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Graduate
Professional Women’s Organization (GPWO) |
| Graduate Professional
Women’s Organization (GPWO) was created in 1985 in
response to the needs of graduate and professional women
students on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
The primary mission of GPWO is to support graduate and
professional women, break the isolation often experienced
by these students and to provide avenues for graduate and
professional women’s issues such as discrimination,
harassment, the scarcity of tenured women faculty, etc.
to be addressed. GPWO also sponsors educational programs
on women’s issues as well as social functions seeking
inclusion of all women in the Penn Community. This year
a total of 4 meetings were held with 19 members. The meetings
were aimed to give graduate women a space to come together
for support and social activities including a networking “Games
Night” at Dubois College House, a “Mix and
Mingle” at the Graduate Student Center and providing
information on PWC services and other campus organizations
for graduate and professional students. During Spring semester
a special meeting was called in order to do outreach for
graduate women to become active in Take Back The Night. |
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