International Projects




  • 2004 Conference: Innovations in Understanding Violence against Women

    Completed 2004
    international work

    The major focus of this three-day conference was to advance the understanding ofviolence against women by sharing, demonstrating and promotinginnovative concepts and research methodologies from around the world. The goal was to build global collaborations to help prevent andameliorate violence against women. 




  • A Course on Women Shaping Society

    Completed 2009
    Designing a New Gender Studies Course

    international work This collaboration between the Asian University for Women (AUW) and the Wellesley Centers for Women resulted in the design of a year-long gender studies course, Women Shaping Society.




  • Accessing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Empower Women and Children with Disabilities in Bangladesh and Nepal

    Ongoing
    Uniting Women's Rights and Disability Rights

    international work  The overarching goal of this project is to facilitate full citizenship rights for women and children with disabilities in Bangladesh and Nepal




  • Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights in the Domestic, Regional, and International Arenas

    Ongoing since 2008
    In Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, and India

    international work  This project is based on the model of past work dealing with the intersections of women's, and children's, and disability rights in Bangladesh and Nepal. It is a multiphased project to be actualized in Bangladesh (January 2009), Nepal (January 2009), Cambodia (May 2009), and India (May 2009).




  • Compilation of Gender Equality & Domestic Violence Laws from around the World

    Ongoing

    tinyglobe This compilation of laws on gender equality and domestic violence from around the world will serve as a rich resource for gender-based law reform initiatives.




  • Convene Asia Regional Law Reform Working Group and Train the Trainer Seminar

    Ongoing since 2006
    Asia Lawyers without Borders

    international work  This program brings together a working group of lawyers and jurists from Asia to focus on law reform in the region. The working group will examine the role that gender-based strategic litigation can play in advancing equality, non-discrimination, and human rights.




  • Experiencing Globalization: The Construction of Gender and Ethnicity in the TNC Workplace

    Completed
    Gender and Ethnicity in the Transnational Corporate Workplace

    international work  This project examined the gendered nature of Korean transnational corporations, highlighting the ways in which features of the workplace shape individual and communal identity.




  • Gender & the Law in China Expert Group Consultation

    Ongoing since 2009
    Chinese Expert Group on Gender & Law

    international work  The project brings together China’s leading scholars on gender and the law to build common cause on women’s rights in China.




  • Gender and Transnational Corporations (TNCs)

    Completed
    Gender Roles and Risks in Global Corporations

    international work  Firms across the globe that engage in international production and manufacturing employ many women. This research outlined various risks and perceived benefits associated for female employees.




  • Global Issues Teaching Guide

    Completed in 2000
    Teaching Global Issues: Junior & High Schools

    international work  This teaching guide was developed after scholars attended the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, and includes discussion of human rights, ethnic conflict, and biodiversity.




  • Nepal Domestic Violence Crime and Punishment Bill

    Completed 2009

    tinyglobe  Network partners announced the passage and adoption of the Domestic Violence (Crime and Punishment) Bill, 2008 by the Parliament in Nepal on 19th April 2009.




  • Outcomes Evaluation of FasTracKids

    2007-2009
    Evaluation of Participants in FasTracKids

    international work The FasTracKids Research Study is a 19-month international study aimed at examining the link between participation in FasTracKids enrichment programs and child outcomes (children 4 and 5 years old). FasTracKids Enrichment Centers offer a variety of classes and activities designed to promote early learning, develop creative thinking and problem solving, build verbal communication, promote leadership and personal growth, and encourage a lifelong love of learning.




  • Promotion of Convention of the Rights of the Child/CEDAW as Complementary Frameworks

    Ongoing since 2007
    Women and Children: The Human Rights Relationship

    tinyglobe This project in collaboration with UNICEF addresses, through research and analysis, the way in which women's and children's rights intersect with legislative reform.




  • Rabat Roundtable: Women Leading Change in the Arab and Muslim World

    Ongoing since 2010
    Rabat Roundtable: Women Leading Change in the Arab and Muslim World

    international work  This roundtable to be held in Rabat, Morocco in spring 2011 brings together women advocates and law and policy makers who are working to advance the rights and status of women in the Muslim world. 




  • SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum

    Ongoing
    Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED)

    international work The SEED Project, a staff development equity project for educators, prepares teachers to lead their own year-long seminars in public and private schools on making curricula, teaching methods, and school climates more gender-fair, multicultural, and international.




  • Strengthening Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination in China

    Ongoing
    Providing Support to Ford Foundation's Grantees Working on Women's Rights and Anti-Discrimination

    international work   This project seeks to build on our work with partners in China and embark on a series of programs aimed at strengthening equality and non-discrimination in the areas of sex, residency and disability.




  • Technical Support to Ford Foundation Grantees Working on Women's Rights Issues in China

    2006-2007
    Women's Rights in Asia

    international work  This grant allows for ongoing technical assistance to Ford Foundation grantees working on the advancement of a women’s rights agenda in China.




  • U.S.-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

    Ongoing since 2009
    Promoting Social Entrepreneurship for Saudi Women

    tinyglobe This collaborative project involves sharing best practices and training to promote social entrepreurship by women in Saudi Arabia.




  • Women and Children: The Human Rights Relationship

    2007-2008

    tinyglobe   This conference provided an exciting opportunity that brought together leaders in the field of women’s rights and children’s rights to examine how linking the women’s and children’s rights agendas in the Children’s Rights Convention (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) can be mutually reinforcing.

     




  • Women in Development IQC: Gender Matters

    2002-2005, 2007-2008
    School-related Gender Violence in Developing Countries

    international work   Through this project, a review was developed to identify, annotate, and synthesize research studies and projects/interventions addressing primary and secondary school-related gender-based violence in developing countries. The review was conducted in 2002-2003 and again in 2007-2008.




  • Women’s Leadership Network: Women’s Political, Public, & Economic Participation in the Muslim World

    Ongoing since 2009
    Muslim Women Leaders Network

    tinyglobe Through this project, a network of women leaders in countries where either Islam is a state religion, or has a large community that is governed by religious laws including Islamic laws, has been convened to build a body of scholarship that can be a platform for advocacy and sharing of strategies on emerging issues that bolster women's political, public and business participation.