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

Center for Gender in Organizations

Simmons School of Management

Boston, MA
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
The Feminist Majority Foundation

Arlington, VA
Legal Momentum

New York, NY
Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

Resources

Oceans Apart: The Higher Health Costs of Women in the U.S. Compared to Other Nations, and How Reform Is Helping

An estimated 18.7 million U.S. women ages 19 to 64 were uninsured in 2010, up from 12.8 million...
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific

Report from the World Bank.
A Pregnancy Test for Schools: The Impact of Education Laws on Pregnant and Parenting Students

Parenthood is not the end of the road for teen moms. Quite to the contrary, motherhood can...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012: What it Means for Women Workers

Last year, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, a deeply divided Supreme Court voted 5-4 to erect...
Name It. Change It.

Name It. Change It. is a non-partisan project of WCF Foundation, Women’s Media Center, and...

Blog Posts

No Reward, Therefore Not Worth the Risk: Why LGBTQ in the Military Are Still Not Coming Out

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Prior to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) in 2011, an estimated 48,500 lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals...

Looking to Women in America for Solutions

Kate Meyer

*By Kate MeyerLast week Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal...

Anti-Union Efforts and Wisconsin's Women Workers

Kate Meyer

By Kate Meyer*

An Inventive Tribute to International Women's Day

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Teresa BagleyFeminism shouldn't be exclusive to scholars, advocates, researchers and policy wonks. Women's issues affect all of us, and this is an...

Breitbart: Thuggery and Orwell Revisited

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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

India Relies on 'Two-Finger' Test to Verify Rape

October 21, 2010

WeNews: Human rights groups in India have called for the end of the so-called "two-finger" rape test, citing that the test is physically invasive and uses a victim's previous sexual experience against her.
Gay Women Face Double the Pressure in India

October 19, 2010

NY Times: Although gays and lesbians have more freedom in India than they used to, lesbians in India still face more discrimination due to the social pressure faced by Indian women to get married and to bear children. Those who are brave enough...
NY Lawsuit: Citigroup Used Recession To Fire Women

October 13, 2010

NPR: Six women have filed a lawsuit against Citibank claiming "recessionary discrimination," stating that the company laid off thousands of female employees while retaining less-qualified men. In addition, middle and senior...
Research finds that Muslim women who wear headscarves face workplace discrimination in the US

September 28, 2010

New research titled 'The downside of religious attire: the Muslim headscarf and expectations of obtaining employment,' surveyed over 200 American Muslim women on their job seeking experience. The survey found that the women were subjected to...
Florida appeals court strikes down gay adoption ban

September 22, 2010

CNN: On Wednesday, a Florida appeals court overturned a ban on adoptions by gays and lesbians, declaring it unconsitutional. The law was over three deacades old, and was ruled unconstitutional. However, the appeals court does not have the...

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