Melissa Harris-Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University. There she is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center and the faculty director of the Pro Humanitate Institute. She is also an author, speaker, and…
Presents the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. The report reveals some sobering statistics about the prevalence of sexual harassment and the negative impact it has on students’ education. It concludes with…
From 1971 to 2013, On Campus with Women (OCWW) provided readers with up-to-date information on women in higher education, with a focus on women's leadership, the campus climate, curriculum and pedagogy, and new research and data on women's…
This report recommends policies and practices to help more women succeed in community colleges. Specifically, the report calls for increasing the availability of on-campus child care to help parents stay in school and outlines how community colleges…
This publication describes key strategies that can be used to ensure that more girls attend and complete school, while providing examples of successes in several countries.
Launched in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000 by then United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) promotes girls’ education and works for gender equality in education through a network of partners at the…
AGE Africa’s three-pronged approach enables disadvantaged but academically talented young women to attend and finish secondary school and to pursue opportunities beyond high school by equipping them with all the resources, knowledge, and awareness…
The African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town is a teaching, learning and research institute which focuses on issues of gender and development on the African continent.