Women Faculty and Staff Issues

The University of Wisconsin–Madison strives to provide a work climate in which women can contribute their best to the mission of the university in an atmosphere that promotes excellence and respects difference.

A number of offices and committees work collaboratively to improve policies, programs, benefits and work conditions for women and their families. If you have questions on issues related to women at UW–Madison, please call or email the contact people listed on the websites to which this site provides links.

INITIATIVES

• Faculty Exit Interviews
• Guidelines for Implementing Faculty Salary Equity Review
• Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute
• 2000–01 Gender Pay Equity Review
• Sexual Harassment Information, Resources & Training Project
• Faculty Strategic Hiring: Dual Career Hiring & Retention, Minority Faculty, Women in Science
• UW System President's Initiative on the Status of Women in the UW-System

OFFICES AND PROGRAMS

• Academic Staff Mentoring Program
• Childcare, Office of Campus
• Employee Assistance Office
• Office for Equity and Diversity
• Human Resources, Office of
• New Faculty Workshop Series
• Women Faculty Mentoring Program

RESOURCES

• Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Issues/Resources
• Ombuds Services
• Sexual Harassment Information
• UW System Office For Women
• UW-System Women's Studies Librarian
• Women's Studies Program
• Work Life Issues

POLICIES AND BENEFITS

For a complete description of benefits, see Employee Compensation and Benefits Services Page

• Guidelines for Implementing Faculty Salary Equity Review
• Balancing Family and Work
• Extension of Probationary Period (FPP7.04)
• Criteria for Policies for Suspension of the Tenure Clock
• Employee Reimbursement Accounts (ERAs)

COMMITTEES

• Office for Equity & Diversity Advisory Committee
• Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Issues Committee
• Human Resources Working Group (HRWG)
• HRWG-Action Plan
• University Child Care Committee

ORGANIZATIONS

• Cabinet 99 (Alumni Women's Initiative, WAA)
• Campus Women's Center (student organization)
• Flamingos (a networking group of women academic staff and faculty)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)
• UW-System Women and Science Program
• CIC Women in Science & Engineering Initiatives
• Graduate Women in Science
• Women in Science & Engineering Residential Program (WISE-RP)