Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology
Mission
The mission of the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) is to prepare, support and empower women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional, organizational and practice settings as well as APA governance, and increase the diversity, number and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. A major focus of the Institute is to ensure that leadership training opportunities are available for mid-career and senior women psychologists in all of their diversities.
Currently, the APA CWP Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology has been made possible by the generous support of the APA Women's Programs Office, the Society for the Psychology of Women, and the APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology. Support in previous years has been provided by the APA Board of Directors, the APA Council of Representatives, the Women's Caucus of the APA Council of Representatives, the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, Psychologists in Independent Practice, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues.
The LIWP Program goals include:
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Ensure that mid-career and senior women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.
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Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.
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Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice, and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance.
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Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.
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Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.
