ICWP Mission Statement

• bringing international attention to their achievements
  
  
• encouraging production of their plays, translation, publication,
  and international distributions of their works
  
  
• providing means for communication and contact among the sister
  community of the world's women dramatists
  
  
• assisting them in developing the tools of their craft, in determining
  their own artistic forms, and in setting their own critical standards
  
  
• encouraging scholarly and critical examination and study of the history and the contemporary work and concerns of women playwrights
  
  
• supporting their efforts to gain professional equality, and to express their
  own personal, artistic, social, and political vision without censorship,
  harassment, or personal danger

• “This policy states the ICWP's position on discrimination, *not withstanding
  the gender focus of it's mission*. This policy applies to all ICWP
  employees, volunteers, members, clients and contractors.

The ICWP, while in pursuit of it's stated objectives, will not discriminate or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, source of income, or marital status.

This policy also applies to internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, outside vendors, organization members and customers, service clients, use of contractors and consultants, and dealings with the general public. In addition, ICWP will not knowingly employ vendors, contractors, or service providers who tolerate or practice discrimination on these bases.”