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AGENDA Annual Conference 2012 external rev March 30

AGENDA: NCRW Annual Conference 2012 - Agenda-Setting Nationally and Globally: Leveraging Women's...
30 Leaders Who Are Changing the Way the World Looks at Women

On our 30th Anniversary we are recognizing 30 stellar women from diverse corners of our broad...
ACTION BRIEF: The Gender Equality Project
ACTION BRIEF: WOMEN AND MONEY
The Female Vision: Women's Real Power at Work

At an NCRW expert panel on September 29, 2010 at American Express, authors Sally Helgesen and Julie...

Reports & Publications

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

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:19am

MISSING Information About Women's Lives

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am

Member Organizations

American University

Women & Politics Institute

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Center for American Women & Politics

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ
Center for Ethics in Action

University of New England

Portland, ME
Center for Women in Government & Civil Society

University at Albany, SUNY

Albany, NY
Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy

University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA
Institute for Women & Work

Cornell University

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Resources

The State of Women of Color in the United States

Issue brief from the Center for American Progress:
This issue brief examines the state of...
State of Women-owned Businesses Report

As of 2012, it is estimated that there are more than 8.3 million women-owned businesses in the...
Women in Federal and State-Level Judgeships

A Report by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, Rockefeller College of...
Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women: 2012-2013 Prudential Research Study

Prudential's 2012-2013 Research Study, ...
‘Recession-Tested’ Women-Owned Small Businesses Offer Key Lessons for Economic Recovery

Many of today’s women-owned businesses (WOBs) are led by recession-tested entrepreneurs...

Blog Posts

NCRW Blog - April 12, 2013

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In the last month, women in the running for political offices across the country have taken a twirl, willingly or not, with the legacy of the Supreme...

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...

Having It All But Remaining True to Oneself

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By Linda Basch, PhD* This morning, I had the opportunity to hear Véronique Morali, President of the Global Women’s Forum at...

Member Experts

Deborah Frett

Deborah L. Frett joined the Business and Professional Women's Foundation (BPW) as CEO in May 2005 after more than 30 years of providing strategic...

Deborah Hopkins

Deborah Hopkins is Chairman of Venture Capital Initiatives and Chief Innovation Officer at Citi. Recognized for her leadership in driving client-...

Deborah A. Freund

Professor Deborah A. Freund is the 15th President of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and is an internationally known health economist and...

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...

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...

Penny Abeywardena

Penny leads the Clinton Global Initiative’s Girls and Women program and is Associate Director, Commitments. She is responsible for the...

Leslie Wolfe

Dr. Leslie R. Wolfe is President of the Center for Women Policy Studies, the Nation’s first feminist policy institute, founded in 1972. The...

Radhika Balakrishnan

Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, has a Ph.D. in...

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...

News

Report: Women In Insurance Still Battle Leadership Challenges

September 24, 2011

Women working in the insurance industry continue to fight challenges that affect their professional development, according to the Women in Insurance Leadership Insight Report, a research study released at the Insurance Networking News Women in...
Empowering Women Globally

September 23, 2011

A Voice of America commentary recommends empowering women globally as a way to create favorable outcomes in poverty alleviation, economic growth, and general prosperity.
Newsweek's Global Women’s Progress Report

September 19, 2011

To measure the state of women’s progress, Newsweek ranked 165 countries, looking at five areas that affect women’s lives: treatment under the law, workforce participation, political power, and access to...
Female entrepreneurs represent the power of an untapped market

September 18, 2011

The article includes interviews with Julie Castro Abrams, the CEO of Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, a San Francisco nonprofit that provides high-potential, low-income women with the training, support and funding to start their own...
Gender Washing at Walmart

September 15, 2011

Martha Burk coins the term "gender washing," to describe Walmart's "Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative."

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