Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy

Learn how you can help protect your neighbors, defend your rights, and effect policy change with Rep. Finke, Emilia González Avalos, and MN Solicitor General Liz Kramer

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📆: March 3, 2026
12-1:30 PM

💥 Join this powerful gathering of leaders to discuss what they - and you - can do to safeguard our communities and guarantee justice for all. Come see what the defenders of democracy look like. 💪🏻💥

📆: Tuesday, March 3rd
📍: Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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✊ Minnesota women are leading change. Hear from leaders fighting for civil and human rights, bodily autonomy, and justice for immigrants. Save the date. Share with your friends.

📆: March 3, 2026
📍: Humphrey Forum
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📣 📣 Calling all CLA grad students studying gender and public policy: Apply for the CLA-RIDGS Gender Policy Report Summer Fellowship! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn how to write for a public audience.

https://z.umn.edu/GPRFellow2026
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📢 Join us March 3 for Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Minnesota Women Leaders. Hear from:
Rep. Leigh Finke
Emilia González Avalos
MN Solicitor General Liz Kramer

⏰: 12-1:30 PM
📍: Humphrey School of Public Affairs
RSVP: z.umn.edu/DefendingDemocracy

🌎 📣 CWGPP affiliate faculty Ragui Assaad recently published a policy brief by the World Bank and the Egyptian National Council for Women, "Women's Economic Empowerment in Egypt: Where do we Stand?"

Read the full report here: http://en.enow.gov.eg/papersdetail/54

Some workers experience severe, recurring reproductive health symptoms. Workplaces that allow for flexibility, accommodations, and additional leave:

✅ improve employee well-being
✅ improve retention and productivity
✅ build equitable workplace cultures

Read the rest: https://ow.ly/88aR50XjfaS

Today is #GivetotheMaxDay ! Help us build an endowment to permanently support a graduate research assistant, including tuition and benefits.

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Graduate research assistants are at the heart of our mission. Your support ensures they have the opportunity to conduct research on real-life problems and collaborate with faculty and community partners.

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#GivetotheMaxDay is this Thursday! Help us guarantee another 40 years of advancing gender equity through teaching, research, and policy change!
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Collage photo of Center founders, alumni, awardees and guests mingling at reception. Founders & Futures banner

A veritable powerhouse of students, alumni, academic and community partners joined us to mark 40 years of impact. 🎉 🎇

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Thank you for attending Founders & Futures - a celebration of 40 years of the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy! We loved reconnecting with generations of CWGPP students, scholars, faculty, partners, and alumni.
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🎉 For 40 years, the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy has worked to advance gender equity in Minnesota and beyond.Join us to celebrate this legacy!

📆: Thursday, October 23, 2025
📍: Weisman Art Museum, UMN
🎟️: z.umn.edu/foundersandfutures

We are excited to offer PA 5622 GAINS this Fall - our intersectional leadership workshop course. We have a great line-up of guest speakers. For students seeking space to think about their leadership and creating inclusive organizations. UMN students can register now!

Women’s employment in Egypt

🆕 research by Center affiliate faculty, @ckrafftc.bsky.social , was covered in the The World Bank blog!

What are the barriers to female employment in Egypt?

Read the post: ow.ly/WPxs50VHgPf

And check out the full study: ow.ly/EtQZ50VHgPg

Join us tomorrow!

Tomorrow at Noon Central!
Learn more about the results from a new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on women's empowerment from committee members/authors Ragui Assaad & Kathryn Yount.
Register: z.umn.edu/NASEMReport

We aren't doing "Give to the Max" this year. NOT because we don't need your support. Our staff is so small, the effort required to pull off a successful gift campaign amidst all the Give to the Max "asks" is a challenge. If you appreciate our events, research, and more - you can support us here:

Viral Election Misinformation: A review of fabrications, manipulations and tricks of context This recap of six viral falsehoods about the 2024 U.S. presidential election candidates teaches students about three different types of misinformation: fabricated content, manipulated content and tric...

We teamed up with @seanadavis.bsky.social of @logicallyfacts.bsky.social on this recap of 6️⃣ viral falsehoods about the presidential election that focuses on these specific types of #misinformation:

- fabricated content
- manipulated content
- tricks of context

Check it out bit.ly/Election24Fa...

@lookitup.baby can we be added to your feed?

We made a starter pack for those interested in publications, journals, and centers that work on gender equity and public policy. A work in progress, reach out to be added.

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Call for Participation Dates May 28-29, 2025 (with graduate student pre-conference reception on May 27) Location Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Contact pag@apsanet.org Conference Website http://pagcon...

📣Announcement📣

Politics & Gender Conference 2025

A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.

📅 May 28-29, 2025

📍 Rutgers University

CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202...

Website: www.pagconference.org

Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...

Does Women's Empowerment Improve Socioeconomic Outcomes? A National Academies Report Thursday, December 5 12-1:15 PM Virtual

A new report from @nationalacademies.org advances our understanding of the relationship between women's empowerment & socioeconomic development. 💪 🌎

Learn about the results from report authors, including
Dr. Kathryn Yount and Dr. Ragui Assaad

Register: z.umn.edu/NASEMReport

What a Religious Right to Abortion Means for Religious Liberty - Gender Policy Report The Christian Right has long demanded the right to be exempted from laws and policies on “religious liberty” grounds. A recent Indiana case suggests that the courts may finally be willing to extend th...

📣 📣 “Religious liberty” is often equated with right wing efforts to restrict the bodily autonomy of marginalized groups. How do the courts respond to religious liberty cases brought by progressive people of faith?

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#FeministSky #Polisky