Women & Work

This legal center concentrates on advocacy for those policy changes that better balance the needs of work and home.

"Founded in 1962, Catalyst is the leading nonprofit membership organization working globally with businesses and the professions to build inclusive workplaces and expand opportunities for women and business."

The Center for Women and Work (CWW) is an innovative leader in Research and Programs that promotes gender equity, a high skill economy, and reconciliation of work and well-being for all. CWW is located in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

"Since its inception in 1998, the Center for Women and Work has demonstrated its strong commitment to addressing the gendered conditions of work in several key ways: by designing and implementing programs and projects that foster new ways of thinking about the gendered conditions of work..."

EPI is a well-known progressive think tank which publishes research and analysis on employment and public policy issues. Many of their publications and articles, plus data and graphs on employment and wage demographics, are available on their web site.

"A nonprofit center dedicated to providing research for living in today’s changing workplace, changing family and changing community" They focus on "issues in three major areas: the workforce/workplace, youth and early childhood."

"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."

A Canadian "national charitable organization that works toward ensuring the law guarantees substantive equality for all women in Canada."

Founded in 1973 by a group of working women in Boston, this national organization is "dedicated to putting working women's issues on the public agenda."

Committed to "promoting gender equality and advancing women in the U.S. and globally, and a commitment to promoting research-informed action.

First established as part of the Center For Law and Social Policy in 1972, becoming independent in 1981, the NWLC works "to expand, defend and promote women’s rights at every stage of the legal process."

The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Its work is carried out by eight projects, which include Pew Hispanic Center (http://pewhispanic.org/) and the Social & Demographic Trends project (http://pewsocialtrends.org/).

Part of the UC-Hastings College of the Law, the Center is "a nonprofit research and advocacy group with a unique “six stakeholder” model that reflects our belief that many different stakeholders are ready, willing, and able to play a role in sparking social and organizational change around work/life issues."