Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership

Contact

50 Spes Unica Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001
Ph. (574) 284-4051
Fx. (574) 284-4141
http://www.centerforwomeninleadership.org
cwil@saintmarys.edu


The Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) advances Saint Mary's College's mission of “preparing students to make a difference in the world” by empowering women to realize their call to leadership and to develop the intercultural knowledge and competence critical in today’s increasingly interdependent world.  In the spirit of the College’s sponsors, the Sisters of the Holy Cross, CWIL promotes human transformation and systemic change, from the local to the global context, by providing challenging, justice-based educational opportunities. 
 

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Principal Staff

Elaine Meyer-Lee, Ed.D., Director, Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership
Ph. (574) 284-4059
E-mail: meyerlee@saintmarys.edu

Mana Derakhshani, PhD., Associate Director, Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership
E-mail: mana@saintmarys.edu

Alice Siqin Yang, PhD., Assistant Director, Global Education
Ph. (574) 284-4263
E-mail: syang@saintmarys.edu

Talia Cerrone, M.A., International Student/Scholar Advisor and Recruitment Coordinator
E-mail: tcerrone@saintmarys.edu

Martha Smith, B.S., Project Director, Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative
E-mail: msmith@saintmarys.edu

Linda Biggins, M.S., Administrative Assistant
Ph. (574) 284-4051
E-mail: cwil@saintmarys.edu

Pamela Blair, Administrative Assistant
Ph. (574) 284-4061
E-mail: cwil@saintmarys.edu

Areas of Expertise:

Advancing Women's Leadership

Member Experts:


Projects & Campaigns

 

 

 

 

 

  • Catalyst Project: Traveling conversation focused on women as social change agents
  • Intercultural Leadership Certificate: Helping students develop their leadership potential

     

     

     

     

     

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    Reports & Resources

    Akita, Kimiko. Hegemony and the sexual commodification of women in the Japanese media.  T. Carilli & J. Campbell (Eds.), Women in the media: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: University Press of America., 2004.

    Keating, Cricket. “Developmental Democracy and Its Inclusions: Globalization and the Transformation of Participation.” Signs. 29 (2004): 417-37.

    Nusair, Isis, and Rabéa Naciri. “The Integration of the Human Rights of Women from the Middle East and North Africa in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.” Denmark: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2003.

    The Journal of Women's Intercultural Leadership:

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    Center News

    CWIL CONFERENCE 2010 REGISTRATION
    Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 11:23am

    The Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) marks 10 years of fostering the intercultural competence critical for the next generation of women leaders across the Saint Mary's campus, connecting with communities at the local, state, national, and global levels.

    Early Bird Registration Deadline: August 16, 2010
    For more information please click here!

    Opportunities, Grants & Fellowships

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