Diversity and Social Justice Studies

Statistics relating to women (e.g. demographics, health, education, violence)

For statistics specific to Canada, see Canadian women

United Nations - world statistics

Statistics on Women and Men

Directory of UN resources on gender and women's issues

Top choices to find research articles:

Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.  Coverage includes more than 871,000 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to present, from over 2,000 periodicals.

Resources for specific Canadian women and Canadian women's issues:

General:

Concise Glossary of Feminist Theory
Cross-referenced entries on terms relating to feminist theory; contains an extensive bibliography.

REF: HQ1115.L68 1997

Dictionary of Feminist Theory
"...guide to the terminology and history of feminist theory relating the categories of feminist thinking to mainstream scholarship as it is practised in the western world".

REF: HQ1115.H86 1995

Diversity and Social Justice Studies (DSJS) is an interdisciplinary area.
Also check the resources in sociology, psychology, history, business, education, and so on depending on your topic.