Every March, we celebrate Women’s History and Empowerment Month, both honoring the historical contributions of all who experience life through the lens of "woman" in body, spirit, and identity (past, present, future, and fluid) as well as empowering women and reducing barriers to their advancement.
Carol Mimura's message to innovators: ‘Take risks. There is no shame in failure.’
"Myself and another student would be the first women to receive a bachelor of science degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale."
Student leaders of the Gun Violence Prevention Project forge a new strategic path
Berkeley Law's student organization Gun Violence Prevention Project is helping a nonprofit pursue international impact litigation claims.
Yogananda Pittman, chief of the UC Berkeley Police, says she will respect the community’s diversity
"As I continued to get promoted, I was oftentimes the only woman and always the only person of color in the room..."
Delivering the future of CRISPR-based genome editing
Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna details new applications at Kuh Distinguished Lecture
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Markita del Carpio Landry is one of several women faculty members to be featured in the Brilliance of Berkeley lecture series
Learn more about the women at Berkeley (past and present) who are advancing our mission of teaching, research and public service.
Sustainability with SERC
Interview with current student Lucy and her work with the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) via Berkeley Life
Celebrating Women Faculty
Fourth-year student Kelsey spotlights campus leaders and groups championing women and their contributions to the Berkeley community.
UC has sent more women to space than any other school in the solar system
These women, including four Berkeley alum, shared the pressures, risks and thrills of their high-flying careers with their male colleagues.
Centers, Departments, Taskforces, & Advisory Bodies
- Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
- Center for Race and Gender
- Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Status of Women
Faculty and Staff Resources
Student Resources
News & Research
- Gender and Women's Studies Research: The award-winning research conducted by our faculty has played a formative role in shaping studies of gender and sexuality worldwide.
- Chancellor Carol Christ: Roe ruling is a major setback for women via Berkeley News
- UC Berkeley reaffirms commitment to full-spectrum reproductive health care via Berkeley News
- Supreme Court abortion ruling will radiate deep into American lives, scholars say via Berkeley News
- Berkeley Voices: How Roe v. Wade radically changed American culture via Berkeley News
- Millions of California women are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals at work: UC-funded research pinpoints risks and solutions via Berkeley Public Health
- The world’s first CRISPR therapy is approved: who will receive it?via Nature
- Increasing social impact on public health campuses: A chat with Claudia Williams, UC Berkeley School of Public Health's first chief social impact officer via Harvard Public Health
- Lenore Blum: The ‘Accidental Activist’ Who Changed the Face of Mathematicsvia Quanta Magazine
- How student Rebecca Gloyer made an impact in data science education: by advocating for inclusivity in STEM fields via College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
- Finding & Applying to Clubs: Undergrad Kelsey shares how building community shaped her Berkeley experiences as she got involved with The Women’s Network and other clubs via Berkeley Life
- Cal Athletics is committed to celebrating and amplifying the contributions of women during and beyond the month of March, exemplified by the recent Go Girls, Go Bears, Go Play Field Day which was led by the Cameron Institute and brought over 1000 people to Haas Pavilion, as well as the Shattering Ceilings and Inspiring Futures Post Game Panel which was led and hosted by Cal Women’s Basketball, in partnership with the Cal DEIBJ Office.