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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Check out the facts on women’s political representation.

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Center Director Carol Hardy-Fanta is Co-Editor of the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (formerly Women & Politics) . The JWPP invites scholars and activists in politics and public policy fields to submit manuscripts -- and all are welcome to subscribe to the journal.

 

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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.

 

JUST RELEASED!

PARENTING FROM PRISON: Family Relationships of Incarcerated Women in Massachusetts Report and

PARENTING FROM PRISON Executive Summary

 

CALL TO ACTION: A Pay Equity Resource Guide (2008 Women, Wages and Work Conference)

 

Women in Municipal Office in Massachusetts

 

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

 

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.