Layli Maparyan Videos

• Social Media and Mental Health: Research-Based Approaches to Support Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing
  

  

  March 16, 2023

  In this collaboration with the Metrowest Women’s Fund, panelists share their insights and expertise in a discussion on middle school girls' mental health and social media use.
• Advancing Gender Equality Around the World: Four Innovative, Technology-Driven Approaches
  

  

  March 8, 2023

  In this virtual parallel event of the 2023 UN Commission on the Status of Women, panelists share the innovative ways they are using technology to advance gender equality and human wellbeing.
• Searching for Truth: Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation
  

  

  October 19, 2022

  A virtual Social Change Dialogue explores one woman’s journey to investigate her history as a child sex trafficking survivor, with the help of a journalist.
• Sharing Our Stories: A Discussion With Authors Who Started Their Journeys as Student Parents
  

  

  February 3, 2022

  Panelists discuss their personal experiences as parenting students and share insights from their books.
• Celebrating and Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  

  

  January 17, 2022

  Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and sharing insights from a recent trip to Liberia, Executive Director Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., urges us to embrace humanity’s interdependence and usher in a new future in which we all thrive.
• Evolutions of Womanism: From West African Roots to Emerging Ideas in the Caribbean
  

  

  September 23, 2021

  Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., and Sheron Fraser-Burgess, Ph.D., converse about the evolution of womanism and the importance of the African/African-descended worldview in higher education and global problem solving today.
• Overcoming the She-cession: Supporting Women in the Workforce
  

  

  April 20, 2021

  Panelists discussed how employers and lawmakers can support women in the workforce during the pandemic and beyond.
• Crisis and Opportunity: Building a Better Childcare System
  

  

  March 30, 2021

  Panelists discussed how the Biden-Harris administration can support the child care industry.
• Letting All Voices Be Heard: New Directions for K-12 Education
  

  

  March 9, 2021

  Panelists discussed what the Biden-Harris administration has done so far and what still needs to be done to support educators and students.
• Advancing Racial Justice Through Research and Action: “It starts with the self”
  

  

  October 28, 2020

  Panelists discussed how they advance racial justice in their work at WCW and shared ways that participants can take steps in their own lives to dismantle systemic racism.
• Voting Is Voice
  

  

  October 22, 2020

  Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., moderated a discussion panel on women's suffrage.
• COVID-19 and Gender Equality: “This is not about returning to normal”
  

  

  October 19, 2020

  Experts from WCW discussed the unique ways COVID-19 is impacting women's work-life balance, economic opportunities, and mental wellbeing during this virtual panel.
• WCW in Retrospect: A Conversation with Barbara Newell
  

  

  September 27, 2018

  During her time as president of Wellesley College, Barbara Newell, Ph.D., an economist and ardent advocate for women's education and economic equity, founded what would later become the Wellesley Centers for Women. She shares the story of its founding during the September 2018 Lunchtime Seminar.
• Highlights and Panels from #PersistToPower Research Forum
  

  

  June 7, 2017

  Watch highlights and full panel discussions recorded at our June 2017 research forum, From Persistence to Power: Facts, Truth, & Equity for Women.
• Layli Maparyan Discusses WCW
  

  

  Wellesley College President H. Kim Bottomly announced the appointment of Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., as the new Katherine Stone Kaufmann ’67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), effective July 1, 2012. Layli Maparyan shared some of her thoughts during a brief interview.