About

Women’s Education Worldwide (WEW) is a new organization bringing together the presidents and chief academic officers of women’s colleges and universities from around the world and other leaders in women’s education. The mission of WEW is to share best practices, to collect and disseminate data about women’s colleges, to foster exchange among our institutions, and to advocate for women’s education worldwide.

This international initiative was founded in 2003 by Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges, two of the original "Seven Sisters" of U.S. higher education--a group that itself has long benefitted from collaboration at the national level.

Organizational Structure

Rosalind Mutua (left) of Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology, Kenya and Maureen Aitken of the Women's College, University of Queensland, Australia.