Many parents remember hearing these words and being delighted to see what their child had done. Many of us have been captured on film as toddlers covered in food or powder with a smiling face. Today young people are capturing their moments of infamy for everyone to see on the web.
Recently in Florida, a group [...]
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Posted in Sex Discrimination, Voter Education, Women and Work, tagged Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential election, Sexism, Voting record, White House on April 28, 2008, | 9 Comments »
Wish I had that proverbial crystal ball, so I could find out which woman will be the first to actually run the White House, not just be there as support staff. Is Hillary the one? When I started my own unofficial straw poll, the pro or con reactions to Senator Clinton were instant and intense; [...]
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Posted in Educational Programs, Students and Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Africa, education, International Fellowship program, Kenya, NGO, Peace, politics, poverty, women on April 25, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Through AAUW’s International Fellowships program, we provide financial support to outstanding women from countries around the globe so that they can attain their educational goals and improve the lives of women and girls in their home countries. Karambu Ringera, a 2003–04 International Fellow, is doing just that in her home country of Kenya.
Thanks to AAUW [...]
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Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged advertising, culture, fashion, girls, JCPenney, novelty, Self Esteem, shopping, social responsibility, T-shirts on April 24, 2008, | 2 Comments »
In an advertising supplement to the Sunday newspaper for April 20, 2008, the JCPenney advertising flyer contained the following ad for “Girls’ Self Esteem® Screen Tees.” The logos in the ad read:
I Want Everything Fabulous!
I Love Being a Daddy’s Girl
Daddy’s Expensive Little Princess
That may be JCPenney’s idea of a girls’ self-esteem message, but it is [...]
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The following is a wrap up of AAUW Equal Pay Day media coverage:
Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner (center) after the signing of the Equal Pay Day Proclamation on April 22, 2008 with Dr. Maisha Britt, AAUW Delaware State President (left) and Dr. Kathleen Jacobs, AAUW Delaware State EF Chair (right). The proclamation statement referenced the [...]
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