About the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research is a scientific research organization founded in 1987 to meet the need for policy-relevant research on women’s lives and to inform and stimulate debate on issues of critical importance to women. The Institute works with policymakers, scholars, and public interest groups to design, execute, and disseminate research, and to build a network of individuals and organizations that conduct and use women-centered policy research. IWPR also works in affiliation with the graduate programs in Public Policy and Women’s Studies at The George Washington University. IWPR is an independent, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. Visit IWPR’s website: www.iwpr.org.

About the Women’s Studies Program at The George Washington University
  The Women’s Studies Program of The George Washington University unites faculty and students concerned with feminist scholarship and the role of women in society. The Program offers an MA in Women’s Studies and an MA in Public Policy with a concentration in Women’s Studies. The Program also collaborates with the Public Policy program to offer a Ph.D. in Public Policy with a field in Gender and Social Policy, and with the Human Sciences program to offer a Ph.D. in Human Sciences with an M.A. in Women’s Studies. It cooperates with the law school to offer joint degrees in law and women’s studies. Visit their website at www.gwu.edu/~wstu.

 About the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington Office
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, founded in 1925, is Germany’s oldest political foundation. Named after Friedrich Ebert, one of the founding fathers of Germany’s first democracy after World War I, it is today a not-for-profit, private educational institution committed to the advancement of public policy issues in the spirit of Social Democracy. The mission of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation is to contribute to a transatlantic dialogue by offering public programs and publications on current political, economic and social developments in Germany, Europe, and the United States. Visit the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s website at www.fesdc.org.

Participants should note that the International Association for Feminist Economics ( IAFFE) will be hosting its 14 th Annual Conference on Feminist Economics in Washington, DC from June 17-19, 2005, at the George Washington University. See www.iaffe.org for more information. A discount of $25 off the registration fee will be available to individuals who register for both conferences. Please plan to attend both!

Special thanks to IBM, Russell Sage, and the American Institutes for Research for their generous support!