Committee on the Concerns of Women (CCW)

Our mission is to improve professional and academic experiences for all women at Harvard while celebrating their successes big and small. Women make up a large and important constituency of the University, and the Committee will work to identify women’s concerns within the workplace and address them through education, dialogue, community, and collective action.

Our goals are to:

• Provide a platform for women to create sustainable professional networks and to foster career development
• Identify and give prominence to women’s issues at Harvard, including gender diversity and inclusivity, by communicating women’s concerns with university leadership
• Provide a safe space for women to share their concerns
• Promote a supportive working environment for women at the university
• Recognize and promote diversity of gender and identity, inclusivity, and intersectionality in academic and work environments at Harvard and collaborate with other groups across the university

Please read our Charter for more information about the mission and vision of CCW.

Access Harvard's collection of Women's Resources (link - Women's Resources | Harvard University Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging)

For more information on Women at Harvard, visit Women at Harvard | Office of Faculty Development & Diversity

Visit the Harvard College Women's Center! (link - Harvard College Women's Center | Harvard)

Explore the history of Women at Harvard (link - Historical Background - Women at Harvard University - Research Guides at Harvard Library)