Yesterday, I headed to the Capitol and put on my teal AAUW “I am the face of pay equity” sticker. At the corner of Delaware and Constitution avenues in the “Senate Swamp,” I saw over 100 women from AAUW as well as our coalition partners (NOW, National Women’s Law Center, Feminist Majority, and others) waiting [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Lilly Ledbetter at D.C. Rally
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, tagged Clinton, DeLauro, Fair Pay Act, Feminist Majority, Lilly Ledbetter, Mikulski, National Women’s Law Center, NOW, pay equity, Pelosi on July 18, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Hey, Sister!
Posted in Women and Civil Rights, tagged AKA, Jane Addams, Michelle Obama, NAACP, sorority on July 18, 2008, | 1 Comment »
There has been plenty of talk this week about the centennial convention of the AKAs and the fact that Michelle Obama has accepted an honorary membership into the historically black sorority. That “news” sparked heated debate and not-so-polite conversations on the bulletin boards of the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Chronicle of [...]
The Science of Title IX
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Title IX, tagged National Science Foundation, New York Times JohnTierney, science, Title IX, Where the Girls Are on July 17, 2008, | 4 Comments »
In Tuesday’s Science section of the New York Times, John Tierney looks at the effects Title IX could have in the science field, noting that the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Department of Energy have begun using existing Title IX laws to enforce prohibitions against sex discrimination in education programs and activities receiving public [...]
Rolling Down the River
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged blogging, goodreads, tweet, Twitter, Utterz, Where the Girls Are on July 16, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
At 4 a.m. one night last week, in a fit of sleeplessness, I couldn’t help drawing some parallels between a recent tubing adventure and a seminar we co-hosted at AAUW. Last weekend I went tubing with a group of friends on the Potomac River. After a lovely, peaceful, and relaxing first trip, we decided to [...]
Female First!
Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged crash test dummies, NTSB, Vehicle Safety on July 16, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
While men are more likely to be severely or fatally injured in vehicle crashes because they engage in risky driving behavior — they are less likely to wear seatbelts and more likely to drive drunk — the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concluded that in crashes of equal severity, women are more likely than men [...]
Rally for Pay Equity
Posted in The AAUW Community, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, Voter Education, tagged pay equity, wage gap, Behind the Pay Gap, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, voter ed, Paycheck Fairness Act on July 15, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Rally for pay equity this Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC! Join Lilly Ledbetter, members of Congress, and other pay equity activists in support of two critical pieces of pay equity legislation: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R.2831), which has already seen action in the Senate, and the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338), [...]
He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut or Save the Males?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, tagged pay equity, Behind the Pay Gap, book reccommendations, Save the Males on July 15, 2008, | 1 Comment »
It’s always interesting to see what blog posts will bring to light. Last week in Sex and the City and A Few (More) Good Books, I posted a list of books compiled by colleagues and others that made for good summer reading and that portray women in a positive and/or strong light. This morning I [...]
Teen Dating Violence
Posted in Educational Programs, Sexual Harassment, tagged hostile hallways, love is respect, teen dating violence, teenagers dating on July 11, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Are you a teenager in a relationship or do you know one who is? A recent report on teen dating violence by loveisrespect.org and Liz Claiborne Inc. shows that over half of young people ages 11 to 14 who have been in a relationship have been in an abusive one. But only half of the [...]
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