Message from the Committee Chair
The WIDR Committee is sponsoring the March newsletter, which highlights contributors and the valuable impact their voices will have in educating and equipping our dispute resolution community.
March 2025 – Women in Dispute Resolution (WIDR) Committee
Articles
Eat the Artichoke Dip
For women, particularly in careers like law, mediation, arbitration, and ombuds work, so many factors are at play. What if we made choices based on what feels right, rather than simply what is most p…
Rise, Resolve, Repeat: Leading with Strength and Purpose
Navigating social upheaval, systemic inequities, or political tensions requires the ability to rise to challenges, resolve conflicts with purpose, and repeat these efforts for meaningful, lasting cha…
Seeds of Change: Women Transforming the Organizational Ombuds Field
Trailblazers like Mary Rowe, Carole Trocchio, and Ella Wheaton established the ethical foundations and practices that guide ombuds work today.
Walking the Bridge: Reflections from the Civil Rights Retreat and the Mediator’s Role in Justice
This Civil Rights retreat took members of the ADR section through pivotal sites in Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, and was a profound opportunity to reflect on the mediator’s role in justice and r…