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 [...]
Archive for April, 2008
If Not Hillary, Who?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Voter Education, Women and Work, tagged Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential election, Sexism, Voting record, White House on April 28, 2008, | 10 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; [...]
Running for Peace
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & 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 [...]
Equity in the News (Equal Pay Day)
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged earnings, Equal Pay, equal pay day, fair pay, inflation, pay equity, wages on April 23, 2008, | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
It’s Just a Movie
Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged culture, disney, entertainment, horton hears a who, media, movies, NPR, ratatouille on April 22, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Peter Sagal has a point. It’s certainly curious to anyone who cares about girls that the writers behind Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who decided to write in 96 girl characters just so their father could ignore them. In the scene introducing him, the Mayor sits at the breakfast table as his children revolve around [...]
AAUW Celebrates Equal Pay Day
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged career, equal pay day, gender pay gap, jobs, legislation, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, politics, Public Policy, unhappy hour, women's rights, work on April 22, 2008, | 6 Comments »
As you know, Tuesday, April 22, is Equal Pay Day, the annual symbolic day on which women’s average wages catch up to men’s from the previous year. For the average woman’s salary to equal that of a man’s in 2007, she would have had to work from Jan. 1, 2007, until April 22, 2008. See [...]
Knowledge Is Power
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, Women & Economic Security, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, Campus Action Projects, Clarkson University, education, pay equity, pay gap on April 21, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
I was intrigued by an e-mail to attend the first annual Negotiations Challenge at Clarkson, sponsored by the AAUW. The training session was very informative but comfortably informal. I was encouraged to participate, and I felt that the student panel that prepared the material was very approachable and open to questions about the negotiations research. [...]
Dreams to Reality
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Alfred University, Behind the Pay Gap, Campus Action Projects, NYC, pay equity, pay gap, salary.com, The WAGE project on April 19, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Note: The author of this post, Laura, is currently serving as an AAUW Campus Action Project student team member at Alfred University in New York. One of seven 2007–2008 Campus Action Project grant awardees, the Alfred University team is creating a documentary featuring interviews of Alfred alumnae one year and ten years after graduation. The [...]
Negotiations U
Posted in Educational Programs, Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, Campus Action Projects, CAP, Clarkson University, education, Equal Pay, Pay Negotiation, students on April 18, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
The AAUW Leadership and Training Institute program “Negotiations U,” held at Clarkson University this spring, was a great opportunity for me as a participant and as a student leader. When I first heard about the contest and the training program, I knew right away that I would like to participate as a student leader. This [...]
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