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Membership: Women's Education Worldwide is open to accredited colleges and universities and organizations across the globe that have as a primary mission the education and advancement of women. There are no dues.

Member organizations are:

• invited to the biennial WEW conferences, of which they commit to attend, at a minimum, one out of every two.
• represented on the WEW website.
• encouraged to participate in WEW initiatives.

Governance: An Executive Committee will have its membership drawn from seven member institutions: 1) Mount Holyoke College; 2) Smith College; 3) Immediate past conference host; 4) Second past conference host; 5) Upcoming conference host; 6) & 7) At-large members. At-large members will be nominated by the membership and selected by the Executive Committee with attention paid to geographic distribution. At-large members serve a three-year term.

Current roster:

1) Joanne V. Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College
2) Carol T. Christ, President, Smith College
3) Howard Reed, Director, Dubai Women's College
4) vacant
5) Paola Bernardi, Rector, Collegio Nuovo
6) Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal, Lady Shri Ram College for Women
7) Caroline Ndarua, Vice Chancellor, Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology

Meetings: Conferences will be held every other year, hosted by one of the member institutions who will cover some of the conference expenses. Travel and other expenses will be the responsibility of each institution. WEW will continue to seek the help of foundations on travel costs.

Administration and Website: Mount Holyoke College will continue to offer administrative services and to host the site from 2007-2010. Thereafter, this matter will be reviewed by the Executive Committee.

Affiliations: WEW will seek to connect and cooperate with other organizations that bring together women’s colleges and/or are committed to the education and advancement of women.