The Wellesley Centers for Women is home to more than 50 individual research, education, and action projects. Some are short-term, specifically focused investigations, evaluations, and trainings. Others are part of larger, long-term initiatives addressing critical areas in the lives of women, children, and families. Our international collaborations strive to improve the lives of women and girls across the globe. Learn more about these important initiatives.

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21st Century Community Learning Centers

21st Century Community Learning Centers and Literacy Skills

A Course on Women Shaping Society

Accessing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Empower Women and Children with Disabilities in Bangladesh and Nepal

Achieving Gendered Justice Developing Substantive Research & Action Strategies for Justice-Involved Women

Adolescent Communication with Family and Reproductive Health

Adolescent Media Project (AMP)

Adolescent Mixed-Ancestry Identity: A Measurement Pilot

Adult Memories and Consequences and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse

Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights in the Domestic, Regional, and International Arenas

After-School Gets Moving

Afterschool Matters

Afterschool Program Assessment System (APAS)

An in-depth look at teen/parent sexual communication

Analysis of Adolescent Family Life

APT Validation Study II: Improving rater reliability

APT Validation Study III: Reducing Cultural Bias in Youth Program Quality Observations

APT Validation Study Phase 1: Identifying and Minimizing Measurement Error

Assessing the Professional Development Needs of BPS Early Childhood Programs

Battered Mothers' Testimony Project

BEhavioral Health Stratified Treatment (BEST) to Optimize Transition to Adulthood for Youth with IDD

BOKS Longitudinal Evaluation

Boston After-School Experiences Study (BASES)

Boston Public Schools Early Childhood Studies

Boston Quality Inventory

Boston Summer Learning Project

Bringing Yourself to Work: Caregiving in After-School Environments

Building a Skilled and Stable Workforce for After School Programs

Building an Outcomes Evaluation System Phase III

Building APAS and Literacy Capacity in Philadelphia Out-of-School Time Programs

Cambodian Working Mothers in Lowell, MA: A qualitative study on acculturation and work-family balance

Campaign Coalition for Host Advocacy

Career Dynamics: A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Firms and Households

Case Review of Police Response to Sexual Assault

CATCH-IT Evaluation: Promoting Adolescent Health

Census Survey of Business Owners Project

Child Care Voucher Project

CLASS Training and Supports

Co-Morbid Physical and Mental Health Care Needs for Children and Youth at Risk for Obesity

Collaborative Language and Literacy Instruction Project (CLLIP) Research and Evaluation-Year 4

Communication about sex in the nuclear family and beyond: Implications for health interventions

Community Dialogue and Needs Assessment for Addressing Traumatic Stress among African Resettled Refugee Youth in New Hampshire

Consultant to Urban Institute's Assessment of the Massachusetts State Subsidized Child Care System

Consulting and Technical Assistance Services to Support College Access, Inclusion, and Success for Parenting Students

Continuous Program Quality Improvement, Summer Learning, and Training

Convene Asia Regional Law Reform Working Group and Train the Trainer Seminar

Creating a Family Court Advocacy Training Curriculum for Battered Minority and Immigrant Women

Critical Mass Project

Cross-Cities Network

Data-to-Action Campaign for Pregnant and Parenting Student Success

Dating Violence Prevention Program for Each Grade in Middle School

Dating Violence Prevention Programs in Public Middle Schools (Shifting Boundaries)

Decriminalizing Consensual Teen Sex

Depression Prevention Dissemination

Depression Prevention for Middle School Students in Natick

Depression/Suicide Prevention for Adolescents in Holliston

Developing and Validating Practical Teacher Assessments for Use in Center-based Pre-kindergarten Programs

Developing Direct Connections on Bullying and Harassment to Curriculum Frameworks and Performance Standards Nationwide Using Bullyproof

Development and Evaluation of Sexual Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs

Did Paid Sick Leave and Family Medical Leave Ameliorate the Health and Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Digital Wellbeing in Middle Schools

Discrimination and racial socialization on Asian American parent and youth mental health

Dual-Trauma Couples

Early Adolescent Social Technology Use and Parental Monitoring: Implications for Psychosocial and Behavioral Health

Early Education and Out-of-School Time Evaluation

Empathy Project

Employment, Work Conditions and Health Among Older Workers

Empowering Families

Entrepreneurship and Social Mobility of Women

Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice for Women

Environment Rating Scales Reliable Rater Level 4 Classroom Observations and Level 3 Technical Assistant Site Visits for MA QRIS

Equity Lab Charter School

Evaluation of STEM Program for Rural Girls (GEMS)

Evidence Based Participatory Pilot Study for the Implementation of Dual diagnosis Treatment in a Residential Drug Treatment Program for Latino Men

Exploratory Study of Same-Sex Marriage

Facilities for Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Programs: Standards and Research

Fairer Science

Family Child Care New Entrant Study

Family Friendly: How Are Firms and Establishments Affected by State Paid Family Leave Programs?

Family Income, Infant Child Care, and Child Development Study

Family Policies and Women’s Labor Market Careers

Father-adolescent communication and adolescent reproductive health

Feasibility and acceptability of a father-based intervention to support adolescents’ reproductive health

Find Your Way: Resource Guide for Prospective College Students with Kids

Food-Assistance Program Participation and Child Hunger in the United States

From Out-of-School to Outer Space: Exploring the Solar System with NASA

Gender & the Law in China Expert Group Consultation

Gender and Justice Project on Female Offenders

Gender Equity in Model Sites (GEMS)

Gender, Race, and Inclusive Education

Gender, Social Learning, and Adversity: Factors in Adolescent Development of Substance Use Disorders

Gratitude Project

Growth and Scaling Grants Program for Social and Emotional Learning Program Providers

Health and Safety in Massachusetts Early Care and Education Programs

Hear Our Voices: Evaluation Project

High-Skilled Immigration and the Structure of High-Tech firms

Higher Education for Low-Income Women: Advocacy at State and National Levels

Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Job Creation

Impact of National AfterSchool Association (NAA) Physical Activity Standards on Out-of-School Time Program Policies and Practice

Impact of Work Organization on Women’s Postpartum Health

Improving Teacher Quality through the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum

Improving the Court Approach to Domestic Violence Cases in the Massachusetts Family Courts

Improving the Quality of Youth Programs Nationwide: Expanding Access to the Assessment of Program Practices Tool

Improving Two-Generation Approaches for Children and Family

Influence of Early Care and Education on Children's Outcomes and Family Functioning: An Ecological Model

Jean Baker Miller Training Institute

Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative

Longitudinal assessment of specificity in adolescent-dog relationships and adaptive coping for youth with social anxiety

Longitudinal Research on Partner Violence, Child Physical Abuse, and Child Sexual Abuse

Maine Cost and Quality Study

Massachusetts 21st Century Community Learning Centers

Massachusetts Afterschool Research Study (MARS)

Massachusetts Capacity Study

Massachusetts Cost and Quality Study

Massachusetts Early Care and Education and School Readiness Study

Massachusetts Early Care and Education Studies

Massachusetts QRIS Validation Study

Measuring the Impact of a Middle School Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum

Media and Identity Study

Men’s Changing Family Roles

Met Life Discovering Community Initiative: An Evaluation Project

Middle School Bullying & Sexual Violence: Measurement Issues & Etiological Models

Mood Check: School-Based Mental Health Screening Program

Natick Depression Prevention Initiatives

National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE)

National Institute on Out-of-School Time

National SEED Project

National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center

Navy Family Study

New Firms and Founders: Characteristics of Entrepreneurs in the United States

New York City Afterschool Matters Research Practitioner Fellowship

New York City Urban Debate League: Investigating Youth's Experiences in a "Democracy in Action" Afterschool Program

Next Generation Youth Work Coalition

NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Normative Development of Puerto Rican Adolescents

Obesity and Chronic Disease Risk Reduction in Out-of-School Time

Online Learning Pilot Program Evaluation in Wyoming

Open Circle

Operationalizing Out-of-School Time Quality in Philadelphia

Oral Storytelling in Math: Evaluation Project

OST (Out-of-School Time) Physical Activity Standards: Implementation Trends

Out-of-School Time Quality to Youth Outcomes

Outcomes Evaluation of FasTracKids

Parent and Peer Influences on Social Media Use in Early Adolescence

Parent-teen communication and monitoring, before and during COVID-19

Parental Behavior, Human-Animal Interaction, and Adolescent Development

Parental Choice: Research Evidence from Two National Datasets

Parental Work Schedules, CCDF Policies & Child Care Arrangements in Low-Income Families

Path 2 Purpose: Primary Care and Community-Based Prevention of Mental Disorders in Adolescents

Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network Quality Committee Statewide Older Youth QRIS Initiative

Perceptions of Work Environments and Relationships (POWER)

Physical Activity over Time: Health Outcomes of Elementary School Children

Physical Activity Study in the Natick Public Schools: Focus on BOKS

Preventing Sexual Harassment and Teen Dating Violence in Schools

Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents Project - Boston

Prevention of Depression: Impact on the Transition to Early Adulthood

Professional Development Module

Program Practices: An Investigation of Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Standards and Practices

Promoting Adolescent Wellbeing through Social Media: Digital Wellbeing Workshops

Promoting Health and Wellbeing in Adolescents and Families through a Web-based Resource

Promoting Public Awareness of the Road to Educational Equity for Girls of Color: A Multi-level Strategy

Promotion of Convention of the Rights of the Child/CEDAW as Complementary Frameworks

Providence After School Association

PSAYDN Quality Committee Statewide Older Youth QRIS Initiative

Puerto Rican Young Fathers' Involvement with Their Children

Rabat Roundtable: Women Leading Change in the Arab and Muslim Communities

Ready Educators Quality Improvement Pilot

Research and Evaluation Study with BridgeUP: STEM

Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus: A National Assessment and Systematic Classification of the Scope and Challenges for Investigation and Adjudication

Risk and Resilience of Media and Social Networking use in Vulnerable Adolescent Populations

Risk Behaviors among Offspring of Teen Parents: Effects of parenting on the next generation

Schools and Families Together (SAFT): Assessing the Impact of Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education That Works

SCOPE: Evaluation project

Second Stage Growth and Scaling Grants Program for Social and Emotional Learning Program Providers

Segregation and Job-to-Job Mobility

Sexual Assault Forensic Exams—DNA and Justice Responses to Sexual Assault

Sexual Harassment and Gender Violence in Schools: A Research and Development Project Linking Schools

Sexual Harassment in Schools: Concerns, New Directions, and Strategies for Prevention

Sexual Violence Case Attrition

Sibling Relationships in Children of Depressed Parents

Skills Training in Affect and Interpersonal Regulation for PTSD in University Counseling Centers

Social Context Of Puerto Rican Children's Health And Growth

Sports as Protective of Girls' High-Risk Sexual Behavior

State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care Needs Assessment

Strengthening Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination in China

Student Parents at the Center: Building a Policy Road Map

Success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (SISTEM)

Surviving and Striving: Low-Income Parents Pursuit of Higher Education as a Path Out of Poverty

Teasing and Bullying

Technical Assistance Partner to U.S. Department of Education, Office of 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program

Technical Assistance Project for Attleboro Public Schools

Technical Assistance, Next Generation Afterschool System Building Initiative

Technical Support to Ford Foundation Grantees Working on Women's Rights Issues in China

Teen-parent health communication over early, middle, and late adolescence

Television Consumption and Adolescent Sexual Activity

The Audit Study: Do Some College Activities Boost Chances of Entry to Corporate Careers?

The Black Girls Create Project: A Pilot Culturally Responsive Informal STEM Learning Program

The Importance of Information in the Choice of Study Place and Field

The LORT Report: Examining racial and gender representation in resident theater leadership

The Massachusetts Child Care Subsidy Study

The Massachusetts Women's Justice Network

The Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: A Partnership to Improve Outcomes

The SPARK Collaborative

The Two-Generation Classroom

The Women's Sports Leadership Project

Undergraduate Science Education Grant Evaluation

Understanding the Impact of Arts Programming on School Dropout

WEEA: Review Project

Wellesley College McNair Scholars Program Evaluation

What Do Abused Women of Color and Immigrant Women Experience during Family Court Proceedings?

What We Do for a Living: Gender Differences in Tasks and Pay (WHAFL)

Who Does She Think She Is?

WILL: A Unique Model for Higher Education in the 21st-Century

Willow: Depression prevention for college students

Womanism Research Initiative

Women in Community Development (WICD)

Women in Development IQC: Gender Matters

Women in Engineering: Evaluation Project

Women in Prison and Family Connection

Women Leaders

Women's Insights Project: African-Americans and Intimate Partner Violence

Women's Leadership in Resident Theaters

Women's Review of Books

Women’s Leadership Network: Women’s Political, Public, & Economic Participation in the Muslim World

Work, Families and Children

Working Conditions and Health

Wyoming Afterschool Alliance Mott Achievement Project

Zero Tolerance

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