On March 1, Christy Jones asked our blog readers to share a story about a woman who inspires them in honor of Women’s History Month. We invite you to share your own stories in the comments section and to read responses by AAUW staff and affiliates. Linda Hargrove, General Manager, Washington Mystics: I didn’t know I had [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Inspiring Women: Part 2
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged basketball, mentor, sports, Women's History Month on March 31, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Equity in the News 3-31-08
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged basketball, EEOC, pay equity, sports on March 31, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Record levels in pregnancy-discrimination complaints to regulators suggests more women are speaking up about suspected workplace bias. A federal judge has ruled that leaders of a prominent Southern Baptist seminary who believe women are biblically forbidden from teaching men were within their rights when they told a female professor to leave. Surveys abound showing that women [...]
Money Can Buy You Happiness
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged behavioral economics, charitable giving, psychology on March 27, 2008, | 3 Comments »
What was that Beatles song? Something to the effect that money can’t buy you love … but a new study published in the journal Science reports that money can buy you happiness if you spend it on others. It’s not just a philanthropist’s dream, according to an article I read about the report. One of [...]
Visitors from Iraq
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Baghdad, Basra, higher education, international fellowships, Iraq, Iraqi women on March 26, 2008, | 1 Comment »
As part of a weeklong tour to learn about American higher education programs, nine Iraqi university administrators and deans visited AAUW this week. At a meeting led by Gloria Blackwell, Director of Fellowships, Grants, and International Programs, AAUW staff shared information about the programs we offer to help students and administrators in higher education. The [...]
Equity in the News 3-25-08
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, Title IX on March 25, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Women in Virginia earn 67 cents for every $1 men earn, about a dime less than the national average. Professionals in Maryville (MO) were converged upon by 54 eighth-grade girls during the 16th annual Job Shadow Day sponsored by the Maryville branch of the American Association of University Women. Weren’t we supposed to be beyond this [...]
Girls and STEM Education
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Educational Programs, S T E M, tagged mathematics, National Girls Collaborative Project, science, STEM, Tech Savvy, technology on March 21, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Do you ever wonder what types of events other AAUW branches put on? This weekend I visited the AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch for their third-annual Tech Savvy event. The day exposes sixth to ninth grade girls to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Although women make up more than 50 percent of the [...]
Catch the Fever
Posted in Equity in the News, Title IX, tagged basketball, sports, Title IX on March 20, 2008, | 2 Comments »
No, not the flu or spring fever. I’m talking about March Madness! For those who don’t know or care about college sports, March Madness is the popular term for the NCAA Division I single-game elimination basketball tournament to determine a national champion — for both men and women. All week, fans (Go Jayhawks!) have pored [...]
I Hadn’t Thought About It
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged gender, guest post, leadership, membership on March 19, 2008, | 3 Comments »
A typical response, if you’ve tried to recruit a male as an AAUW member. For most men, thoughts of joining a women’s organization are quickly dismissed. After all, how can a male possibly contribute, and if he could, would he be accepted? Why did I join? Three reasons: (1) My wife, a long-term member, has [...]
List of States Rejecting Abstinence-Only Funding Grows
Posted in Equity in the News, Students & Educational Issues, tagged abstinence-only education, sexual behavior, teenagers on March 12, 2008, | 4 Comments »
Iowa recently became the 17th state to opt out of federal funding for abstinence-only education. In making this decision, Iowa joins a host of other states — including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming — who have rejected millions of [...]
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