Access & Disparities

Despite recent progress, women do not have equal access to educational opportunities. Socio-economic and racial disparities persist, particularly for immigrants and women of color. More effort needs to be focused on improving access to college preparatory and post-secondary education for low-income girls. Efforts need to include comprehensive sex education and teen pregnancy prevention as well as extended and flexible degree programs for single mothers. More focus is needed on making “hard sciences” (physics, chemistry, engineering) and technology more appealing to girls both in the classroom and as part of after-school activities.

Women's Environment and Development Organization

Contact

355 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Ph. (212) 973-0325
Fx. (212) 973-0335
http://www.wedo.org
eleanor@wedo.org


WEDO’s mission is to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet, and human rights for all. Through our programs on Economic and Social Justice, Gender and Governance and Sustainable Development, WEDO emphasizes women’s critical role in social, economic and political spheres.

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Monique Essed-Fernandes, Interim Executive Director
E-mail: mjessed@aol.com

Ugoagha Awa, Accounting Assistant
E-mail: ugoagha@wedo.org

Eleanor Blomstrom, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Coordinator
Ph. (212) 973-0325 x206
E-mail: eleanor@wedo.org

Rachel Harris, Strategy, Outreach & Advocacy Efforts/GEAR
E-mail: rachel@wedo.org

Susan Ifill, Interim Finance Director
E-mail: susan@wedo.org

Cate Owren, Program Director
E-mail: cate@wedo.org

Madeleine Rubenstein, Program Assistant
E-mail: madeleine@wedo.org

Bridget K. Burns, WEDO Programme Fellow
Email: bridget@wedo.org

Areas of Expertise:

Access & Disparities, Climate Change & Women, Awareness & Education, Barriers & Opportunities, Eco-Activism, Green Technology & Energy, Sustainable Development, Inclusion, Women & Water, Globalization, Women's Movements, Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies, Women's Networks, Environment, Sustainability & Energy, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Globalization, Human Rights & Security

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Climate Change

The most urgent issue of our time, climate change has widespread implications, from the exacerbation of poverty, to the breakdown of infrastructure, to the loss of environmental, political, economic and social security.

Corporate Accountability

WEDO challenges corporate activities that violate women’s rights, threaten lives and livelihoods, and destroy the environment.

UN Reform

WEDO factsheet that outlines the UN reform process and how it affects women’s lives. Provides overview and steps you can take to get involved and make change.

UN Reform: What’s at stake for women? (pdf)

Women's Political Participation & Leadership

It’s nearly a decade since WEDO launched a Global 50/50 Campaign to boost women’s representation in political decision-making positions. Today, while the absolute increase is small, women’s representation in parliaments, now averaging worldwide at 18.2 percent, is the highest it has ever been.

GEAR Campaign 

The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign – founded and co-coordinated by WEDO and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) since 2006 – has been advocating for a new, strong, unified gender entity under the United Nations system. The new entity, with predictable and substantial funding, as well as operational capacity at the country level, could truly improve the lives of women around the world.

 

Reports & Resources

Climate Change Connections: Gender & Population. A comprehensive resource kit from UNFPA and WEDO on gender, population and climate change. Learn how gender equality can reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts and how women are uniquely positioned to help curb the harmful consequences of a changing climate (2009).

2008 Annual Report: Building Alliances, Making Milestones. We invite you to imagine how the actions we take together bring us closer to our goal of a healthy and peaceful planet, social and economic justice and human rights for all.

Newsletter - WEDO News & Views

 

 

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Opportunities, Grants & Fellowships

Graduate Fellowships and Undergraduate Internships

Fellowship and internship applications (for graduate students and undergrads, respectively,) are accepted on a rolling basis. The duration of each fellowship/internship depends on the needs of the fellow/intern and WEDO programs, but a minimum two-month commitment is required. Fellows/interns will conduct research and writing, provide administrative assistance, attend meetings, and undertake other tasks as necessary, under the direction of the relevant programmatic staff.


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New York Women's Foundation

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434 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Ph. 212) 261-4586
Fx. (212) 564-7386
http://www.nywf.org/index.html
info@nywf.org


The New York Women's Foundation is a voice for women and a force for change. We are a cross-cultural alliance of women catalyzing partnerships and leveraging human and financial capital to achieve sustained economic security and justice for women and girls. With fierce determination, we mobilize hearts, minds and resources to create an equitable and just future for women, families and communities in New York City.

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Ana L. Oliveira, President & Chief Executive Officer
Ph. (212) 261-4699
E-mail: aoliveira@nywf.org

Alejandra Naranjo, Senior Director of Major Gifts and Strategic Campaigns
Ph. (212) 261-4621
E-mail: anaranjo@nywf.org

Elizabeth Cho, Director of Communication and Marketing
Ph. (212) 261-4361
E-mail: echo@nywf.org

Talib Nichiren, Director of Individual Giving and Special Events
Ph. (212) 261-4642
E-mail: tnichiren@nywf.org

Jacqueline Ebanks, Director of Programs
Ph. (212) 261-4360
E-mail: jebanks@nywf.org

Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves, Director of Strategic Initiatives
Ph. (212) 261-4362
E-mail: treeves@nywf.org

Megan Guzman, Program Officer
Ph. (212) 261-4364
E-mail: mguzman@nywf.org

Ruth Sanderson, Finance & Administrative Manager
Ph. (212) 261-4629
E-mail: rsanderson@nywf.org

Madeline Lamour Holder, Associate Director of Individual Giving
Ph. (212) 261-4637
E-mail: mholder@nywf.org

Tarnisha Smart, Development Associate
Ph. (212) 261-4398
E-mail: tsmart@nywf.org

Areas of Expertise:

Access & Disparities, Awareness & Education, Barriers & Opportunities, Human Rights & Security, Family & Society, Poverty, Women's Movements, Women's Networks, Economic Development & Security, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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Management & Leadership Institute

The Management & Leadership Institute (MLI) strengthens the leadership and management capacity of grantee partners through a series of no-fee participatory workshops and trainings on issues such as fundraising, board development, financial management, and communications. Workshops and trainings typically range in length from a half-day to a series of full-day sessions and are facilitated by technical assistance providers who tailor each workshop to the needs of the participants. Individual follow-up consultations are often conducted at the end of each series.

 

 

Reports & Resources

NYWF. 2013. Economic Security and Well-Being Index for Women in New York City

NYWF. 2008. The Economic Status of Women in New York State.

E-Newsletter/The Activist Philanthropist  

NYWF Newsletter

 

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Opportunities, Grants & Fellowships

Grants

The New York Women’s Foundation® funds organizations and programs within the five boroughs of New York City that have developed strategies to move low-income women and girls towards long-term economic security. 
 


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Shirley Chisholm Center for Research on Women

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2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Ph. (718) 951-5640
Fx. (718) 951-4670
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/departments/WomensStudies/1532.htm
patriciaant@aol.com
pata@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Women and gender (the social and historical meanings of the distinction between men and women) are fundamental categories of social, cultural, and scientific inquiry integral to the study of the diversity of human experience. Consequently, the overarching goal of the Center is to conduct research to develop original scholarship on gender and new questions promoting the growth of feminist inquiry and practice. Our aim is to investigate women in society and culture in historical and contemporary contexts at the intersection of class, race, ethnicity, and nationality and to establish connections between local issues and the global context.

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Principal Staff

Patricia Antoniello, Director
Ph. (718) 951-5640
E-mail: pata@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Areas of Expertise:

Access & Disparities, Awareness & Education, Culture & Identity, Globalization, Women in History, Women's Movements, Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies, Women's Networks

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Takkar, P., P. Kothari, A. Kaysin and P. Antoniello. "Community-Based Primary Health Care - The Jamkhed Model: Overcoming Domestic Violence and Traditional Gender Roles." American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006.

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Women's Studies Student Scholarship

The Scholarship is an annual tuition award of $5000 ($2500 over the Fall and Spring semesters each), paid out over the student’s senior year at Brooklyn College.

 


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Women's Studies Program

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210 East Duke Building
Durham , NC 27708
Ph. (919) 684-5683
Fx. (919) 684-4652
http://womenstudies.duke.edu
cfhharri@duke.edu


The Program in Women's Studies at Duke University is dedicated to exploring gender identities, relations, practices, theories and institutions, In the field's first decades, feminist scholarship reoriented traditional disciplines toward the study of women and gender and developed new methodologies and critical vocabularies that have made interdisciplinarity a key feature of Women's Studies as an autonomous field. Today, scholars continue to explore the meaning and impact of identity as a primary though by no means transhistorical or universal way of organizing social life by pursuing an intersectional analysis of gender, race, sexuality, class, and nationality. In the classroom, as in our research, our goal is to transform the university's organization of knowledge by reaching across the epistemological and methodological divisions of historical, political, philosophical, economic, representational, technological and scientific analysis.

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Ranjana Khanna, Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies and DUS
Ph.(919) 684-4063
E-mail: rkhanna@duke.edu

Melanie J. Mitchell, Program Coordinator
Ph. (919) 684-3655
E-mail: melanie.mitchell@duke.edu

Tina M. Campt, Director of Graduate Studies
Ph. (919) 684-4267
E-mail: tcampt@duke.edu

Gwendolyn Rogers, Staff Assistant
Ph. (919) 684-4052
E-mail Address: grogers@duke.edu

Lillian P. Spiller, Administrative Coordinator
Ph. (919) 684-3770
E-mail: llps@duke.edu

Marialana L Weitzel, Staff Assistant
Ph. (919) 684-5683
E-mail: m.weitzel@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise:

Access & Disparities, Awareness & Education, Barriers & Opportunities, Culture & Identity, Higher Education, Sexuality & Gender, Women in History, Women's Movements, Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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The Pipeline Project

Women are under-represented in the political process, both at the state and federal level. In the US, there are 17 women senators and in the North Carolina senate only 6 women. Justtwenty-five per cent of legislators in North Carolina are women (a combination of house and senate).

To help address this issue, on January 15 and 16, Duke students and others, from the Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem areas, participated in a two-day workshop designed to help prepare women to run for office at the local, state or federal level. Martha Reeves, Visiting Professor in Sociology and Women’s Studies and Barbara Ferris, Executive Director of the International Women’s Democracy Center in Washington, DC, organized and conducted the Pipeline Project workshop.
 
The program covered all of the steps needed to prepare and run a successful campaign. Among the many topics, participants learned the steps required to get on the ballot; how to manage a team of volunteers and campaign staff; how to raise money and develop a budget; how to craft one’s message; and how to effectively deal with the media. A lunch-time seminar featuring Ellie Kinnaird, state senator from North Carolina, and Randee Haven-O’Donnell, alderperson from Carrboro, NC provided the attendees with first-hand knowledge of both the challenges and rewards of public service.

 

Reports & Resources

R. Khanna. Algeria Cuts: Women and Representation, 1830 to the Present. November, November, 2007.

R. Khanna. "Frames, Contexts, Community, Justice." Diacritics 33:2, November 2005: 11-41, Summer 2003.
 
R. Khanna. "Signatures of the Impossible." Duke Journal of Law and Gender Policy  (2004).

Women's Studies Newsletter

The Women's Studies Program publishes a newsletter twice a year featuring activities in the Program and scholarship by Faculty and Students.

 

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Awards & Grants

Women's Studies administers a variety of awards and grants of up to $1500 each to currently enrolled Duke students in recognition of outstanding scholarship and research. The awards have been generously endowed through the Council on Women's Studies, alumnae/i, and friends.

Fellowships

The Graduate School awards two full fellowships to Women's Studies each year. Each fellowship carries a nine-month $19,840 stipend (tuition and fees to be paid by the Graduate School).

Employment Opportunities

Women's Studies offers a number of Graduate Instructor positions, Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships each year. Students may also find additional opportunities for research and jobs on DukeList.

 


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Project: CEW is working at the local level to increase welfare recipients' access to higher education

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Project: CEW is working at the local level to increase welfare recipients' access to higher education, in collaboration with the Department of Human services, the county workforce development agency, area colleges and universities, and the Center for Civil Justice in Saginaw, MI.

URL: 
http://www.umich.edu/~cew/
Member Organization: 
Center for the Education of Women

CEW Brief: “Access to Higher Education: Barriers and Benefits,”

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CEW Brief: "Access to Higher Education: Barriers and Benefits," a fact sheet on access to higher education in Michigan and the U.S. http://www.cew.umich.edu/cewaction/facts.html

URL: 
http://www.cew.umich.edu/cewaction/facts.html
Member Organization: 
Center for the Education of Women

“Michigan Women and the High-Tech Knowledge Economy,” Susan Kaufmann (2008)

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"Michigan Women and the High-Tech Knowledge Economy," Susan Kaufmann (2008), explores barriers girls and women experience while outlining actions that state and federal government, local school boards, colleges and universities, and Michigan families can take to ensure that women take their full place in the highly-trained technology workforce.

URL: 
http://www.umich.edu/~cew/
Member Organization: 
Center for the Education of Women

Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History, Stephanie Y. Evans (2008)

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Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History, Stephanie Y. Evans (2008), chronicles Black women's struggle for access to higher education. http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=evansf06

URL: 
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=evansf06
Member Organization: 
Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research

“Campus Action Project 2008-2009: Where the Girls Are: Promoting Equity for All

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Women and Girls" is a comprehensive look at girls' and women's educational progress over the past 35 years, from elementary school to college and beyond. Despite overall gains, the report highlights specific groups of women and girls for whom progress has been slower. The objective of this year's CAP program is to provide a platform for campus programming that is informed by this research.

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http://www.aauw.org/education/cap/wheregirlsare.cfm
Member Organization: 
American Association of University Women

Reinforcing Differences: College and the Gender Gap

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Reinforcing Differences: College and the Gender Gap, a book in progress by Linda J. Sax analyzes the impact of college experiences separately for male and female students.

URL: 
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/gender_gap.html
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