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

Is LGBTQ Progress Leading to Violence or Are We Reporting More?

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At a time when twelve states have legalized same-sex marriage, it appears that LGBTQ rights are moving in a positive direction, even politically....

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...

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

US District Judge Rules in Favor of Women's Softball Team in Title IX Suit

March 24, 2010

A US District Judge in Hawaii ruled in favor of a women's high school softball team's Title IX claim in Maui County, HI, late last week. Several members of the Baldwin High School softball team, their parents, and their coach sued Maui County and the...
Ukrainian women berate Prime Minister for sexist remarks

March 24, 2010

Ukraine's new prime minister, Mykola Azarov, has enraged feminist groups by suggesting that women are unsuitable for high political office and incapable...
Forbes: What The Health Care Bill Means For Women

March 23, 2010

The new health care bill represents one of the biggest challenges to U.S. social policy in decades. And for several reasons it may have an especially large impact on women in the U.S. Among the immediate effects for women, insurance companies...
Gender Discrimination Linked to Poor Project Management

March 22, 2010

New research suggests that technically oriented women could face gender discrimination in their jobs at high-tech firms in part because of mismanaged projects. Tech firms rely excessively on a "hero mindset" to save runaway coding...
Bias is a Persistent Hurdle for Women in Sciences

March 21, 2010

A report on the underrepresentation of women in science and math by the American Association of University Women, to be released Monday, found that although women have made gains, stereotypes and cultural biases still impede their success.

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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.