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Big 5 Topics

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

Female Participation in College Sports Reaches All-Time High

January 23, 2012

Forty years after the passage of federal legislation used to prevent gender discrimination in college sports, female participation opportunities have reached a record high.
Science grant to help women

January 17, 2012

A National Science Foundation grant recently awarded to Gonzaga University is aimed at bringing more women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers, often called the STEM fields.
Teen's Girl Scout Cookie Boycott Sparks Debate

January 17, 2012

A 7-year-old transgender child's inclusion in the organization prompted the girl's call for a boycott.
Out-of-School Time Drawing Girls Into STEM

January 6, 2012

It’s another engineering “design challenge” at Techbridge, an after-school program for girls that encourages interest in STEM—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—subjects. Close to 30 girls are here...

New Hampshire Ends Affirmative-Action Preferences at Colleges

January 4, 2012

Public colleges in New Hampshire are precluded from using affirmative-action preferences in hiring or admissions decisions under a new law that took effect on January 1 after being passed by the state's legislature last year with relatively...

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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

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Beatrice Bain Research Group

University of California, Berkeley

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Blog Posts

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

Effective_Philanthropy

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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