Big 5 Campaign:

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1. Economic Security 2. Education 3. Health 4. Immigration 5. Violence

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Reinvesting in Women and Families: Developing an Economy for the Future (Summit October 2010)

NCRW Resources

NCRW Fact Sheet: Increasing Student Aid—Making Higher Education Accessible to Women and Low-Income Students

As wages continue to stagnate and tuition costs rise, college education has become out of reach for...
NCRW Background Paper: Reinvesting in Women and Families

Based on available research, it is clear that while the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Welfare Reform and Education

The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 pushed many poor women into jobs but without sufficient training or...
NCRW Policy Brief: Education

Despite gains in educational achievement for women and girls over the last decade, the gap...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Women and Educational Disparities--A Call to Action

Today, women are more likely than men to attend college after high school, and are as likely to...

News

Ireland Launches Women's Fund

April 15, 2010

A NEW fund dedicated solely to women’s causes was launched yesterday in Dublin by President Mary McAleese.
The Women’s Fund for Ireland aims to address problems facing women and girls in Ireland including poverty, violence and...
Why Business Schools Are Failing Women

April 12, 2010

For decades, M.B.A. programs have failed to attract a critical mass of female students, even as admissions offices scramble to target their recruiting practices at women.
The numbers of women pursuing...
Computer Engineer Barbie and the Role of Women in Tech

April 9, 2010

Twenty years ago, women were awarded twice as many computer science degrees as they were in 2008. Of course, there are more fields open to women today. But that only explains part of the reason this well-paid, fast-growing field is losing women.
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Teaching Girls to Report on the World Cup

March 31, 2010

Global Girl Media, an educational nonprofit founded in January 2009, aims to use the 2010 World Cup to empower young women by teaching them about digital media.

Its first project, called "Kick It Up!", will...
African Leaders Strategize to Enhance Women's Safety, Influence

March 28, 2010

In Johannesburg last week nearly 300 rights advocates and politicians brainstormed for three days about how to make governments in 10 countries of southern Africa friendlier to women. Gender Links, a nongovernmental organization based...

Member Organizations

American Association of University Women

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American University

Women & Politics Institute

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Applied Women's Studies Program

Claremont Graduate University

Claremont, CA
The Association of American Colleges and Universities

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Barnard Center for Research on Women

Barnard College

New York, NY
Beatrice Bain Research Group

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

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Diversity & Inclusion
Early Childhood
Educational Leadership of Women & People of Color
Higher Education
International Education
K-12
Title IX
Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies

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Great Gifts for Mothers of Young Children: Quality, Accessible, Affordable Early Care and Education

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Quality early care and education are truly a gifts that will keep on giving, not only to mothers but to all of us. We’re not saying that it’s only important to mothers; fathers...

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 5:53pm

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Is Illinois the New Face of Education Reform?

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Allison FlambergThe Center for American Progress recently released a report on the education reforms Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law last month. Senate Bill 7 (SB 7) seeks to...

Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 4:53pm

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Supporting Families and Reducing Poverty

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Melissa Stevenson*

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 11:38am

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Living Wages and Economic Security Out of Reach for Many Americans

Kate Meyer

*By Kate Meyer

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 6:25pm

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Looking to Women in America for Solutions

Kate Meyer

*By Kate MeyerLast week Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal, General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the...

Monday, April 4, 2011 - 5:13pm

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Reports & Publications

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Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am

THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am

Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am

How the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Addresses Women's Needs

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 3:31pm

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