University of Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
Center on Women and Public Policy
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/wpp
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Contact Information:
301 19th Ave. South
130 Humphrey Center
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-3409
Fax: 612-625-3513
E-mail: sfinnegan@hhh.umn.edu
CENTER DESCRIPTION
The Center on Women and Public Policy, within the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, is the nation's first complete teaching, research, and outreach center devoted to the study of women and public policy. The center has conducted applied research on such issues as women's human rights and development, comparable worth in Minnesota, women's political participation worldwide, and the opinions and outlook of Minnesota women. The center also sponsors lecture series and seminars on feminist policy issues and offers a Master's of Public Policy in Women and Public Policy.
AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE
Feminist organizations; history; law/legal issues; politics; sexual assault/harassment; violence against women.
RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Women's Voices - Minnesota. The Women's Voices - Minnesota research project focused on the daily lives of Minnesota women and in order to identify their key issues of concern. Through discussion groups and statewide random telephone surveys, the research concluded that women's and men's concerns clustered around crime and safety, economic security, and balancing work and family.
Feminist Economics. In 1996-97, The Humphrey Institute was the site for a traveling seminar on feminist economics funded by the Ford Foundation. The course is now a part of the regular curriculum at the institute. The center has also hosted a Women and Economics Lecture Series.
Academic Research and Public Policy Formation. The center coordinated a three-part series on academic research and the formation of public policy. Specific topic included the role of the media in policy formation; the function of academic research in the legislative process; and the interplay between scholarship, public policy, and institutional structure. The series was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
Feminist Research Methods. In collaboration with the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the university, the center has hosted a series of workshops on feminist research methods including documenting oral histories, ethnographies, survey research methods, personal narratives, and case studies. The series involved panel experts, faculty, and students.
Human Rights
The International Women's Rights Action Watch promotes knowledge and understanding of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The center has become a focus for many national and international efforts on women's rights, in addition to acting as the primary monitoring organization for the convention.
Women, Law, and Public Policy. With a grant from the Ford Foundation, the center is working to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship on women, law, and public policy through the creation and nurturing of a community of scholars devoted to these topics. Reading groups and speaker series are included in the initiative.
Women in Leadership. The center has put together a Women in Leadership Bibliography and Selected Annotations, categorized according to the leadership framework in Leadership for the Common Good, Bryson & Crosby (1992). More specifically, the resource includes Leadership in Context, Personal Leadership, Team Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Political Leadership, Visionary Leadership, Ethical Leadership, and International Leadership.
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