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New Comprehensive Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Massachusetts
March 2026
The Wellesley Centers for Women and the Women’s Foundation of Massachusetts are pleased to announce this inaugural report that fills a critical information gap on the wellbeing of women and girls in Massachusetts, with a particular focus on economic empowerment.
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Amnesty International USA Honors Pashtana Durrani
November 2025
WCW International Scholar-in-Residence Pashtana Durrani, M.Ed., has been honored with the Ginetta Sagan Award, which recognizes and assists women who are working to protect the liberty and lives of women and children in areas where human rights violations are widespread.
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Leading Scholars and Practitioners Unite to Harness Mothers’ Soft Power for Peace
October 2025
On October 3-5, 2025, 120 leading scholars and practitioners came together for the colloquium "Mothers Without Borders: The Phenomenology of Mothers' Soft Power in Peace Building," convened by Senior International Scholar-in-Residence Hauwa Ibrahim, J.D., S.J.D., M.L.
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From Healing and Truth to Research and Action: A Conversation with Kate Price About Her New Memoir
September 2025
On September 18, 2025, WCW celebrated the release of This Happened to Me: A Reckoning by Associate Research Scientist Kate Price, Ph.D. Price was joined in conversation by WCW Senior Scholar Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.
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NIOST’s Georgia Hall Advises Carnegie Foundation on R&D Agenda to Transform the American High School
August 2025
Senior Research Scientist Georgia Hall, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST), served for two years on the expert workgroup for the R&D agenda, representing the out-of-school time community.
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