Last week, the New York Times published an article entitled “Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy.” I was immediately skeptical. The article, citing a study conducted by the Joint Economic Committee, argues that the poor economy affects women and men in the same way: through layoffs, pay cuts, outsourcing, and downturns. The [...]
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Are Women Economic Equals in a Poor Economy?
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, economic security, economy, layoffs, pay equity, single mothers, single parent households, Women & Economic Security on July 31, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Obama Meets the Power Group
Posted in Voter Education, tagged McCain, Obama, pay equity, politics, Power Group, Power of One Vote, presidential election, Supreme Court, Voter Education, Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout, women's issues on July 30, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Last week, the Obama campaign reached out to women’s organizations, inviting AAUW and a number of our coalition partners to meet with the senator. I attended the meeting on Tuesday, along with the heads of roughly 30 other women’s organizations in Washington, D.C. — the “Power Group,” as Sen. Obama called us. He opened the [...]
Meet Patricia Marzec
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Art Therapy, Career Development Grants, Fellowships, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, LMFT on July 25, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Patricia Marzec, a 2004–05 Career Development Grantee, recently obtained certification as a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), the completion of a journey that began in 2003 at Loyola Marymount University. Six years after graduating from the University of New Mexico, Patricia entered the marital and family therapy master’s program at Loyola with a special [...]
Feed Me
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged cooking, culture, family, food, Women and Work on July 24, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
What’s that saying? Men are chefs, women cook? I’ve seen a lot of stuff in that vein this week, and I couldn’t resist throwing it all together in a big pot of delicious blog stew. Let’s start with this hilarious article from the Daily Mail. According to the article, manly men Gordon Ramsay and Jamie [...]
Following the Fellows
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged American Fellowship, Fellowships, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, International Fellowship program, international fellowships on July 23, 2008, | 4 Comments »
Last week I moved back to the United States after a four-year teaching stint in Brazil. Holidays were spent lying on deserted, white-sand beaches; my four-year rent was completely paid for, and I lived with an honest and dependable partner. As I packed up my apartment and spent a weekend saying goodbye to Rio, I [...]
An Assault on Women’s Health
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, tagged birth control, contraception, family planning, Health and Human Services, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, reproductive health, reproductive rights, women's healthcare on July 22, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
These are the words used by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to describe draft regulations by the Bush administration that would severely limit women’s access to reproductive health and family planning services, including some of the most common forms of birth control. As reported in the New York Times, the possible proposed regulations would expand the [...]
2024 or Bust
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, Voter Education, tagged Campaign College, Honey?, Project 2024, What's Your Point, White House Project, woman president on July 21, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Since we just featured AAUW Dialog’s summer reading lists, I wanted to share information about a film that recently debuted in May. Directors Amy Sewell and Susan Toffler produced a compelling documentary, What’s Your Point, Honey?, about seven young women who aspire to one day run for office but who also face inequities in their [...]
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