GenEq is a support resource for women’s organizations and welcomes opportunities to collaborate with student groups on projects and events. Come by GenEq if you are interested in forming a student group, or would like your organization to connect with GenEq. Our office often collaborates with numerous student groups on projects such as Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The following is a list (in no particular order) of various student groups aimed at women and women's issues. Click on the name of a group in order to read its description and ways to get involved. This list is not exaustive, please click here to do a search of your own for student groups. Click here for more information on how to start your own student group.

Student Groups | Graduate Women Resources | Other Campus Organizations

Student Groups

Berkeley MBA Women in Leadership

WIL's mission is to serve the entire Haas community through a series of professional, educational, and social events designed to enhance the understanding and appreciation of women's roles in business while equipping WIL members to achieve success. Beyond hosting the annual WIL conference, WIL offers regular social events and an annual retreat.

Boalt Hall Women's Association (BHWA)

Boalt Law School 292 Simon Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 --  (510) 642-8588
BWHA is the Women's Association at UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, representing women students. BWHA is one of the largest student organizations at Boalt. The group seeks to provide a meeting place and support for law school women, as well as group addresses issues specific to women in law including discrimination, family, different practices. Activities include: faculty teas, community speakers, publications on women's issues, social events. Meetings are held every month. Please visit the website for more information.

Empowering Women of Color Committee

The group focuses on preparing the annual Empowering Women of Color Conference held at UC Berkeley. The Conference focuses on various topics each year and features various guest speakers from all over. Meetings are held on Mondays at 9am, as well as on Fridays at 1pm. For more information, please visit the website or email woci@ga.berkeley.edu.

Female Sexuality (FemSex) Class

Female Sexuality (FemSex) is a De-Cal (a class taught by students for students) based out of the top rated public university in the nation, UC Berkeley. FemSex is a long running course whose roots reach all the way back to 1994. While the course is constantly changing to adapt to the current events constantly making their way to the fore, the original basis for the course -- Women's Empowerment -- is still the focus.

GABRIELA Network

GABRIELA Network (GABNet) is a US-based multi-racial women's solidarity mass organization. We work with GABRIELA Philippines, a national alliance of more than 200 women's organizations. We work on issues that impact women of Philippines ancestry, but which have their roots in the decisions made in the United States. GABNet is an all-volunteer organization of women with chapters in Chicago, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Portland, San Francisco/Bay Area, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC.

Iota Sigma Pi -- National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry

Iota Sigma Pi is the national honor society for women in chemistry. The society began in 1902 with the organization of the Hydrogen chapter here at the University of California, Berkeley. Since the appearance of that seminal chapter, 10,000 members have been initiated into forty chapters nationwide. Iota Sigma Pi promote the professional development and personal growth of women in chemistry and related fields through recognition, public outreach and the formation of supportive networks.

National Organization for Women, Berkeley Chapter (NOW)

The National Organization for Women is the largest organization of feminists, both men and women, in the United States. Established in 1966, we represent thousands of committed women in chapters throughout the state. California NOW (CA NOW) is the state branch of the National Organization for Women and works on issues that affect women and girls throughout California. The purpose of BNOW is to take action to empower anyone who has, does or will identify as a woman. BNOW recognizes that all forms of marginalization are interrelated, and we strive to eliminate oppression everywhere.

Prytanean Womens' Honor Society (PWHS)

Office of Student Life-102 Sproul Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 -- (510) 642-7507
The Prytanean Society is the oldest collegiate women's honorary society in the United States. Founded on the Berkeley campus of the University of California in 1900.The student founders, Adele Gerard Lewis and Agnes Frisius, had a keen interest in student healthcare and housing issues, and the organization's work concentrated on those areas for many years. While Benjamin Ide Wheeler was president of the University, there were just over 2,000 students. He introduced the concept of student government, and the founders were prescient enough to recognize that students could identify and address issues of concern. Imagine what pride the founding members would have in the legacy they left the University, were they to hear each new Prytanean pledge "faith, service and loyalty to the University of California!" For more information, please visit the website or email prytanean_06@lists.berkeley.edu.

Queer Resource Center

On campus queer organization.

Narika at UC Berkeley

The goal of this student group is to increase student awareness and action in anti-domestic violence initiatives. We are an all volunteer run student subgroup of the home base, Narika: A Domestic Violence Helpline for South Asian Women, whose mission is to promote the empowerment of women in our community to confront and overcome the cycles of domestic violence and exploitation. We work to build a movement at the student level to end violence against women and girls and to actively support women’s rights as human rights. Our membership is diverse and we welcome students and student supporters to join us.

Graduate Women Resources

Graduate Women's Project

The Graduate Women's Project (GWP) is the only program at UC-Berkeley devoted solely to addressing the concerns of graduate women. GWP was first established in 1981 in response to an overwhelming demand for campus resources that would address graduate women's personal, social, and academic needs. They put out a Women’s Resource Guide every year – see website to download a copy.

Women of Color Initiative Project at the Graduate Assembly

Our goal is to share information among women of color on ways in which they can improve themselves individually and collectively in the community, home, and professional world. The Women of Color Initiative annually spearheads the Empowering Women of Color Conference and the “Do You Have My Back? Bridging Racial Divisions Among Women on Campus” forum.

Other Campus Organizations

Gender Consortium

The Gender Equity Resource Center is part of the Gender Consortium at UC Berkeley. The Consortium is intended to bring together several campus units dedicated to issues surrounding gender and sexuality. The goal is to provide an infrastructure for coordinating public events, fundraising, applying for external grants, and enhancing undergraduate and graduate education. Members of the Gender Consortium are Beatrice M. Bain Research Group, Center for Race and Gender, Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, The Designated Emphasis Program on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Undergraduate Minor, Gender and Women's Studies, The Emma Goldman Papers, The Gender Equity Resource Center, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry and coming soon, GTU Women and Religion. For more information on these organizations, see the Gender Consortium webpage.

Faculty Equity Association

Created by the determination of a campus committed to diversity, the Office for Faculty Equity (OFE) has a leadership role to develop, monitor and communicate the guidelines, policies, procedures and new initiatives that will encourage diverse hiring. OFE also seeks to increase retention of that talent by ensuring that faculty at the University of California at Berkeley are proactively supported professionally and in their personal lives, no matter what their gender or ethnicity.

Status of Women & Ethnic Minorities

The Campus Climate and Compliance Office monitors and evaluates campus efforts to meet requirements under 1972 federal legislation which prohibits all forms of sex (Title IX) and race (Title VI) discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding. The Campus Climate and Compliance Office provides opportunities to faculty, staff and students, for education regarding issues of discrimination, equity, and the impacts of discrimination and unequal treatment on department and campus climate.

Campus Climate & Compliance Office

Promotes departmental efforts to achieve equality for women and minorities.