Achieving Equity for Women:
Policy Alternatives for the New Administration
 The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and the Institute for Women's
Policy Research (IWPR) are planning an important one-day symposium in Washington, DC -- Achieving Equity for Women: Policy Alternatives for the New
Administration. The April 2nd program will bring together the best thinkers and policy
experts to focus on key policy issues for women including: healthcare, early child care and education, retirement and social security, and women's leadership and employment equity.
Together, WCW and IWPR bring more than 50 years of combined experience to the
study of issues of importance to women and their families. The program will be
held at the Barbara
Jordan Conference
Center - Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation. Save the date: April 2, 2009!
Details will be posted on the WCW website as they are set. Visit www.wcwonline.org/DCsymposium for more information later this winter.
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New Research & Action Report Published
 The fall/winter Research & Action Report published by the Wellesley Centers for Women features a
cover story on the Centers' examination of mix-ancestry identity in adolescents
which was briefly highlighted in our August eNews Update. Also featured is a special
article on the (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) SEED Program, co-led by Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., WCW associate director and senior research scientist, and its 22 anniversary. Pam Alexander, Ph.D., WCW senior
research scientist, offers a commentary on the importance of studying dual-trauma
couples, and Sally Engle Merry, Ph.D., WCW senior scholar, shares her insights in a Q&A on some
ways women's human rights are interpreted and enforced transnationally. Tracy Gladstone, Ph.D., WCW senior research scientist and director of the Stone Primary Prevention Initiatives, offers an update on work to empower children, made possible in the early 2000s through the Robert S. and Grace W. Stone Primary Prevention Initiatives Grant Program.
The
report is available in print and electronic formats. Contact us if you would
like additional copies of the print publication.
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Afterschool Matters: Call for Papers and Proposals
Afterschool Matters,
a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism,
scholarship, and consciousness in the field of afterschool education, is
seeking material for the Fall 2009 issue. Published by the National Institute
on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women, with support
from the Robert Bowne Foundation (RBF), the journal serves those involved in
developing and running programs for youth during the out-of-school hours, in
addition to those engaged in research and in shaping youth development policy. The
submission deadline is January 19, 2009.
NIOST, on behalf of RBF, is also pleased to announce the
2009 National Afterschool Matters Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants. With
generous funding from the foundation, four $10,000 grants for research in the out-of-school
time field will be awarded. The grant has the following goals: generate and
disseminate research about community-based organizations serving youth during
the out-of-school hours; build a network of scholars studying community-based organizations serving youth; and contribute to basic knowledge and the
improvement of practice and policy in the area of community-based youth
programs. Applicants must submit proposals no later than Monday, December 15,
2008.
Learn more about the submission and application processes at www.niost.org. Read the Fall 2008 Afterschool Matters Journal online.
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar: Immediate Opportunity
The Wellesley Centers has an immediate opening for one, full-time postdoctoral research scholar. The program, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, provides systematic research training for scholars who want to develop expertise in research on childhood and adolescence and investigate variations in race and ethnicity, gender, and social class and how these interact with risk and resiliency factors in human development. One of the program's goals is to identify and develop scholars from underrepresented groups who will launch independent research careers through external funding.The training program is located at WCW in Wellesley, MA. For more information, visit www.wcwonline.org/postdoc. |
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Women's voices and experiences are at the center of our work. By anticipating
critical social issues and researching effective ways to address them, the
Wellesley Centers for Women has others listening, too.
During these financially challenging times, our efforts
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Thank you for reading eNews Update. If you'd like more information about the Wellesley Centers for Women, I invite you to visit our website at www.wcwonline.org.
Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Wellesley Centers for Women
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