Wellesley Centers for Women

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The Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College is one of the largest gender-focused research-and-action organizations in the world. Scholars at the Centers conduct social science research and evaluation, develop theory and publications, and implement training programs on issues that put women’s lives and women’s concerns at the center. Since 1974, our work has generated changes in attitudes, practices, and public policy.

video interviews and commentary from WCW scholars

Michelle Porche: Early Adversity and Risk of High School Dropout

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Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in Massachusetts, what does this mean?

kathyschleyer postpic Kathy Schleyer, director of training at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST), discusses homeless youth and the risks they face today in this blog post, which earned second place in the Wheelock College Policy Connection 2013 Student Blogger Contest; read more>>

50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act

laylivictoriawh Layli Maparyan, WCW Executive Director, and Victoria Budson ('93), Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, attended a special White House event recognizing the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act on Monday, June 10th; learn more>>

Children's Rights are Human Rights

june4blogpic hands June 4th is International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. Kate Price, M.A., project associate at JBMTI, discusses children and domestic violence in the latest Women Change Worlds blog post; read more>>

Women, Employment & Health

Nancy Marshall, Ed.D. writes that women are two times more likely than men to experience stress-related illnesses due to unhealthy working conditions. read more>>

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