Skip to main content
Skip to footer

Additional menu

twitter
youtube
instagram
facebook

Advancing gender equality in North Carolina

Home
Our Initiatives
News
Events
- Virtual Voter information session: Oct 21 on Facebook Live
- EQF Virtual Soirée to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: October 14, 2020
About Us
Donate

2015 Application Form

Sorry, the application process has closed.

Footer

women.nc

Our mission is empowering the next generation to advance gender equality in North Carolina.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter! This month's n

Sign up for our monthly newsletter! This month's newsletter will be coming out in a couple of days, so make sure you are signed up to get all the latest information pertinent to women in the state! Sign up here - https://www.womennc.org/about/contact-us/
#WomenNC #WNC #WomenNews #WomenNewsletter

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This year alone, there have been 50 domestic violence homicides in North Carolina. If you or someone you know needs help, The National Domestic Violence Hotline operates 24/7 and is free and confidential. Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Everyone deserves safety and justice 🙌

#DomesticViolenceAwareness #DVAMonth #IPV #DomesticViolenceHotline

WomenNC stands in solidarity with intersex persons

WomenNC stands in solidarity with intersex persons around the world. We recognize that intersex persons face violence, discrimination, stigma, harassment, and persecution on account of their sex characteristics, which do not fit binary notions of typical male or female bodies.
Intersex persons routinely face forced medical surgeries that are conducted at birth without free or informed consent. These interventions jeopardize their physical integrity and ability to live freely. 💜💛
#EndIntersexSurgery #4intersex #IntersexAwarenessDay #Intersex

Today we are highlighting 2016 WomenNC Scholar May

Today we are highlighting 2016 WomenNC Scholar Maya Krishnan's work, "Identifying Pipeline Roadblocks for Minority Women into Political Leadership Positions in North Carolina". Maya says we need focused, cooperative efforts and action from both the government and external organizations to
increase the voices of Women of Color in elected office 📢. She says NC needs to invest, actively support and cooperate with external programs & organizations (Lillian’s List, Running Start, AAUW, Girls in Politics) that help increase diversity in the political process, and maximize existing government programs (NCGA Internships, Page programs) to engage communities that are under-represented in the political process.🔊
#NCpol #EqualRepresentation #ElectMinorities #ElectWomen #DiversifyCongress

With more than 70% of North Carolina's counties be

With more than 70% of North Carolina's counties being rural, issues that face #ruralwomen are a serious concern of WomenNC and are often the research focus of our scholars.

Join WomenNC and You Can Vote next Wednesday, Oct.

Join WomenNC and You Can Vote next Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 12:30 pm on Facebook Live for a nonpartisan Lunch and Learn event. Kate Fellam, You Can Vote’s Executive Director, will help you make your voice heard in this election, to empower all NC citizens to successfully cast their ballot! #YouCanVote #EarlyVoting #VoteNC
https://www.facebook.com/WomenNC/

🚨REMINDER: Early Voting Begins TODAY!! Here is

🚨REMINDER: Early Voting Begins TODAY!! Here is all the information you need to be able to particpate in early voting near you! #EarlyVoting #VoteNC

Today, WNC wants to highlight past 2015 scholar, D

Today, WNC wants to highlight past 2015 scholar, Dina Shehata! She conducted her research on "Women Leaders and the Media: Journey to the Top", focusing on women in political leadership positions. Shehata goes to explain how women leaders are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts. Women leaders are essential in positions of power to make important changes.
Shehata says we need to empower women to pursue leadership positions, but first, it is important to understand how female leaders are being depicted in the media and society.
Check out her full work here: http://www.womennc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-WomenNC-Research-Paper-WomenLeaders-the-Media_Dina-Shehata-0415.pdf

National #NoBraDay was created to promote awarenes

National #NoBraDay was created to promote awareness of breast cancer symptoms and to encourage gender equality! Some women embrace No Bra Day to schedule mammograms to promote early detection of breast cancer. Others embrace this day as a political statement to protest against enforced femininity and prefer the comfort of discarding what they view as a socially and physically restrictive, uncomfortable garment. Some women forgo wearing bras to reject traditional views of femininity, double standards, and the censorship of women's bodies on social media, and advocate that women's bodies should be legally and culturally acceptable. #EarlyDetection #GenderEquality

As today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we want to reco

As today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we want to recognize the violence many Native American women experience, dating back to Coloumbus's arrival to the Americas. Indigenous women experience some of the highest rates of violence in the Americas. Native American women are murdered and sexually assaulted at rates as high as 10 times the average in certain counties in the U.S. We need to become aware of the invisible epidemic that is affecting Indigenous Women in America and enact legal reform to support tribal law enforcement and government. #MMIW #NoMoreStolenSisters
Source ultra violet

Load More... Follow on Instagram

Thank You for your continued support to WomenNC with the donation of a conference room.

Copyright © 2020 WomenNC. All rights reserved. ● P.O. Box 33441, Raleigh NC 27636 ● Tel: 919-417-8485 ● info@womennc.org