Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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Reports & Publications

Effective_Philanthropy

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am

Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Our Nation's Economic Recovery Efforts

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 12:15pm

Member Organizations

Women's eNews

New York, NY
Women's Research and Education Institute

Washington, DC
Women's Studies Research Center

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Resources

Desiring Change

Desire and gender are brought alive through the ways lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered,...
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...
Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan

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Cultivating Fear: The Vulnerability of Immigrant Farmworkers in the US to Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment

This 95-page report describes rape, stalking, unwanted touching, exhibitionism, or vulgar...

Blog Posts

Fast Fact: At Work, Good Looks Matter

jzeilinger@ncrw.org

Newsweek recently conducted two new polls amongst corporate hiring managers as well as a telephone survey of the national public in order to...

Gender Fatigue in MBA Programs

jzeilinger@ncrw.org

*By Julie Zeilinger Despite widespread satisfaction over the fact that women now constitute close to 50% of students in medical and law schools...

Media Report to Women.com

vivhdem

I'd like to send a shout-out to MEDIA REPORT TO WOMEN.COM, a website/blog/newsletter that tracks how women and girls are depicted in the media and...

Policy Is About Priority: Where Do Moms Fit in?

rsommers-flanag...

By Rylee Sommers-Flanagan*This post originally appeared on the Health Justice Blog associated with the Health Justice Division of the New York...

CEDAW FORUM: There’s No Time Like the Present

Kyla Bender-Baird

The United States remains one of only seven countries that have not ratified CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination...

Member Experts

Miriam Yeung

Miriam W. Yeung is Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF). She guides the country’s only national, multi-...

Pamela Shifman

Since May 2008, Pamela Shifman has served as the Director of Initiatives for Women and Girls at the NoVo Foundation, where she directs its work on...

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...

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...

Silvia Henriquez

Silvia Henriquez is responsible for the overall management, fundraising and administration of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health....

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

10 Countries With Huge Gender Gaps In The Workplace: Survey

July 9, 2012

According to recent data from Gallup, a quarter of countries struggle with a wide gender gap in the workplace.
Gender still a barrier to success, say hedge fund women

July 5, 2012

Women in hedge funds still feel as though their male colleagues view them as women first, professionals second.
Women 'never the right age' in hedge fund

June 28, 2012

Researchers from the universities of Leicester and Essex looked into the concept of "adulting," which is defined as the attempt by people to be seen as mature and responsible, professionally and socially, and, when looking at a London hedge...
“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.
Women Facing Harsh New Pressures in North Korea

June 25, 2012

A new working paper by Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland for the Peterson Institute for International Economics suggests that Kim Jong-un's early economic policy moves in the economic sphere “were focused on re-enforcing controls....

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NCRW is a network of leading university and community based research, policy, and advocacy centers with a growing global reach dedicated to advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls. We also have a Corporate Circle comprised of senior diversity professionals from leading U.S. and global member companies and a Presidents Circle of college and university leaders who share our commitment. NCRW harnesses the collective power of its network to provide knowledge, analysis, and thought leadership on issues ranging from reducing women’s poverty to building a critical mass of women’s leadership across sectors.