News from the Network

News from the Network Newsletter

November 21: Engage 2012 at NYU, Educating the Courts in Unexpected Areas from Legal Momentum, and The Future of Higher Education Event at the New School
December 12, 2011
November 9: Recognizing Reproductive Rights, Ending Violence Against Women, and a Call for Graduate Student Proposals
November 11, 2011
July 13: New Resources, A Call to Repro Rights Bloggers, & An Exciting Opportunity for Progressive Women
July 7, 2011
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News from the Network

Barbara Buckley Biography and Video Interview Now Available
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 2:20pm

The Women’s Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) is excited to announce the addition of the biography and video interview of Barbara Buckely to their growing collection on their website, wrin.unlv.edu

The WRIN website serves as a site of research and education about the history of women in southernNevada.  The site contains video, audio, and images of the women featured.  WRIN is continually adding new women to the site that currently includes more than 75 Nevada women.  The site serves as a source to researchers and a general education tool for students and the community.  WRIN will be spotlighting a new biography each month.

Women's Research Institute of Nevada
The Center for Women Policy Studies urges endorsement of a Policy Resolution on Reproductive Rights
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:35pm

The Center for Women Policy Studies has been mobilizing state legislators across the country to endorse a Policy Resolution on Reproductive Rights and Justice.

Center for Women Policy Studies
Center for Women's Global Leadership shares a resource from the International Civil Society Action Network
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:33pm

The CWGL shares a new resource from the International Civil Society Action Network. The first of their MENA Region Briefs has been released entitled,

Center for Women's Global Leadership
Victories from the Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative of Third Wave Foundation
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:32pm

The Third Wave Foundation likes to share victories from their Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative.

Third Wave Foundation

News from SIROW
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:31pm

The Southwest Institute for Research on Women, SIROW, in partnership with the James E. Rogers College of Law's Immigration Law Clinic, provides social support, advocacy, and legal services to vulnerable women detained for months to years while the government determines whether to deport them or grant them legal immigration status to remain in the country.

Southwest Institute for Research on Women
A new study on Japan by the Center for Work-Life Policy
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:30pm

A new study on Japan by the Center for Work-Life Policy

(CWLP) which focuses on the career pathways of highly-qualified women finds a potential solution to this country's talent crunch and demographic crisis.
Center for Work-Life Policy
Featured Alumni Jane Waldfogel '89
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:29pm

Alumni Jane Waldfogel '89 of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy was recently quoted in a New York Times article, "Bleak Portrait of Poverty Is Off the Mark, Experts Say." Waldfogel' year in the WPPP program led her to a Ph.D.

Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy
2012 Catalyst Awards Dinner and 50th Anniversary Celebration and Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility:It's a Matter of Sustainability
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:27pm
 
Tables for the  2012 Catalyst Awards Dinner and 50th Anniversary Celebration are selling quickly. Catalyst's 50th Anniversary Celebration and 2012 Catalyst Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Catalyst
Video of Sumru Erkut speaking on the Critical Mass Project
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:26pm

Sumru Erkut, Ph.D., associate director and senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, conducted a study called the Critical Mass Project. The goal of the study was to determine how many women were needed on a corporate board in order for their contributions to make a real difference. Watch the video to learn more.

Wellesley Centers for Women
Shared Futures Difficult Choices: Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning, Global Engagement, and Success
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:22pm

Please join us at The Association of American Colleges and universities (AAC&U) for the Annual Meeting 2012 

  

SHARED FUTURES / DIFFICULT CHOICES:

Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning, Global Engagement, and Success

The Association of American Colleges and Universities