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It is the responsibility of the National Art Education Association's Women's Caucus to facilitate the removal of existing gender barriers and to help establish a genuine parity for women educators within the profession (see http://naeawc.net/mission.html).

The Status of Women in Art Education
The status of women in art education remains secondary to men Tenured male faculty outnumber female faculty and are paid more despite the greater number of women in the field. Additionally, women artists continue to be under-represented in the art world "based on traditional stereotypes of passive sexuality, objectification, and marginalized roles".

As noted by Sandell, (1991) it is the responsibility of art educators to acknowledge gender imbalances and the context of women's status in art and society. The position of Women's Caucus is to establish a supportive base to raise feminist consciousness through collective leadership in art education (Collins, 1995).

Leadership in Art Education
The Women's Caucus serves as a base for leadership in art education. Many of the Caucus' members and past presidents are former editors or editorial board members of Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, which is the most distributed research journal in the field. Through the Women's Caucus NAEA platform of lobby sessions, business meanings, and presentations- networking and shared leadership provide empowerment through reflective points of view, mentoring, research, and pedagogy (Thurber & Zimmerman, 2002)