UConn Links

UConn Women's Studies Program: www.womens.studies.uconn.edu
Details of undergraduate and graduate courses courses and internships offered at the University of Connecticut.

UConn Health Center, Celebrate Women & Celebrate Girls: www.celebrate.uchc.edu
A free membership program aimed at improving the health of women of all ages.

Policy Links

Office of Diversity and Equity: www.ode.uconn.edu
University Policy Statements: http://web.uconn.edu/wwwode/POLICYST.html

Affirmative Action Plan for Employment
Describes the University of Connecticut's Affirmative Action Plan submitted by the Office of Diversity and Equity.

Diversity at UConn
Describes the University of Connecticut's efforts to attract students of diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds and to encourage their participation in fields in which they have been traditionally underrepresented.

Additional Links

CT Permanent Commission on Status of Women
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) was established by the State Legislature in 1973. Seventeen appointed volunteer Commissioners join a staff and volunteers to work to eliminate sex discrimination in Connecticut. They inform leaders about the nature and scope of discrimination, serve as a liaison between government and private interest groups concerned with services for women, to promote consideration of women for governmental positions, and to work with state agencies to access programs and practices as they affect women.

American Council on Education (ACE) Office of Women in Higher Education
Since 1973, the Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) of the American Council on Education has provided national leadership in the advancement of women into executive positions and campus presidencies.

Rutgers Center for Women's Global Leadership
The Center for Women's Global Leadership develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.

The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College
The Center for Women's Leadership is dedicated to the accomplishment of women at all stages of their careers and support the professional development of women as entrepreneurs, as leaders in traditional organizations, and as change agents in their communities and the larger world.

University of Massachusetts Women of Color Leadership Network

Department Chair Online Resource Center
Designed for those heading departments or programs and for administrators who work with department leaders.

Stanford Women's Community Center
The Women's Community Center exists to facilitate the success of women students at Stanford by providing innovative opportunities for scholarship, leadership, and activism.

AAUP Women in Higher Education
The AAUP has developed and issued policy statements, guidelines, workshops, and resources on equity in pay for female faculty, work/family, affirmative action, sexual harrassment, and Title IX.

Duke University Baldwin Scholars
The Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program was created to inspire and support undergraduate women in the classroom and in campus leadership roles.

Gannon Center for Women and Leadership
Loyola University is dedicated to supporting and strengthening women's leadership through the Women's Studies Program; Women and Leadership Archives; Institute for Women's Leadership; and other academic programming, research and opportunities for activism.

University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender provides stimulation, coordination and support for research on women and gender at the University of Michigan.

Columbia University Institute for Research on Women and Gender
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender is the locus of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and teaching at Columbia University.

University of Richmond, Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL)
WILL is the first university program in the U.S. to combine coursework in women, gender and sexuality studies with leadership training for women students. Replication workshop, click here.

Vital Voices: Global Partnership
Celebrating a decade of investing in women to improve the world.