Layli Maparyan Videos
- Social Media and Mental Health: Research-Based Approaches to Support Adolescent Girls鈥� Wellbeing
March 16, 2023
In this collaboration with the Metrowest Women鈥檚 Fund, panelists share their insights and expertise in a discussion on middle school girls' mental health and social media use.
- Advancing Gender Equality Around the World: Four Innovative, Technology-Driven Approaches
March 8, 2023
In this virtual parallel event of the 2023 UN Commission on the Status of Women, panelists share the innovative ways they are using technology to advance gender equality and human wellbeing.
- Searching for Truth: Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation
October 19, 2022
A virtual Social Change Dialogue explores one woman鈥檚 journey to investigate her history as a child sex trafficking survivor, with the help of a journalist.
- Sharing Our Stories: A Discussion With Authors Who Started Their Journeys as Student Parents
February 3, 2022
Panelists discuss their personal experiences as parenting students and share insights from their books.
- Celebrating and Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 17, 2022
Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and sharing insights from a recent trip to Liberia, Executive Director Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., urges us to embrace humanity鈥檚 interdependence and usher in a new future in which we all thrive.
- Evolutions of Womanism: From West African Roots to Emerging Ideas in the Caribbean
September 23, 2021
Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., and Sheron Fraser-Burgess, Ph.D., converse about the evolution of womanism and the importance of the African/African-descended worldview in higher education and global problem solving today.
- Overcoming the She-cession: Supporting Women in the Workforce
April 20, 2021
Panelists discussed how employers and lawmakers can support women in the workforce during the pandemic and beyond.
- Crisis and Opportunity: Building a Better Childcare System
March 30, 2021
Panelists discussed how the Biden-Harris administration can support the child care industry.
- Letting All Voices Be Heard: New Directions for K-12 Education
March 9, 2021
Panelists discussed what the Biden-Harris administration has done so far and what still needs to be done to support educators and students.
- Advancing Racial Justice Through Research and Action: 鈥淚t starts with the self鈥�
October 28, 2020
Panelists discussed how they advance racial justice in their work at WCW and shared ways that participants can take steps in their own lives to dismantle systemic racism.
- Voting Is Voice
October 22, 2020
Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., moderated a discussion panel on women's suffrage.
- COVID-19 and Gender Equality: 鈥淭his is not about returning to normal鈥�
October 19, 2020
Experts from WCW discussed the unique ways COVID-19 is impacting women's work-life balance, economic opportunities, and mental wellbeing during this virtual panel.
- WCW in Retrospect: A Conversation with Barbara Newell
September 27, 2018
During her time as president of 妻友社区 College, , Ph.D., an economist and ardent advocate for women's education and economic equity, founded what would later become the 妻友社区. She shares the story of its founding during the September 2018 Lunchtime Seminar.
- Highlights and Panels from #PersistToPower Research Forum
June 7, 2017
Watch highlights and full panel discussions recorded at our June 2017 research forum, From Persistence to Power: Facts, Truth, & Equity for Women.
- Layli Maparyan Discusses WCW
妻友社区 College President H. Kim Bottomly announced the appointment of Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., as the new Katherine Stone Kaufmann 鈥�67 Executive Director of the 妻友社区 (WCW), effective July 1, 2012. Layli Maparyan shared some of her thoughts during a brief interview.
