Women's Leadership Council

Charge

The Women's Leadership Council (WLC) advises the President on institutional policies, objectives, procedures, and actions with regard to developing an equitable gender climate. The WLC's goals are (1) ensuring that women are included fully and equitably in all aspects of the life of the institution; and (2) promoting the development and well-being of all members of the University community in an atmosphere marked by collegiality, rigorous intellectual inquiry and self-examination, moral reflection, and fundamental human kindness. To do so, the WLC reports annually to the President and the cabinet about the gender climate, opportunities for women, progress on efforts to achieve gender equality and how institutional initiatives, policies, and procedures affect women at the University.

In fulfilling its mission, the WLC shall undertake the following:

• Recommend policies, procedures, programs, and priorities that will encourage the development of an institutional community that promotes and supports the full range of educational, employment, and research opportunities for women.
• Identify institutional practices and policies that may inhibit the ability of women students, faculty, and staff to contribute and participate as fully as they are capable in the educational and professional opportunities at the University, and recommend measures to eliminate inhibitory practices and policies.
• Review and comment on reports of the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs pertaining to the University's progress in meeting its equal opportunity and affirmative action obligations with respect to women.
• Recommend and advocate policies, procedures, and priorities to enhance the University's ability to undertake proactive, affirmative measures designed to encourage greater diversity in its student, faculty, staff, and leadership populations.
• Consider and recommend steps to implement the action plan developed by the 1999 Task Force on the Status of Women.
• Assist the President or his or her designee in monitoring and evaluating the University's work toward the goals proposed by the 1999 Task Force on the Status of Women and adopted by the University leadership.

Committee Structure:

The Council consists of:

• 13 faculty/staff members
• The following serve as ex-officio members without term:
  • Director of Equal Opportunity Programs
  • Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Representative of the President's Office
  • Representative for the Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Health System
  • Representative of the Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer
  • Representative for the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (Executive Secretary)
• Two at-large student members (one undergraduate student, one graduate student)

Contact Information:

Phone: (434) 924-3728
UVA-WLC@virginia.edu