Information and Referral: Information on both campus and community resources are available. Our office provides a safe space to access resources, ask questions, and get to know more about available services. The CWRC also maintains a listserv that posts upcoming events and information about CWRC activities. To subscribe to the listserv send a message to: lyris@cornell.edu in the body of the message write: subscribe CWRC-L "your first name" "your last name"

Programs and Events: The CWRC sponsors many programs and events throughout the academic year. Some of these include:

    • Women's Self-Defense Workshop: This all day workshop addresses issues of physical and non-physical strategies for self-defense, interpersonal communication skills, and empowerment.

    • Workshops: From finding internships, to discussing issues of safety, to learning how to change your oil-we offer a variety of workshops throughout the year. Be sure to subscribe to the listserv to stay up-to-date!

    • The CWRC participates and co-sponsors many other events throughout the year. Some of these events include Women's History Month, Health Awareness Week, and Take Back the Night March. If you know of anything we might be interested in don't hesitate to contact us.

Speaker Services: CWRC staff is available for workshops, trainings, and lectures on a variety of women's issues.

FORWORD: This literary magazine published by CWRC students features poetry, essays, short stories, and artwork by the Cornell community.

Female Sexuality Workshop (FemSex):

What is FemSex?

The Female Sexuality Workshop, or FemSex, is a student-run class for undergraduates started at U. C. Berkeley in 1993 and now being taught at Brown and Harvard universities as well.

Its mission is “to create a safe environment within which participants can work to attain empowered relationships with female identity and sexuality. By building community, encouraging self-exploration, and guiding education, it aims to enable individuals to recognize and validate their own experiences, to explore the options available to them, and make educated and self-aware choices.”

Topics include: anatomy and physiology, cultural influences on sexuality, eating disorders, contraception, STIs and safer sex, women’s health, reproductive choices, sexuality, masturbation, partner sex and relationships, fantasies, orgasms and inhibitors to orgasms, and pornography and erotica among other things.

The class is structured as a discussion led by two student facilitators. All participants are held accountable for the creation of a safe and supportive educational community where people of all backgrounds, persuasions and orientations can feel comfortable sharing their stories.

If you are interested in helping to start FemSex at Cornell, contact Hannah at hws5@cornell.edu.