ABOUT
Oxford Women in Politics (OxWiP) is the leading university-wide society dedicated to advancing the role of women in public and professional life, in both the public and the private sector. We do this through organising and promoting exciting events with prominent female leaders and potential employers, by hosting social events to help our members build up a healthy network and by arranging workshops to develop the skills and talents necessary for success. Women are under-represented in leadership and decision-making positions at a local, national, and global level. Oxford's female students have the potential to be the world's future leaders, whether they pursue business, academic, or political careers.
To accomplish its goals and build a dynamic and sustainable organization, OxWip has developed an innovative, three-part mission:
1) Cultivating
the professional and leadership skills of Oxford women. We organize a wide variety of skills workshops and seminars, and since the year 2010 we have offered a range of "Breaking Into" series tailored to our members' needs.
2) Inspiring
the next generation of female students to climb to positions of influence. Speakers at OxWiP events challenge traditional notions of women in leadership, giving our members insight into what being a strong and successful woman can mean. Post-event discussions and intra-OxWiP debates help the women internalize those ideas.
3) Connecting
Oxford's female students with faculty, alumni, and other professionals. Our mentorship schemes and networking programmes allow students to build connections within the fields of their choice, offering advice, encouragement, and contacts for the future. A new mentorship scheme will be launched in 2012.
We utilize our connections with other societies, the student media, and experts from politics and business to pose and provide questions about and solutions that address inequality in the public sphere.
OxWip is free to join and open to male and female students attending Oxford University. Well over 1,000 receive the society's weekly email updates and additional students are contacted through OxWiP's new Facebook page. The recently established OxWiP alumni base is a growing network of female professionals in the UK and abroad.
If you are interested in learning more about OxWip, please visit our
Facebook and
LinkedIn LinkedIn pages. For specific queries, please email oxwip@oxwip.org.
HISTORY
Oxford Women in Politics (OxWip) was founded in Hilary 2004 with the aim of tackling the gender disparity evident in political organisations within and outside Oxford. Since then the society has broadened...
WHY OXWIP?
Why does Oxford need OxWip? Here are six reasons explaining and illustrating how and why the gender disparity remains a problem in Oxford and beyond. We still have a long way to go to bring both sexes onto even footing...
CONSTITUTION
The OxWip constitution was drafted by the founding members of OxWip in 2004 and has remained mainly unchanged since then. Here is the text of the constitution in its current form. Alternatively...
