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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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IN THE NEWS “The onerous cost of raising a family in Massachusetts is another challenge for a state that has struggled to hold onto younger workers, many who flee Massachusetts in search of lower costs of living. Young workers raising families not only contribute to the labor force, but also help propel the consumer-driven economy by buying homes, cars, furniture, and other goods and services. ‘[Families] are going to go to other places where it’s not so expensive to live,” said Wendy Robeson, senior research scientist at Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College, “and that’s bad for everybody.’”
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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[Content warning: This podcast discusses human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of a child.]
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October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Her Right to Learn: Educating Girls in Afghanistan - Wellesley Centers for Women
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October 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Her Right to Learn: Educating Girls in Afghanistan - Wellesley Centers for Women
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October 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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and other restrictions on Afghan women's employment had on the emergency response to Afghanistan's devastating August 31st earthquake.

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“While several NGOs were able to negotiate terms allowing some of their female staff to continue working if accompanied by their “mahrams” (male guardians), there are significantly fewer women working as aid workers in Afghanistan today than was the case before the Taliban returned to power, observers say. The Taliban ban, some of them say, has made it harder for aid agencies operating in Afghanistan to reach women who need support during a disaster, like the recent earthquake. According to the UN, more than half of those killed or injured in the earthquake were women and girls.”
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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...
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IN THE NEWS The summit featured 28 research posters, including the work of academics, research centers, graduate students, family child care providers, and center directors. “We put out a call for posters that had to meet three criteria,” Robeson, a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and a summit organizer, says. “The research had to focus on early childhood. There had to be a policy implication. And it had to have a Massachusetts focus. We received posters about urban development, medicine, education, public schools. It was wide open. That’s what made it so wonderful.”
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The summit was a gathering of those who produce and support research and design projects related to the early childhood field in Massachusetts. It was attended by over 120 researchers, policymakers, advocates, funders, students, and practitioners, such as @sfc-ma.bsky.social.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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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
A Half-Century of Social Change 50 Years of Wellesley Centers for Women Watch a video celebrating WCW's history and impact! This retrospective offers a look back at where WCW started, some important milestones along the way, and a look ahead to what's next. Celebrating 50 Years of Social Change Read the special anniversary edition of our Research & Action Report! The report reflects on all that we have accomplished over 50 years of shaping a better world through research and action. Landmark Achievements From a study of how schools shortchange girls to our work on white privilege, we share highlights from the past 50 years. Read about significant projects, events, and moments in WCW history. wcwonline.org/50th
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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
A Half-Century of Social Change 50 Years of Wellesley Centers for Women Watch a video celebrating WCW's history and impact! This retrospective offers a look back at where WCW started, some important milestones along the way, and a look ahead to what's next. Celebrating 50 Years of Social Change Read the special anniversary edition of our Research & Action Report! The report reflects on all that we have accomplished over 50 years of shaping a better world through research and action. Landmark Achievements From a study of how schools shortchange girls to our work on white privilege, we share highlights from the past 50 years. Read about significant projects, events, and moments in WCW history. wcwonline.org/50th
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM