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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.

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 2010 State Anti-Trafficking Laws Fact Sheet.

Read the Center's latest E-News!

State Legislators Plan Strategy on Reproductive Rights.

Learn how here!

The Center is calling for proposals -
2011 Barbara Waxman Fiduccia Papers on Women and Girls With Disabilitiest

Click Here to learn more.

The Center praises the
2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

Click here to read why.

News from the South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS

Click here to learn more about the participants' efforts to address the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls in their countries.

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

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