Women's & Girls' Leadership

Critical Issue: Building the Next Generation of Women Leaders in the Nonprofit Sector

NCRW announces an innovative professional development program for young women. Funded by the American Express Foundation, the year-long program will benefit young women who are engaged in the nonprofit and social justice sectors by providing training and sustained support to build the next generation of women leaders.

For more information, visit the program page here.

 

 

Resources

NCRW Resources

Reports & Publications

WOMEN GO GLOBAL CD-ROM
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:31am
Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:22am

Blog Posts

Women 2012: Good News on Health and Education Bad News on Pay and Clout
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By Natasha Cline-Thomas*Each year, NCRW hosts an expert roundtable on the afternoon of its Awards Dinner. This year’s program Women 2012:...
An Unforgettable Celebration with Stellar Women Leaders
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By Natasha Cline-Thomas*
Stellar Honorees -- NCRW Celebrates 30th Anniversary March 6th
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At a stellar gathering of leaders from business, philanthropy, government, and non-profits, the National Council for Research on Women will kick off...
Taking the Wheel: A Conversation with Younger Women Non-Profit Leaders
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By Alissa VladimirOn Monday, Oct. 24, the Emerging Leaders Network of the National Council for Research on Women hosted Taking the Wheel, an event...
Pathways to (Non)Profit
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By Tunisia L. RileyOn June 23, The National Council for Research on Women’s Emerging Leaders Network and the Girl Scouts of the USA presented...

Member Experts

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Deborah Hopkins
Deborah Hopkins is Chairman of Venture Capital Initiatives and Chief Innovation Officer at Citi. Recognized for her leadership in driving client-...
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Lynda Sagrestano
Lynda M. Sagrestano, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis.  She earned a Ph.D. in social psychology...
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Anne Erni
Anne Erni is an innovative leader who is Global Head of Leadership, Learning and Diversity at Bloomberg where she manages global initiatives and...
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Tiffany Dufu
Ever since she accepted the Girl of the Year Award in eighth grade, Tiffany Dufu knew that she wanted to make a profound impact. Raised in the...
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Abigail Disney
Abigail E. Disney is a filmmaker, philanthropist, and scholar. She has produced a number of documentaries focused on social themes, including the...
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Sharon L. Camp
Sharon L. Camp is President and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, the leading policy research organization in the field of sexual and reproductive...
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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...
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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...
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Linda Perkins
Linda M. Perkins is Associate Professor of the Claremont Graduate University. She holds an interdisciplinary university appointment in the...
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Shyama Venkateswar
Shyama Venkateswar, Ph.D., Director of Research and Programs brings a strong background in international programming, particularly in the areas of...

Member Organizations

News

  • Vatican nun crackdown hits US group for 'radical feminist' ideas
    April 19, 2012

    A report from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's orthodoxy watchdog, accuses the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the largest umbrella group for nuns in the United States, of taking positions that...
  • How Geena Davis Hopes to Save Women’s Panel
    April 16, 2012

     Interview with actress Geena Davis, also Chair of the California Commission on Women, on Governor Jerry Brown's budget proposal to eliminate the commission.
  • New tool helps U.S. group track sex crimes in Syria
    April 1, 2012

    The Women's Media Center is using new crowd-sourcing techniques to track rape and other sexual violence across Syria in one of the first efforts to monitor assaults against women during military conflict in real-time.
  • Female longevity offset by gender gaps
    March 17, 2012

     Women outlive men, while lagging behind.

    That was the parallax view presented last week at an annual summing up by the National Council for Research on Women, a New York-based network of 100 leading U.S. research policy and advocacy...
  • Female Longevity Offset by Lethal Gender Gaps
    March 14, 2012

     Women outlive men, while lagging behind.