Tuesday, April 22, is Equal Pay Day. This day represents the extra four months a woman must work to achieve pay equity with men for the previous year. As Equal Pay Day approaches, show your support for pay equity for women. Join bloggers on Friday, April 18, who will be discussing the importance of equal [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Blog for Fair Pay
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, tagged Blogging for fair pay, Equal Pay, equal pay day, fair pay, Ledbetter Act, pay equity, pay gap on April 18, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Equity in the News 4-17-08
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged equity, gender equity, girls and violence, italian politics, paid family leave, pay equity, race, racism on April 17, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
News from April 6-15 AAUW branches gear up for Equal Pay Day. While several other branches host science and math conferences around the country. And we thought it was bad here: Italian women fight for their share of parliamentary power. New Jersey paid family leave bill awaits governor’s signature. Author Linda Babcock offers words [...]
Pope and Hope?
Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, tagged Benedict XVI, Human Rights, religion, United Nations, women's rights on April 16, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Washington, D.C., and the nation’s media outlets are awash in news of the first papal visit to the nation’s capital since 1979. Rather than telling us in detail about the new “popemobile” and the secret security, it would be nice to actually know what this visit means for our most pressing challenges of the day. [...]
Pay Equity Requires Negotiation? Part 2
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Women and Work, tagged discrimination, guest post, pay equity, pay gap, Progress In Equity on April 10, 2008, | 5 Comments »
In part 1, I discussed the signatures of companies that value diversity and equity. Part 2 identifies personal attributes that drive advancement. On the Job Seek a mentor. Men are more likely to develop a relationship with a mentor than women are. One probable, not-so-good reason is that there are currently more men in leadership [...]
Pay Equity Requires Negotiation? Part 1
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged discrimination, guest post, human resources, pay equity, pay gap, salary negotiation on April 9, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Buying a new car is not one of my favorite activities. I’m not a good negotiator, and when the deal is finally struck, I’m usually pretty sure that I could have done better. One study regarding pay equity has found it more likely that men will negotiate for position and salary than women. This finding [...]
Girls Don’t Want to Be Leaders
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged feminism, girls, kids, leadership, media, middle school, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Council of Women’s Organizations, National Girls Collaborative Project, NCCWSL on April 6, 2008, | 5 Comments »
Girls don’t want to be leaders. That’s what the first sentences of a Washington Post article on a newly released survey from the Girl Scouts USA leave you with. Girls are more interested in “fitting in,” “making a lot of money,” and “helping animals or the environment.” Let that sink in for a moment. But [...]
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