Work:life Balance

Flexible work arrangements and policies that address caregiving roles result in paybacks for both employers and employees. Research shows that employees with a satisfying work/life balance are more productive, creative, innovative and motivated at work and are less likely to leave their positions. Flexibility also encourages gender diversity in the workplace by easing the way for women to stay on their chosen career tracks while providing caregiving to children and family members or pursuing other interests and responsibilities.

Barnard Center for Research on Women

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3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Ph. 212/854-2067
Fx. 212/854-8294
http://www.barnard.edu/bcrw
bcrw@barnard.edu



The Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) at Barnard College is dedicated to the promotion of feminist scholarship and activism. It comprises a community of faculty, students, staff, community activists, scholars, and alumnae. The center aims to keep feminist studies at the forefront of college life and works in collaboration with the college's Department of Women's Studies and Columbia's Institute for Research on Women and Gender. The Center maintains a resource library, hosts lectures and conferences highlighting women's studies research endeavors, and has a series of publications, including the Scholar and Feminist Online and New Feminist Solutions.

 

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Principal Staff

Janet Jakobsen, Ph.D., Director (on leave 2011-12)
E-mail: jjakobsen@barnard.edu

Elizabeth Castelli, Acting Director
E-mail: ecastelli@barnard.edu

Gisela Fosado, Ph.D., Associate Director
E-mail: gfosado@barnard.edu

Lucy Trainor '07, Program Manager
E-mail: ltrainor@barnard.edu

Pam Phillips, Administrative Assistant
E-mail: pphillips@barnard.edu

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Barriers & Opportunities, Immigration & Migration, Diversity & Inclusion, Higher Education, Women's Movements, Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies, Work:life Balance, Economic Development & Security, Education & Education Reform, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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S&FOnline

www.barnard.edu/sfonline

The Scholar & Feminist Online, a triannual, multimedia, online-only journal of feminist theories and women's movements, provides public access to the Barnard Center for Research on Women's most innovative programming by providing written transcripts, audio and visual recordings, and links to relevant intellectual and social action networks. The journal builds on these programs by publishing related scholarship and other applicable resources. A forum for scholars, activists, and artists whose work articulates the ever-evolving role of feminism in struggles for social justice, S&F Online brings you the latest in cutting-edge theory and practice.

 

New Feminist Solutions

www.barnard.edu/bcrw/newfeministsolutions

Marking the newest direction in BCRW's more than thirty-five-year-old tradition of print publication, New Feminist Solutions is a series of reports geared toward informing and inspiring activists, policy-makers and others. Each report was written in collaboration with organizations and individuals who, like BCRW, have made a concerted effort to link feminist struggles to those of racial, economic, social and global justice. The reports are based on conversations and ideas emerging from conferences held at Barnard College, and are published in conjunction with websites featuring additional information from these events. Copies of the reports are free. They can be downloaded from the New Feminist Solutions website. Print copies can be requested by emailing bcrw@barnard.edu.

 

BCRW Newsletter Published biannually, the BCRW newsletter provides event information and feature articles that communicate some of the broader issues engaged by the events, thus providing readers with a new way of understanding the work of the Center as a whole.

The following issues are available to download in PDF format:

Spring 2010

Fall 2009

Spring 2009

Fall 2008

Spring 2008

Fall 2007

Spring 2007

 

Guide to NYC Women's and Social Justice Organizations

www.barnard.edu/bcrw/guide

This rich guide puts you in touch with the artists, activists and organizations whose work is most crucial to you. You'll find valuable information from nearly five hundred citywide organizations that work for sexual, racial, economic and social justice. The directory reflects our longtime commitment to building far-reaching, and sometimes unexpected coalitions.

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Opportunities, Grants & Fellowships

Student Initiated Events Fund

The Student Initiated Events Fund provides the opportunity for any student involved in an activist group at Barnard or Columbia to receive funding from the Women's Center to bring a local activist or scholar to a student-oriented program to discuss issues of gender, feminism, or women's lives. Alternately, a student may suggest a topic for a larger Women's Center program.

To apply, please send the following information to bcrw@barnard.edu: Name of student organization; student contact information; description of the event in as much detail as possible.

For further information, please email the address above or stop by the Center.

 

 


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