The letter from Dr. Craig Wheeler, President of the AAS, and Dr. Geoffrey Clayton, Chairperson of the CSWA is available in PDF format
The original Pasadena Recommendations document is available in PDF and MS Word.
A brochure giving a summary of the Pasadena Recommendations is available in PDF format.


Endorsing the Pasadena Recommendations for Gender Equality in Astronomy
The Pasadena Recommendations were unanimously endorsed by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Council on Sunday January 9, 2005, in San Diego, CA. This work was a collaborative effort made by many attendees of the "Women in Astronomy II: Ten Years After" meeting held in June 2003 in Pasadena with input and comments from the entire astronomical community. This document was presented to the members of the AAS Council by the 2003-2005 committee members of the AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy. Further information on implementing these recommendations may be found on our website: http://www.aas.org/~cswa.

We would like endorsing institutions to do the following:

  • Discuss the Pasadena Recommendations within their department
  • Post them prominently within their department.
  • Make your university administration aware of the recommendations.
  • Endorse the principles of the Pasadena Recommendations by contacting us. For the moment, please email the CSWA Webmaster, whose contact information can be found here. We will then place your institution amongst the list below. If you have any questions regarding the endorsement, please email Dr. Geoffrey Clayton, whose contact information can be found here.


List of Endorsing Institutions:
(Presented Alphabetically)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
Gemini Observatory
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
National Solar Observatory
Space Telescope Science Institute
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Astronomy
Wellesley College, Astronomy Department