterans Affairs Research and Development for Women’s Health
• VA Services for Military Sexual Trauma

Education
Department of Education

• White House Council for Women and Girls – Report to White House
• Women’s Educational Equity Act
• Title IX Girls in Math and Science Grant Program
• The Even Start Family Literacy Program Women’s Prison
• Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program – Women’s STEM Program
• The Race to the Top Fund – STEM Performance 15 Points
• Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) or better known as STEM
• Pell Grant Awards (60 percent women)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA – Women and Girls Science and Aviation Programs

• Engineering Early Advantage Program for Women
• NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program (NAFP) Women’s Consortium
• Girls’ Night Out Experiences:NASA STEM Activities
• Sally Ride Science Festival for Girls
• Summer Institute in Science, Technology, Engineering and Research (SISTER)
• Spelman College Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Scholar
• Women at NASA website

Department of Energy

• DOE Federal Women’s Program Oakridge
• Christo Rey High School Partnership STEM Grant
• Laurence Livermore National Laboratory: Expanding Your Horizons Conference
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Young Women in Science Program
• Clean Energy Education and Empowerment “C-3E” Women’s Initiative
• FermiLab – Women in Physics (DOE)
• Women in Science and Technology (WIST)

Other Agencies
USDA Women in STEM Program
National Science Foundation Adv. of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (ADVANCE)
National Science Foundation – Career Life Balance Initiative
EPA – Women in Sciences website
National Education and Resource Center on Women and Retirement Planning – (AoA)

Labor and Employment
Department of Labor
Department of Labor Women’s Bureau

• Women in Nanotechnology (WIN)
• Wi$eUp
• Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO)
• Native American Women Project
• Women and Trauma Federal Partners’ Exploratory Committee
• Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA)
• Health and Safety of Women in Construction (HASWIC)
• The Employment and Training Administration – Women in Construction Grant
• Women with Disabilities Entrepreneurship in ODEP
• Women and Green Jobs

Small Business Administration

• Office of Women’s Businesses
• Women’s Business Center Sustainability Project
• National Women’s Business Council

• These female specific business privileges dedicated to women:

put women-owned businesses on similar footing as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and businesses that participate in the SBAs 8(a) business-development program, which enjoy the benefits of bidding for contracts that are set aside for their specific programs.

 

Crime, Poverty and Housing
Department of Justice
Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women Act Grant Program –

• Campus Grant Program
• Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Grant Program
• Court Training and Improvements Program
• Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services for Victims Program
• Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program
• Education, Training and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities
• Engaging Men in Preventing Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program
• Services, Training, Education and Policies to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking in Secondary Schools Grant Program (STEP)
• Tribal SASP
• Sexual Assault Service Program-Cultural
• Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program
• Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders
• Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program
• Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions
• Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program
• Rural Grant Program
• Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant Program
• Services to Advocate for and Respond to Youth Grant Program
• Sexual Assault Services Program
• State Coalitions Grant Program
• Violence Against Women Research and Evaluation: Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
• STOP (Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grants to States
• Transitional Housing Grant Program

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Women’s Health – Violence Against Women Projects

• Engaging Men in Stopping Violence Against Women Townhalls
• HIV/AIDS-related Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence
• End Violence Against Women on College Campuses
• Office of Women’s Health – Project Connect
• Office of Women’s Health – Faith Advocacy Initiative
• Office of Women’s Health – Mental Health Initiative

Other Agencies – Additional Battered Shelters and Homeless Projects

• HHS Family Violence Prevention and Services Program (Battered Shelters)
• Domestic Violence Resource Network (DVRN)
• Women Offenders: Gender Responsive Approaches to Risk and Need Assessment – (NIC)
• Women’s Transition Project (HUD)
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (HUD)
• Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
• Housing Choice Voucher Program Section 8

White House Council for Women and Girls
Some reports sent to the White House.
FTC – DoD – DHS – EPA – DOL – DOE

Made it through the entire list? Good for you, now here is a some comedy.