Back in the day, I used to watch reruns (I’m old, but not that old) of the original live-action Batman television series after school. My favorite characters were always the villains because they had better costumes and better dialogue. As criminals, they stole whatever they wanted to get paid, but it never dawned on me [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Get Out of the Way of Fair Pay
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage gap on December 12, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Ledbetter Ruling to Affect Hulteen
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged civil rights, Ledbetter v. Goodyear, PDA, pregnancy discrimination on December 11, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court for AT&T Corp v. Hulteen, a case that involves the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). Congress passed the PDA in 1978 as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ensure that women and men can take time off from work for pregnancy-related problems [...]
Get a Gift That Keeps On Giving!
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged C/U partner, Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, campus outreach, e-student, LAF, Legal Advocacy Fund, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Student Advisory Council on December 11, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
The economic climate is tough for everyone, and students are at a real disadvantage. Costs for simple things are increasing, and services are being cut left and right. They say nothing in life is free, but AAUW has just announced its FREE e-student affiliate program. The e-student affiliate program allows students who do not already [...]
Men Coaching Women
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged athletics, female coaches, gender equity, LAF, Legal Advocacy Fund, Title IX on December 9, 2008, | 4 Comments »
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the AAUW Arlington (VA) Branch’s Legal Advocacy Fund Holiday Luncheon. Not only did I have a great time meeting AAUW members I primarily communicate with by e-mail and phone, but along with everyone in attendance, I had the opportunity to learn about the continuing need for Title [...]
Meet Sevara Khamzaeva: International Relations Graduate Student
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, tagged Fellowships and Awards, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, International Fellowship program, Mercy Corps, Uzbekistan on December 5, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Even as she begins her second master’s degree in international relations this semester at Columbia University, Sevara Khamzaeva, a 2005–06 International Fellow, is looking ahead to when she can “get back in the field” to apply what she has been studying to better the lives of women in Central Asia. In summer 2007 and again [...]
No Family = Perfect Woman for the Job
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged Ed Rendell, Equal Pay Act, FMLA, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, pay equity, pregnancy discrimination, Sex Discrimination on December 4, 2008, | 5 Comments »
Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) was caught on tape saying the following about Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ), who was just nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: “Janet’s perfect for that job. Because for that job, you have to have no life. Janet has no family. Perfect. She can devote, literally, 19 to 20 [...]
Media Ethics on College Campus
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged college and Universities, SAC, sexual assault, Student Advisory Council, Take Back the on December 4, 2008, | 1 Comment »
November was an emotional month for many women on my university’s campus. It all began during a Take Back the Night event, where students came together to speak openly and trustfully about their experiences with sexual harassment and rape. Take Back the Night is a public event, and the school newspaper is allowed to attend. [...]
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