Our Mission

Our mission is to promote women's leadership by providing quality education, conducting research that makes a difference in women's lives, and serving as a resource for the empowerment of women from diverse communities across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, New England and the nation.

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for our unique-in-the-nation, award-winning
Graduate Certificate Program for Women in
Politics & Public Policy.
Call or email Donna Stewartson, Associate
Program Director,
at 617.287.6785 or
Donna.Stewartson@umb.edu.


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http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/cwppp/images/index_clip_image001.jpgWomen, Wages & Work Policy Conference
Monday, June 9 th, UMass Boston
 Join us for a day of dynamic speakers and strategy sessions to close the wage gap; advocate for family friendly benefits, retirement security, and work/life balance; and examine how to get women what the need in child care and job training.

JUST RELEASED!

Women in Municipal Office in Massachusetts

by Paige Ransford and Miriam Lazewatsky

Women of Talent: Gender and Government
 Appointments in Massachusetts, 2002–2007

by Carol Hardy-Fanta and Kacie Kelly

Results of the Gender & Multicultural Leadership Survey

Watch a webcast from the national release of the study in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2007. Read the executive summary and other reports – and check out our interactive map.