Charge to the Committee The Committee is charged with assessing and
reporting on the status of women in the profession. Among its responsibilities
are to identify unfair or discriminatory practices and to advise the Board and
the members of the Association of ways in which they may be rectified; to
advise women philosophers concerning means of overcoming discrimination and
gender-specific obstacles that they may encounter; and to make reports and
recommendations to the Board concerning ways in which full and meaningful
equality of opportunity can be provided to all individuals who seek to study,
teach, or conduct research in philosophy. The Committee is concerned with
teaching and research. It seeks to facilitate an understanding of issues of
gender and of the range of positions represented in feminist theories and
publishes the Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy.
The Editor of the Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy and the Director of the APA CSW Site Visit Program serve in ex officio capacities on this Committee. |
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