Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The White House's Council on Women and Girls -- established with the signing of an Executive Order by President Barack Obama in March 2009 -- will focus on ensuring that each of the federal agencies is working to directly improve the economic status of women and ensure that administrative policies aim to balance work and family. The Council with also work hand-in-hand with the Vice President, the Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women, and other government officials to find new ways to prevent violence against women, at home and abroad. Another top priority of the Council is to help build healthy families and improve women’s health care.

Keywords: Women, Adolescent females, Barriers, Economics, Female children, Gender discrimination, Health promotion, Violence prevention, Women', Work family issues, Working women, s health

Annotation: Girl Scouts of the USA provides recreational and developmental activities for girls ages 5-17. The Girl Scout program focuses on encouraging girls to develop to their full potential; relate to others with increasing understanding, skill, and respect; develop a meaningful set of values to guide their actions and to provide for sound decision-making; and contribute to the improvement of society. Through the Girl Scout Research Institute, the organization conducts studies, releases information, and provides resources for the well-being and safety of girls. Information is provided in English and Spanish.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent females, Associations, Child development, Female children, Recreation, Spanish language materials

Annotation: The Henry A. Murray Research Center of The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University conducts primary research and maintains databases on moral development, female psychological development, career patterns and impact on well-being, sex differences in children's math and science learning, racially or ethnically diverse populations, and other topics. Through several grant programs, the Center also offers financial support for research expenses of projects using Center data. Services to consumers include reference information and publications. The center publishes a newsletter and a guide to data resources and also sponsors conferences and training seminars.

Keywords: Adolescent females, Children, Psychology, Women

Annotation: The National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) is a nonpartisan network of more than one hundred women's organizations working together to advocate change on many issues of importance to women. Significant areas of involvement include equal employment opportunity, economic equity, media equality, education, job training, women's health and reproductive health, mid-life and aging/retired women, girls and young women, homemakers, minority groups, and business and professional women.

Keywords: Coalition, Adolescent females, Advocacy, Aging, Blacks, Children, Education, Gender discrimination, Minority groups, Reproductive health, Retirement, Vocational education, Women, Women', s health