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Commission on the Status of Women "identify, advocate for, and increase awareness of needed change" |
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CSW History
Currently, the CSW is divided into four campus committees located at the Downtown, Tempe, West, and Polytechnic campuses. All four campus committees are governed by an Executive Committee and supported by the CSW academic associate. The Executive Committee organizes the work of the CSW, sets over-arching goals under which the campus commissions develop projects, and runs the CSW Awards Program. Members of the Executive Committee include all four campus committee chairs, the President’s ex-officio to the Commission, and the CSW staff person. ( For a more detailed explanation of the CSW's new structure, click here.) Despite its structural changes, the Commission on the Status of Women has been and continues to be dedicated to identifying, advocating for and increasing the awareness of needed change in order to enhance opportunities for women at the university. Key Accomplishments Studies conducted include:
Recommendations Adopted:
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In 1991, the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) issued the
report Reaching the Vision: Women in Arizona's Universities in the
Year 2000. The goal of this report was not only to acknowledge
and highlight major problems affecting women in the Arizona University
system, but it also sought to provide recommendations towards improving
the status of women in three major areas: equity, career development and
climate. Accordingly, following the release of Reaching the
Vision, the ASU President established the ASU Commission on the
Status of Women (CSW). The purpose of this commission was both to
monitor the advancement of ABOR's recommendations and to advise the
President on the overall progress of the institution towards
equity. 
Each year, members of the Commission dedicate
countless hours towards investigating issues of inequality and towards
finding solutions to these problems. Due to their hard work and
dedication, by 1998 the ASU-CSW was able to report to the Regents that
80% of ASU's goals and objectives were at or near completion.
In 2001, ASU marked the ten year anniversary of the
Commission, and in 2002, CSW developed a new Strategic Planning
Initiative designed to highlight the issues and needs affecting the
status of women at ASU. Focusing on six priority areas including
Climate and Culture, Accountability, Compensation and Resources, Voice
and Visibility, Training and Development, and Safety, CSW has developed
both an immediate action and a long term remedy plan to improve these
six priority areas over the next five years.
The
original structure of the CSW involved having a large group composed of
representatives from each employment category across all ASU campuses.
In 2004 however, the CSW reorganized its structure to meet growing needs
of ASU.