Women's & Girls' Leadership

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Reports & Publications

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:22am
MISSING Information About Women's Lives
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am
Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am
THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am
Effective_Philanthropy
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am

Member Organizations

Resources

Blog Posts

I am a Young Feminist
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Kyla Bender-BairdI am filing this under "love this."  The Ms. Foundation for Women gave a nice shout out to young feminists...
Texas Scaredy-Cats
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Rylee Sommers-Flanagan*History is a collective story. It is selectively written, representing even unintended preferences of its author, and it is...
Youthful Reflections
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By Rylee Sommers-Flanagan*
A Brief History of the Women's Donor Activist Movement
jzeilinger@ncrw.org
This video was inspired by historian Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner who brilliantly determined to preserve and document the writings of suffragist Matilda...
CEDAW FORUM: Strengthening Our Global Voice
Kyla Bender-Baird
By June Zeitlin*Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights. This is the mantra of CEDAW, the most...

Member Experts

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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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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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Jamia Wilson
Jamia Wilson is Vice President of Programs at the Women’s Media Center. Jamia has a strong background in youth leadership development...
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Gloria Jacobs
Gloria Jacobs is Executive Director of the Feminist Press, a non-profit publisher affiliated with the City University of New York. The Press has been...
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...
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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

  • The new feminists: still fighting
    August 15, 2010

    The Guardian: "Four decades on since woman began the campaign for equality, we asked seven modern-day activists to tell us why they believe the battle is still not won."
  • Grading The White House On Women's Issues
    June 10, 2010

    Women's groups are upset over the Obama's administration lack of progress on women's issues.  Many activists feel that the administration is not taking enough initiative to move the issues that affect women forward.
  • French Feminist Elisabeth Badinter Stirs Up Controversy With New Book
    April 17, 2010

    The French feminist philsopher Elisabeth Badinter has stirred up a new debate about motherhood in her latest, best-selling book,  Le Conflit: La Femme et La Mère.  The book examines three of France’s biggest...
  • Why Young Women Need Feminism (Editorial)
    March 23, 2010

    "All my life, I was told that men and women were equal—so equal, in fact, that it wasn't even worthy of discussion. Like most of my friends, I outpaced my brothers and many of my male peers by a landslide in school, and took on...
  • Sexism at Work: Young Women, Newsweek, and Gender
    March 19, 2010

    In 1970, 46 women filed a landmark gender-discrimination case; their employer was NEWSWEEK.  Forty years later, their contemporary counterparts question how much has actually changed.