Barnard College

An independent college of liberal arts and sciences for women, affiliated with Columbia University, founded in 1889. Barnard has its own campus, faculty, administration, trustees, operating budget, and endowment. Through the Barnard-Columbia partnership, students on both campuses choose from a wide array of courses and academic resources and take part in a great variety of student organizations. Barnard has a long tradition of graduating leaders in the arts, business, government, and science.

Barnard Center for Research on Women

The Center for Research on Women of Barnard College promotes a dialogue between feminist scholarship and activism, and serves a community composed of faculty, students, staff, community activists, scholars, and alumnae. Founded in 1971, the Center continues to foster inquiry and advance knowledge about women; to keep feminist issues at the intellectual forefront of college life; and to increase ties among diverse groups of women. The Center provides lively and engaging programs to audiences both on campus and in the wider community, and works cooperatively with the College's Department of Women's Studies and Columbia's Institute for Research on Women and Gender. The Center achieves its aims through its public programming, including the sponsorship of the nationally recognized annual "The Scholar and the Feminist" conference and through the availability of its collection of periodicals and ephemera.

Wellesley Centers Research on Women

Since 1974, the Center for Research on Women has worked to shape a better world through research, action, training and publications. Groundbreaking, interdisciplinary studies on gender equity in education, sexual harassment in schools, childcare, adolescent development, and adult roles in the home and the workplace have influenced public policy for more than two decades.

Our research questions grow out of the diverse perspectives of women from all walks of life. The resulting findings offer innovative policy alternatives to a wide range of pressing societal concerns.

Research at the Center is funded primarily by gifts and grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies.

The White House Project

The White House Project, a national non-partisan organization that challenges biases against women's leadership, has a range of initiatives underway including programs centering on young women's leadership development. The organization's study "Pipeline to the Future: Young Women and Political Leadership" -- the first in-depth analysis looking at how to engage young women in political leadership - found that mentoring, internships and hearing about women's achievements makes them more interested in a career in politics. "Mentoring and networking opportunities not only inspire young women to become political leaders, but leaders in other fields as well," said Wilson. "The Young Women's Leadership Summit will provide an opportunity for building new relationships that will lead to new opportunities for mentoring and collaboration," she added. "This is a critical step in building the leadership pipeline."

The Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. The Foundation's goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. The Ford Foundation encourages initiatives that help build common understanding, enable people to improve their lives and reinforce their commitment to society.