AAUW just received notice today that President Obama will hold a special online town hall meeting focusing on the economy this Thursday. You can participate in this forum by submitting a question to the president and rating questions that other citizens have submitted. The president will answer some of the most popular questions, so the [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Take Action!
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged economy, equal pay day, fair pay, Obama, Paycheck Fairness Act, town hall meeting, wages, White House on March 25, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Honoring Women in the Military
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's History Month, tagged Armed Forces, Army, STEM, Veteran, Women's History Month, workforce development on March 25, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I was privileged to participate in the Inaugural Army Women in Transition Symposium, held on Capitol Hill in the Rayburn House Office Building. I was asked to be a panelist on the “Workforce Development and the Transitioning Army Woman Soldier” panel. The other panels were “Role of Women in the Army and Its Evolution” [...]
The Recession in Focus: My Story
Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, tagged current events, economy, layoffs, pay equity, recession, retirement security, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work on March 24, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Okay, maybe I don’t live in Michigan or Rhode Island, the two states with the worst unemployment rates, but the recession has definitely hit home. According to the New York Times, men accounted for 82 percent of those who lost their jobs, leaving more women as the sole family breadwinner. Men are more likely to [...]
Stick to Rock and Roll
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Actress, entertainment, Gossip Girl, Rolling Stone, sexual behavior, sexualization, TV on March 24, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The CW’s Gossip Girl debuted in 2007 and has since become the network’s most-watched program, gaining its highest ratings only after the Parent’s Television Council deemed it “mind-blowingly inappropriate” and “very bad for you.” The show focuses on a fictional group of New York City’s most privileged 15–18 year olds, exposing a glamorous and dangerous [...]
Standing with Our Sisters
Posted in Equity in the News, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Alexandria Arriaga, Campaign College, CEDAW, Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority, Human Rights, women's rights, Working Group on the Ratification of CEDAW on March 23, 2009, | 1 Comment »
This weekend more than 500 students from around the country attended the Feminist Majority’s National Young Women’s Leadership Conference here in Washington, D.C. Yesterday I attended to hand out AAUW materials and inform students about our mission, relevant student programs, research, and policy actions they can take on women’s issues. High points were meeting one [...]
Benazir Bhutto — Female Leader in Public Policy
Posted in Women's History Month, tagged Benazir Bhutto, Human Rights, Public Policy, women in politics, women leaders, Women's History Month, women's rights on March 23, 2009, | 1 Comment »
During women’s history month, it is important not only to reflect on women who are or have been leaders in American politics but also to commemorate the vast achievements of women leaders throughout the globe. I remember the day that Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated in a brutal terrorist attack while [...]
“G” Is For Girl
Posted in Title IX, Women's History Month, tagged athletics, Billie Jean King, Danica Patrick, Gatorade, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mia Hamm, Serena Williams, sports, What's G, women in sports, Women's History Month on March 20, 2009, | 1 Comment »
As a sports fanatic, it’s hard to talk about women in sports today and what the future holds. I have seen women athletes and women’s sports evolve, reinvent the norm, deal with financial harships, and even gain more of a fan base than their male versions (like in women’s tennis). Then I remembered the new [...]
Meet Valentine Khaminwa: Research Coordinator
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Africa, domestic abuse, Following the Fellows, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, international fellowships, women's rights on March 20, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
In February, I had the privilege of interviewing 2006–07 International Fellow Valentine Khaminwa at the AAUW national office in Washington, D.C. Valentine was born in Kenya but grew up in Zimbabwe, where she worked for a small legal nonprofit, the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers’ Association. This position gave Valentine “a taste of human rights in practice,” [...]
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