The Duke University Women’s Center is dedicated to helping every woman at Duke become self-assured with a streetwise savvy that comes from actively engaging with the world. We welcome men and women alike who are committed to gender equity and social change.

CAPS helps Duke students enhance strengths and develop abilities to successfully live, grow, and learn in their personal and academic lives. We offer many services to Duke undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, including brief individual counseling/psychotherapy, consultation, couples and group counseling, assistance with referrals, and more.

The Student Wellness Center (DUWELL) helps students focus on their individual Wellness by looking at the integration of many areas of their life, including financial, social, spiritual, intellectual, mind-body well-being, and the environment around them.

Sexual assault is any physical act of a sexual nature performed without consent or when the victim is unable to give consent. If you have been assaulted, or know someone who has, please contact us immediately at 919-684-3897 during normal business hours, or at 919-886-6814 after hours and on weekends.

Develle Dish is a place for Duke Students to come together to describe the experience of being on campus as a woman. It is a place where students can find out about prominent women leaders on campus and discuss gender problems on campus. Develle Dish aims to connect students from all over campus, whether they identify as feminists or not, to discuss feminist issues and encourage action within the Duke community.

The Women’s Collective is a unique, informal, and safe space to discuss our experiences as women at Duke, and collaborate to respond to gender inequities at deeper levels on campus. All women are welcome, regardless of affiliation, to share, listen, commiserate, and/or take action! New members are always welcome as the group is fluid and discussion reflects the concerns of that week’s attendees as well as concerns of women on a campus, local or national level.

The Breaking Out gallery features Duke University students that are survivors of sexual assault and rape, holding posters with quotes spoken to them by their attacker or peers. The mission of Breaking Out is to encourage the act of healing through art and counter the culture of silence that isolates survivors. The gallery is dedicated to their stories and the courage they demonstrate in sharing them.

Know Your IX is a national survivor-run, student-driven campaign to end campus sexual violence. Running on grassroots energy, we educate students across the country about their civil right to education free from sexual violence and harassment while also pushing policy and legislative change on the national level for better federal enforcement of that same right.

Identify yourself as a feminist today and many people will immediately assume you are man-hating, bra-burning, whiny liberal. Perhaps a certain charming radio talk show host will label you as a “Feminazi” or “slut.” Even among more moderate crowds, feminism is still seen as too radical, too uncomfortable, or simply unnecessary. Feminism is both misunderstood and denigrated regularly on a broad societal scale.