Committee on Women in Psychology

Mission

There shall be a Committee on Women in Psychology that shall concern itself with furthering the major purpose of the APA — "to advance psychology as a science and a profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare” — by ensuring that women in all their diversity achieve equality within the psychological community and in the larger society, nationally and globally in order that all human resources be fully actualized. Its mission shall be to function as a catalyst by means of interacting with and making recommendations to the various parts of APA's governing structure, to APA's membership, and particularly to the Society for the Psychology of Women, the Association for Women in Psychology, and other relevant organizations, including groups whose missions address the status of women. 

Priority tasks of the committee

Committee Resources

• CWP Leadership Awards
• CWP Leadership Award Recipients 1985-Present
• APA Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls
• CWP Network
• CWP Annual Reports
• CWP History
• Thirty Years of the CWP

Priority Tasks

Specifically, the committee will undertake the following priority tasks:

(a) collection of information and documentation concerning the status of women;

(b) development of recommendations relevant to women;

(c) monitoring the implementation of guidelines and recommendations from reports issued by APA that are relevant to women;

(d) development of mechanisms to increase the participation of women in roles and functions both within and outside the profession;

(e) ongoing communications with other agencies and institutions regarding the status of women; and

(f) monitoring current issues relevant to the lives of women in order to inform policy.

The Committee shall consist of six members who are elected for staggered terms of three years.  It shall report to Council through the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI). (Approved by Council, February 2008)

Strategic Goals

Goal I

Promoting the health and well-being of women

Goal II

Identifying and eliminating discriminatory practices against women

Goal III

Increasing the visibility of feminist scholarship and practice

Goal IV

Promoting the unique contributions of women to psychology

Goal V

Enhancing women’s leadership within and outside of APA

Goal VI

Collaborating with others as needed to achieve the empowerment of underrepresented groups

Goal VII

Promoting the generation and communication of knowledge about women’s lives