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Leadership in Higher Education: A Path to Greater Racial and Gender Diversity final report

In 2003, with support from the Ford Foundation, the National Council for Research on Women...

Reports & Publications

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Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am

Taxes ARE a Woman's Issue: Reframing the Debate

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:43pm

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

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:19am

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

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:46pm

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
Center for Gender in Organizations

Simmons School of Management

Boston, MA
Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
Ms. Foundation for Women

Brooklyn, NY
Women's Environment and Development Organization

New York, NY

Resources

Remembering the Women During Black History Month

Selection of posts from the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation Young Women...
Jumping Beyond the Broom

Fromt he Center for American Progress
Liberty and justice for all is not yet a...
Girls in ICT Portal

The United Nations launched a new web portal focusing on helping girls and women access...
The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2011

In 2011, women comprised 18% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers,...
Acosta/Carpenter Women in Intercollegiate Sport A Longitudinal, National Study Thirty-Five Year Update: 1977-2012

In 2012, forty years after the enactment of Title IX, there are an average of 8.73 womenʼs...

Blog Posts

Keeping Women on the Economic Agenda

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Last night I attended a dynamic panel hosted by Legal Momentum on Women’s Economic Equality: The Next Frontier in Women’s Rights....

ADVOCACY CORNER: White House Council on Women and Girls

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March 11, 2009 posted by admin This just in: by executive order President Obama has created a White House Council on Women and Girls. As NOW...

DIVERSITY WRIT LARGE: A Response to So-Called “Post-Racial” America

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March 11, 2009 posted by Delores M. Walters* The disproportionate effects of the seized-up economy on citizens of color whether in housing,...

Women Leaders Across Sectors on Social Justice and Change

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March 3, 2009 posted by Deborah Siegel I’m sitting in a very crowded auditorium at 3 World Financial Center, home of American Express,...

GIRLS FORUM: Kathy Cloninger--Developing Girls of Courage, Confidence, and Character

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February 11, 2009 posted by admin According to a recent report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United States ranks 69th in the world in female...

Member Experts

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

Jessica González-Rojas is the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the only national reproductive justice...

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...

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

How women are changing the tech world

June 7, 2012

USA Today profiles a new generation of female tech start-up founders.
Female Marines report for new combat jobs

June 4, 2012

The first female Marines began reporting for duty for combat positions newly opened to them, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Plans for women's quotas on company boards dropped

May 29, 2012

The Telegraph reports that plans to force British companies to appoint a set proportion of women to their boards are being scrapped.
G(irls) 20 Summit: Catching Up With Women Farmers

May 21, 2012

Dr. Rekha Mehra of the International Center for Research on Women recounts her visit to a village in Tanzania and growing international support for women farmers.
Private equity women come out against quotas

May 20, 2012

Speakers at the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s inaugural Women in Private Equity Forum have come out largely against hiring quotas as a solution to the lack of women working in the industry.

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