Women’s Issues in Rehabilitation - Resources

Within APA:

• Division 35: Society on Psychology for Women: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/index

• Psychology of Women Quarterly journal

• Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP): https://www.apa.org/pi/women

• Hosts CWP webinar series, offers scholarships/grants/awards for women and gender diverse psychologists

• Published “52 Resolutions & Motions Regarding the Status of Women in Psychology: Chronicling 30 Years of Passion and Progress” (2004)

• APA Leadership Development Institute for Women in Psych Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology | APA Leadership Development Institute

• LEAP for Early Career Scholars | APA Leadership Development Institute

• Psychology Summer Institute | APA Leadership Development Institute

• Diversity Leadership Program | APA Leadership Development Institute

• PACE | APA Leadership Development Institute

• Disability Mentoring Program

Other professional organizations:

• Association for Women in Psychology (AWP): https://www.awpsych.org/

• Aims to provide feminist training, challenge traditional societal structure and institutional policies, and work towards the elimination of all types of discrimination and oppression

• Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR): https://swhr.org/

• Aims to advance women’s health through science, policy, and education while promoting research on sex differences to optimize women’s health.

• Association of American Medical College (AAMC)

• Early-Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar | AAMC

• Midcareer Faculty Leadership Development Seminar | AAMC

• Maximizing Impact and Networks for Faculty Advancement and Community (MINFAC) Leadership Development Seminar | AAMC

Books/Articles:

• Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology

• The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Multicultural Counseling Psychology

• Feminist Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender

• Feminist ethics: Lenses for examining ethical psychological practice

• Women and Leadership: Transforming Visions and Diverse Voices

• Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology: Volume 2: Gender Research in Social and Applied Psychology

• "Black Women's Health: A Special Double Issue of Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy"

• “The Future of Women in Psychological Science” (Gruber et al., 2020)

• Psychologists are Challenging Leadership Norms in Health Care Settings

Calls to Action: 

• The National Academies Press | Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM A Call to Action

• “Women outnumber men in psychology, but not in the field’s top echelons”