ABOUT THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION
NWSA MISSION
The National Women's Studies Association leads the field of women’s studies in educational and social transformation.
ABOUT NWSA
Established in 1977, NWSA is a professional organization dedicated to leading the field of women's studies and gender studies, as well as its teaching, learning, research, and service wherever they be found.
Our members actively pursue a just world in which all persons can develop to their fullest potential – one free from ideologies, structures, or systems of privilege that oppress or exploit some for the advantage of others. In support of their work, we believe:
- Women's studies is vital to education;
- Women’s studies is comparative, global, intersectional, and interdisciplinary;
- Scholarship, activism, and teaching are inseparable elements of a single whole.
We are further committed to a vision of education and scholarship that includes:
- Faculty, students, centers, other campus organizations, and community scholars;
- Creating the space for an exchange of regional, national, and international scholars; and
- Critical reflection and dialogue among community organizations on the social meaning and use in women's and gender studies broadly conceived.
We serve our members through
- publications
- convening
- professional development activities
- supporting scholarship that transforms knowledge of women and puts that knowledge into practice
As such, we lead the field of women’s studies/gender studies in social and educational transformation.
