
Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.
IWPR’s initiatives build the evidence, strategies, and partnerships needed to turn research into real, lasting change.
The Advancing Black Women in Leadership initiative confronts systemic barriers and fills a critical research gap on Black women’s leadership. Led by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in partnership with The Maven Collective, ABWIL transforms research into action through data, narrative strategy, and advocacy.
Connect for Success is a national research and learning initiative that studies and expands sustainable models for delivering sexual and reproductive health care to community college students. We partner with and fund organizations that are already providing this care, particularly to students from underserved backgrounds, to help them grow, strengthen, and share what works.

Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.