The Greater Philadelphia Women’s Studies Consortium was founded in 1993 as a project of the Greater Philadelphia Human Studies Council. The Consortium provides a forum for the Women’s Studies Programs of fifteen of the area’s universities and colleges to coordinate programming on topics of importance related to gender and society. Additionally, the Consortium also serves as a network for directors of Women’s Studies programs.

The GPWSC has hosted several Student Research Conferences at different member institutions over the past decade. The conference is open to graduate and undergraduate students at GPWSC member institutions to attend or present their research related to women, gender, and sexualities. These conferences have provided graduate and undergraduate students with the opportunity to share their research and network with other students and faculty.

The GPWSC has also organized several other conferences, some of which include: Environmentalism, Sustainability and Gender (2010); Gender, Pedagogy and New Technologies (2003); What Does It Mean To Be Human: Gender and Disability Across the Life Course (2001), and many others. In addition, consortium members coordinated campus-specific events to address concerns about women in war and conflict during the 2003- 2004 academic year.