SIROW home University of Arizona
Women's Studies
contact: 520.621.7338, 520.621.1533 (fax), address: 1443 East 1st Street, The University of Arizona, PO Box 210403, Tucson, AZ 85721-0025
Sirow, The Southwest Institute for Research on Women
The Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) is a regional research and resource center within the Women’s Studies Department at the University of Arizona. SIROW’s region includes Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, west Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and the Northwestern Mexico border region.

SIROW Mission

To develop, conduct and disseminate inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional collaborative research and education/outreach projects of importance to the diverse groups of women and girls in the southwestern U.S. and in northwestern Mexico.

SIROW Goals

• To develop collaborative feminist research focusing on southwestern problems or populations of interest to scholars in the Southwest.

• To identify, coordinate, and disseminate research on women and girls in the region.

• To advocate for women and girls by linking researchers with community organizations and policy makers.

• To support equality for women in the workforce and conduct research on women in the work environment.

• To provide gender-specific research and services on health related issues.

• To support graduate, undergraduate and K-12 education for and about women and girls.

• To examine women’s contribution to literature, the arts and southwest heritage.