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Learn about current research and other community organizations, both nationally and locally, working toward creating positive social change for women and girls.
Current Research on Women & Girls
Three recent reports from the Institute for Women's Policy Research examine the status of women in the workforce and women entering retirement.
- From Work to Retirement: Tracking Changes in Women's Poverty Status
- Still a Man's Labor Market: The Long Term Earnings Gap
- The Gender Wage Ratio: Women's And Men's Earnings
Policy Resources
Atlanta 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women (Local)
9to5 is a national grassroots membership organization that strengthens women’s ability to work for economic justice. 9to5 accomplishes its mission by building local networks and chapters, working for corporate and public policy change, and providing information, support, and resources to women experiencing discrimination, harassment, and oppression. Site provides information on current or proposed legislation impacting women living in Atlanta and throughout Georgia.
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. The Center is creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference.
Center for Law and Social Policy (National)
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all. The site provides advocates with research and policy analysis.
Center for Women Policy Studies (National)
http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org/
The Center for Women Policy Studies was founded in 1972 as the first feminist policy analysis and research institution in the USA. Their mission is to shape public policy to improve women’s lives and preserve women’s human rights. The site provides policy research and analysis on issues impacting women.
Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project (National)
http://www.sixstrategies.org/about/about.cfm
The Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project, an innovative effort initiated in 1996 to provide resources and technical assistance to community-based advocates and states on human resource investment policies. The project connects four national organizations with state and local partners to build and strengthen the capacity of coalitions in the states to gain support for six proven strategies that can improve the chances for self-sufficiency for low-income families.
Georgia After School Investment Council (GAIC)
GAIC is dedicated to ensuring Georgia's youth have access to high-quality, affordable afterschool and summer learning programs. GAIC is developing an inter-related public policy and engagement strategy to sharpen the public and private roles for investments in our youth and build the public will for increased attention to the afterschool/out-of-school time issues Georgia faces.
League of Women Voters of Georgia
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
National Partnership for Women and Families (National)
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer
The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. The site provides information on many national policies impacting women and children.
Voices for Georgia’s Children
The mission of Voices for Georgia’s Children is to substantially improve GA’s ranking – 41st in the nation – in meeting our children’s needs. (Kids Count 2007, Annie E. Casey Foundation). Voices achieves this work by engaging lawmakers and the public into building a sustained, comprehensive, long-term agenda to impact the lives of our kids in five distinct areas: health, safety, education, connectedness and employability. Site provides both policy analysis and recommendation on GA public policies impacting children.
Wider Opportunities for Women (National)
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) works nationally and in its home community of Washington, D.C. to build pathways to economic independence for America's families, women, and girls.
Women’s Policy Group
http://www.womenspolicygroup.org
Women’s Policy Group/Women’s Policy Education Fund operates under the belief that women can make a difference in their own lives through legislative action. The organization promotes progressive public policy through legislative activities, policy research, and education activities in order to help women empower themselves to make changes in their life and the lives of their families.
Women’s Policy, Inc. (National)
Women's Policy, Inc. (WPI) champions the interests of women throughout the country on the most significant social, economic, and health issues across the public policy spectrum. WPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose sole focus is to help ensure that the most informed decisions on key women's issues are made by policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels. Audiences include elected officials, regulators, women's groups, labor groups, academia, the business community, the media, and the general public.
Research Resources
Center for the Education of Women
The Center for the Education of Women, a unit of the University of Michigan, offers services to students, faculty, staff and community members; advocates for women in higher education and in the workplace; and adds to the knowledge of women's lives through an ongoing research program. The Center's focus areas include women’s education, employment, careers, leadership growth and development, and well being.
Economic Policy Institute
The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. EPI’s mission is to inform people and empower them to seek solutions that will ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity.
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The mission of the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to support member programs to achieve safety and justice for domestic violence victims. The site includes links to legal and community resources as well as tools to increase public awareness about domestic violence.
Georgia Commission on Family Violence
GCFV was created in 1992 by the state legislature to develop a comprehensive state plan for ending family violence in Georgia. Site provides updates on local legislation related to the issue of family violence as well as access to other research and publications.
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The GBPI is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization engaged in research and education on the fiscal and economic health of the state of Georgia. The Institute provides reliable, accessible and timely analysis to promote greater state government fiscal accountability as a way to improve services to Georgians in need and to promote quality of life for all Georgians.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
The Institute for Women's Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies.
National Council for Research on Women
The National Council for Research on Women is a network of more than 100 leading U.S. research, advocacy, and policy centers with a growing global reach. The Council harnesses the resources of its network to ensure fully informed debate, policies, and practices to build a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls.
National Research Center for Women & Families
http://www.center4research.org/
The National Research Center for Women & Families promotes the health and safety of women, children, and families, by using objective, research-based information to encourage new, more effective programs and policies. The Center achieves its mission by gathering and analyzing information and translating that information into clearly presented facts and policy implications that are made widely available to the public, the media, and policy makers.
Quality Care for Children
http://www.qualitycareforchildren.org/
The mission of QCC is to expand the capacity of parents, child care providers and communities to nurture and educate infants and young children in Georgia. The site provides information research and information about child care costs and availability throughout the state of Georgia.
Women’s Studies Institute at Georgia State University
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwwsi/index.html
The Women’s Studies Institute was founded in 1994. The mission centers on examining and imagining alternatives to the ways able-bodiedness, age, class, ethnicity, nationality, race, and sexuality intersect with each other and with gender differently across contexts. Although our faculty and students work in many areas, we focus on gender and globalization, social change, and sexuality studies.
Other Resources
Atlanta Women’s Agenda
This is an initiative of Mayor Shirley Franklin to give a voice to women's issues in Atlanta, and bring partners to the table who can help shape solutions. The Atlanta Women’s Agenda has an advisory council made up of a cross-section of the community who meet quarterly and give feedback and direction.
Atlanta Women’s Alliance
http://www.atlantawomensalliance.org
The Atlanta Women’s Alliance is an umbrella organization for women’s and girls’ organizations in the metropolitan Atlanta region. AWA facilitates organizations with common missions coming together and maximizing their individual and collective potential for the common good of the community.
Atlanta Women’s Network
http://www.atlantawomensnetwork.org
The Atlanta Women’s Network, founded in 1979, began as a forum for women of diverse backgrounds to promote the involvement of women in business. Now in their 29th year, AWN is recognized as a progressive and focused network of women who stand together to mentor, advance and support professional women in Atlanta.
Spelman College: Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement
http://www.spelman.edu/about_us/distinction/leads/index.shtml
To ensure that Spelman women are prepared to meet the challenges of 21st century leadership, the College has established the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement. The Center, affectionately known by the acronym LEADS.
The White House Project
http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/
The White House Project, a national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization, aims to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors, up to the U.S. presidency. By filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women, we make American institutions, businesses and government truly representative. Through multi-platform programs, The White House Project creates a culture where America’s most valuable untapped resource—women—can succeed in all realms. The White House Project has a regional office located in Atlanta.
Women’s E-News
Women's eNews is the definitive source of substantive news--unavailable anywhere else--covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women's perspectives on public policy. Women's eNews editors seek out freelance writers from around the world to write on every topic--politics, religion, economics, health, science, education, sports, legislation--and commission them to write 800-word news articles for distribution each day.