About MSU-WID

Michigan State University's Women & International Development Program (WID) is a program within the Center for Gender in Global Context. WID promotes teaching, research, and action on international development and global transformation as they affect women and gender relations. While WID's primary focus is the Southern Hemisphere, the program recognizes that the "South" is a set of relationships rather than a place. Moreover, development and global change bring costs as well as benefits, which are often not shared equally by men and women of different nations, races, classes, and ethnicities.

Established in 1978, WID is the longest-standing program of its kind in the nation. WID and MSU's Center for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID) are recognized as a National Resource Center by the US Department of Education. Nearly 300 MSU faculty and graduate students from all colleges are affiliated with WID. The program acts as a catalyst for the scholarly discussion of gender, development, and global change.

• WID Brochure


• Links to WID Programs at Other Universities