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The colloquium explored how women can mobilize their homes and communities, diffuse tensions, build trust, and strengthen participation in decision-making processes, while tackling gender-based violence, stereotypes, and threats.
Read the article: thewellesleynews.com/21703/
#gendersky #womeninstem
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Last month, 120 leading scholars, practitioners, change-makers, and world leaders came together to attend "Mothers Without Borders", a 3-day colloquium hosted by Senior International Scholar-in-Residence Hauwa Ibrahim.
Photo credit: Giovanni Crisanti.
#gendersky #womeninstem #sociology
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Senior Research Scientist Wendy Wagner Robeson was quoted in @bostonglobe.com's new article about the high cost of parenthood in Massachusetts and its impact on families, communities, and the labor force.
#ecec #pasky #housing
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
[Content warning: This podcast discusses human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of a child.]
Follow the link to listen or to read an excerpt from "This Happened to Me".
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
#booksky #psysci #gendersky
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Research Scientist Kate Price's experience uncovering repressed memories of childhood abuse was featured in Bessel van der Kolk's 2014 book, "The Body Keeps The Score". With @wbur.org, she discusses her experience in her own words, detailed in her new memoir "This Happened to Me". #booksky #psycsci
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join us for a conversation with human rights activist and International Scholar-in-Residence @pashtanadurrani.bsky.social about her org @learnafghan.bsky.social! Durrani will be joined in conversation by int'l development economist Courtenay Cabot Venton.
#EduSky #GenderSky #WomenInSTEM
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
and other restrictions on Afghan women's employment had on the emergency response to Afghanistan's devastating August 31st earthquake.

Read the article by @ruchikumar.com here: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

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#GenderSky #WomeninSTEM
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In recent years, the Taliban banned women from working in national and international NGOs, including the UN. Int'l Scholar-in-Residence @pashtanadurrani.bsky.social was quoted in an Al Jazeera article about the impact this ban [1/2]
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Learn more about the next steps organizers and participants are taking to improve early childhood policy in Massachusetts here: eyeonearlychildhood.org/2025/05/20/t...
#ECEC #EduSky #EducationalResearch #EdTech #PASky 🩺📊 [3/3]
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Senior Research Scientist Wendy Robeson was quoted in an Eye on Early Childhood article about the outcomes of The Massachusetts Early Childhood Policy Research Summit, hosted at WCW & organized by herself, Kimberly Lucas, and Kyle DeMeo Cook.
#ECEC #EduSky #EducationalResearch #EdTech [1/3]
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In a new @washingtonpost.com article by @shiraovide.bsky.social, Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman discusses ways parents and policy-makers can improve the safety & quality of children's online experiences.
Read here! www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
#sts #devpsy #socsky #womeninstem
October 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thank you for your commitment to our shared vision: a world of justice, peace, and wellbeing for women and girls, families & communities. Over WCW’s next half-century, we look forward to working toward this vision—together.
Learn more about our half-century of social change here: wcwonline.org/50th
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As WCW’s 50th anniversary comes to a close, we want to thank you for being a part of this special celebration. Whether you joined us for an evening under the stars last September, read our R&A Report, or made a donation—we are grateful to you for helping us mark 50 years of groundbreaking research!
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman advised Common Sense Media on its updated Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum! It prepares students for the possibilities and pitfalls of today's world, with online lessons covering AI literacy, cyberbullying, and more.
👩🏻‍🔬 #EdTech #EduSky #WomeninSTEM
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“I wrote this book for survivors—to give them a road map I did not have,” said Price.

Read more about the event on our website: www.wcwonline.org/2025/from-he...

Purchase "This Happened To Me" here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-H...

📚💡 #gendersky #booksky #devpsy
September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Price describes how she broke free of what had defined her childhood & went on to create a purpose-driven life and family on her own terms—eventually returning to the same community to help ensure that children are given the attention, protection, and services she never received. 📚💡 #devpsy
September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Last Thursday, WCW celebrated the release of "This Happened to Me: A Reckoning" by Associate Research Scientist Kate Price. Price was joined in conversation by pioneering activist, writer, and Senior Scholar Jean Kilbourne, w/ introductory remarks by Interim Executive Director Georgia Hall. 📚💡
September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Int'l Scholar-in-Residence Hauwa Ibrahim was quoted in a TVC News article discussing Jigawa Governor Umar Namadi's comments on her partnership with NITDA Nigeria, which supports the Nigerian federal government’s goal of achieving 70% digital literacy by 2027. [1/2]
#nigeria #womeninstem #edusky
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Read the full article here: www.dw.com/en/afghanist...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🛜 What's at stake as Taliban cut internet? International Scholar-in-Residence @pashtanadurrani.bsky.social was quoted in a DW News article about the sociopolitical ramifications of the Taliban's new internet ban, discussing its impact on the schooling of Afghan girls. [1/2] #edusky #womeninstem
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
📈 Are startup founders different from the average person? | Senior Research Scientist Sari Kerr's research is cited in this @economist.com article discussing the personality traits that may (or may not) result in entrepreneurial success. [1/2]
#iopsych #socialpsyc #econsky #entrepreneur
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Read Kate's blog post on the Jeffrey Epstein case: www.wcwonline.org/entry/there-...

Purchase her book, published by Gallery Books: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-H...

RSVP to the September event here: www.wcwonline.org/Seminars-Tra...

#nonfiction #booksky #devpsyc #cogsci
September 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM