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The Center for Women Policy Studies was founded in 1972 as the nation’s first feminist policy analysis, research and advocacy institution.

Our mission today is what it was then — to shape public policy to improve women’s lives.

Women's Health

Women & Poverty

US Foreign Policy & Its Impact on Women

Women Engaging Globally

Post Election Action Convening on US Foreign Policy

GlobalPOWER®

"No More Business as Usual"

The Barbara Waxman Fiduccia Papers on Women and Girls with Disabilities

Contract with Women of the USA®

The Contract sets out 12 key principles for women’s human rights. The Center works with elected officials in all 50 states to bring its promises home to women and girls in the USA.

Click here to learn more the new Report about the Contract with Women of the USA®!

US Policy Advocacy to Combat Trafficking (US PACT)

The Center’s leadership enables state legislators throughout the United States to craft state anti-trafficking laws and policies.

The US PACT Clearinghouse includes:

Interactive map of the United States with information on state policies and federal prosecutions on international human trafficking into the United States .
US PACT clearinghouse: Searchable annotated bibliography that includes an extensive collection of government publications, academic journals, non-governmental reports and books.
Resource Guide for State Legislators: Model Provisions for State Anti-Trafficking Laws, the first comprehensive set of model laws that cover every aspect of anti-trafficking policy

Read the Center's 2012 State Anti-Trafficking Laws Fact Sheet.

Statement on the Importance of Postsecondary Education for Low Income Women

Read the Statement and Endorse it here!

The Center Announces 2012 Post Election Action Convening

Read the Newsletter here!

Statement on Human Trafficking as a Women's Human Rights Crisis from Caribbean Parliamentarians/Ministers

Read the Statement here!

"Fighting for Our Lives" - US and Global Leadership on Women and HIV/AIDS Policy

Read the Center's Policy Resolution on Women and HIV/AIDS with the final list of endorsement!

Join the NEW Global Honor Roll of Leaders for Women’s Human Rights!

Click here to learn more or become a member now!