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We are a community of Ohio State University faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students, and Columbus residents interested in cutting-edge research, policy making, peace and security, and activism on gender issues in social and economic development and globalization. We have been providing a service to the Ohio State community since 1985. Our primary activity is an annual speaker series.

As a member of the international organization,the Association for Women's Rights in Development, we serve as a resource for information on timely gender issues in development, organizing, jobs, internships, grants, publications, conferences, and other events.

Rapid global transformations affect people’s lives both politically and economically. OSU-WID provides a forum for discussing women’s contributions as agents of change and the situations in which women, their families and communities find themselves as a result of broader change processes.

OSU-WID sponsors events, often with other organizations, such as luncheon seminars, brown-bag discussions, films, workshops, get-togethers, and public events that highlight issues of women in development and gender differences.

For more information about OSU-WID contact:

  • Cathy Rakowski                                                                                                                 

OSU-WID no longer requires or accepts membership dues. However, if you wish to make a donation, just click here Donation

Services we provide to the OSU community:

  • Sponsor important speakers on gender, development & globalization
  • Raise funds to sponsor speakers and events
  • Circulate announcements of OSU-WID events and those of other units and organizations with whom we network
  • Send out announcements referred to us by the international network, AWID, and others on jobs, internships and grant opportunities
  • Circulate discussion issues sent by AWID and others on key gender, human rights, conflict, and development issues
  • Co-sponsor events organized by other units
  • Prepare an annual report of activities and collaborations