The CUNY Women's Centers provide vital and comprehensive services that address the needs of the whole person by adopting a myriad of multi-dimensional programs and workshops that speak to the emotional, intellectual, physical and financial well-being of women. Through our on-going services, we hope to encourage retention and academic success for women and non-traditional students by providing specialized support programs and referrals to community resources for identifiable populations including on- and off-campus referral networks. We help our students identify and foster an awareness of the possibilities for academic success and positive personal development.

Since the nationwide college trend has been an increase in enrollment by conventional, non-conventional and returning women, the Centers strive to create programs that support women students while they are balancing the demands and rigors of their academic, family, work and social life. The common goal of the ten CUNY Women's Centers is to raise awareness and in return empower women to live lives that will reduce victimization, encourage self-sufficiency and independence, and teach skills that will help women to create an environment of self-awareness where they are better able to maintain a healthy life style and make choices that will positively impact themselves and their communities. »