Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

NCRW Resources

NCRW Policy Brief: Education

Despite gains in educational achievement for women and girls over the last decade, the gap...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Keeping the Doors of Opportunity Open--Women, Minorities and Affirmative Action

Women and girls have made enormous strides since passage of the Educational Amendments and Title IX...

Reports & Publications

THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am

MISSING Information About Women's Lives

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am

Member Organizations

Center for Research on Women

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
Legal Momentum

New York, NY

Resources

Citizenship
AAUW Affirmative Action Resource Kit
CEW Brief: “Assessing the Impact of Proposal 2, The Michigan Anti-Affirmative Action Constitutional Amendment,” Susan W. Kaufmann (2008)

CEW Brief: "Assessing the Impact of Proposal 2, The Michigan Anti-Affirmative Action...

Blog Posts

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...

WOMEN’S EQUALITY FORUM: Achieving Political Equality by Living It

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By Tonni Brodber*Linda Basch: From your perspective, what is the unfinished work of women’s political equality? Tonni Brodber: In the English-...

Member Experts

Mallika Dutt

Mallika Dutt is the President and CEO of Breakthrough, a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, pop culture and community...

News

Slow Progress on Gender Pay Gap

June 1, 2010

From BBC: In the 40 years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women in Scotland working full time earn significantly less than male colleagues--about 12% less. Women in management find even more of disparity, earning 55% less than their male...
National Security Strategy Vows to Support Rights of Women and Girls

May 31, 2010

From Ms. Magazine: The Obama administration recently released a report from the National Security Strategy that prioritized supporting the rights of women and girls. The document also states that it will support the ...
Novartis Fined $250 Million in Sex Discrimination Suit

May 20, 2010

From the NY Times: A federal jury of nine in Manhattan found the drug company Novartis guilty of discriminating against women from 2002-2007. The company was ordered to pay $250 million in punitive damages for discriminating against...
Through Quotas, A Boardroom Revolution in Europe

April 26, 2010

The enduring European gender imbalance has led Norway to mandate that 40% of directorships go to women — a legal quota that other governments also are rolling out. It's not going to happen organically. A comparison of surveys indicates that...
India's Gender Quota Will Unleash New Social Dynamics (Op-Ed)

April 3, 2010

The Women’s Bill is not and should not be expected to be a panacea for women’s ills. India is a shameful bottom or near-bottom in the Global Gender Gap Index when it...

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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.