CEW's Special Initiatives

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Our Special Current Initiatives

The “Real Deal” blog of the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) and the Huffington Post featured Susan W. Kaufmann, CEW Associate Director for Advocacy as part of a forum that included women’s research centers from Michigan, Ohio, Colorado and Idaho. Read it here.

Michigan Women and the High Tech Economy

New CEW research reveals the economic impact of Michigan women’s low rates of participation in the emerging high-tech knowledge economy and makes recommendations for change.
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Domestic Violence Response

CEW is collaborating with University Human Resources and numerous other University of Michigan units and community agencies to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated response to dating and domestic violence within the University community.
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Crossing Boundaries

“Crossing Boundaries” is a new CEW project bringing together University of Michigan faculty members, community organizations and national experts with two goals:exploring the dynamics of campus-community collaborations, including race, gender, power and negotiationfostering such collaborations, particularly in the Detroit area.
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Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiatives

Anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives in Michigan and elsewhere are eliminating important tools for fostering opportunity and inclusion. In the aftermath, there are negative consequences and creative responses.
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Take Action Now!

Are you paid what you’re worth? Do you have paid sick leave? Can you use your paid sick leave to take your sick child to the doctor? If you answered “no” to any of these questions and want to do something to change the situation,
take action here.

Special Current Initiatives

High Tech Economy

Domestic Violence

Crossing Boundaries

Ballot Initiatives

Our Mission

From the beginning, a critical part of our mission at the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women has been to engage in institutional and social change in order to remove barriers women face. All parts of the Center work together. In counseling, we learn of challenges women experience. Through our research, we shine a light on women’s status in the University and in society.
That research stimulates public conversations and leads to policy recommendations and other actions that CEW then pursues, often in collaboration with others on and off campus.