Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

NCRW Resources

NCRW Fact Sheet: Immigrant Women--Access to Education

Immigrant women face particular hardship in accessing basic educational opportunities due to a...
NCRW Policy Brief: Health

A majority of U.S. citizens has identified access to affordable health care as a priority. Women...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health

Access to accurate information and comprehensive health services enables women to plan the timing...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Health Insurance, Women and Families--Imperative for a Well Nation

Access to affordable health care for all U.S. citizens needs to become a national priority. Making...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Alleviating Health Disparities--Key to a Healthy and Productive Nation

Alleviating health disparities is considered critical for building a healthier, more productive...

Reports & Publications

Taxes ARE a Woman's Issue: Reframing the Debate

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:43pm

Gains and Gaps: A Look at the World's Women

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:46pm

Women in Fund Management: A Road Map for Achieving Critical Mass — and Why it Matters

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:19am

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:22am

MISSING Information About Women's Lives

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am

Member Organizations

Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women

St. Catherine University

St. Paul, MN
Catalyst

New York, NY
Center for American Women & Politics

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ
The Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
Center for Women in Government & Civil Society

University at Albany, SUNY

Albany, NY

Resources

Gender diversity on Boards: the Appointment process and the role of executive search firms.

The appointment of women to FTSE 350-listed non-executive director roles is being held back by...
Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits

Thirty-six percent of working Massachusetts residents, or approximately 910,000 employees, lack...
Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence In West Africa

A report from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) finds that in countries recovering...
Report on a 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey (2011/2066(INI))

The European Parliament this week adopted a report urging Turkey to follow up on its recent work...
Is Board Diversity Important for Firm Performance and Board Independence?: An exploratory study of Singapore Listed Company

Following the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the spate of corporate frauds and accounting...

Blog Posts

Malaysian women redefine gender roles in technology

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Ruth SchechterOriginally posted February 8, 2010 on Gender News from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research According to national studies,...

FAST FACT: BLS Shines Light on Women’s Employment Situation

Kyla Bender-Baird

Posted by Kyla Bender-Baird Calling all data geeks! The Bureau of Labor Statistics has made some really exciting changes to its monthly employment...

NCRW Network Gets the Facts Out About Health Disparities

Kyla Bender-Baird

January 14, 2010 posted by admin

FAST FACT: Latest Unemployment Numbers

Kyla Bender-Baird

January 9, 2010 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird

Women Electricians Are Live Wires for a Labor Cause

Kyla Bender-Baird

December 15, 2009 posted by Francine Moccio*

Member Experts

Eileen Appelbaum

Eileen Appelbaum joined the Center for Economic Policy and Research in 2010 after eight years at Rutgers University as Professor and Director of the...

Louise Lamphere

Louise Lamphere is a Distinguished Professor of Anthopology Emeritus at the University of New Mexico and Past President of the American...

Radhika Balakrishnan

Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, has a Ph.D. in...

Juhu Thukral

Juhu Thukral is the Director of Law and Advocacy at The Opportunity Agenda. She has been an advocate for the rights of low-income and immigrant women...

Mariko Chang

Dr. Mariko Chang is the author of the new book, Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done About It, and the main author of the...

Mimi Abramovitz

Mimi Abramovitz is the CHAIR of Social Welfare Policy at Hunter College School of Social Work, and serves as the Bertha Capen Reynolds...

Kyla Bender-Baird

Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Manager, is providing the Council with a wide range of research and communications support. She received a...

Lisa McClain

Dr. Lisa McClain is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of Gender Studies at Boise State University. She researches the issue of...

News

“Having it All?”—The Wrong Question for Most Women

June 26, 2012

Ellen Bravo points out that most American women are juggling work and life just to make ends meet.
Will the World Listen to Women?

June 25, 2012

At the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, female leaders argue that reproductive health links to everything from poverty to food security to climate change and beyond.
Paycheck Fairness and Market Failure

June 25, 2012

Nancy Folbre recaps the complexity of paycheck disparities.
Slaughter versus Sandberg: Both Right

June 25, 2012

Joan C. Williams argues that both Anne-Marie Slaughter and Sheryl Sandberg have the right ideas about having it all.
What's At Stake For Women If SCOTUS Overturns The Health Law

June 23, 2012

Kaiser Health News looks at what women would lose if the health care law is overturned by the Supreme Court.

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