AAUW is partnering with the Washington Mystics to celebrate their third annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Sunday, January 24 at the University of Maryland, College Park. This event is open to the public, and we hope that area AAUW branches and members will be able to attend! The celebration will involve [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Posted in The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, Angela Taylor, basketball, Comcast Center, Debbie Yow, Duke University, Know the Score, Mystics, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, NCAA, student athletes, Terrapins, Title IX, University of Maryland, Washington Mystics, women in sports, women's athletics on January 7, 2010, | 6 Comments »
25 Years of College Women Leaders—Looking Ahead
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Women and Work, tagged Melanne Verveer, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Paula Fickes Hawkins, Tammy Duckworth, White House Project, women and leadership, women in science, women in the military, women in the workforce, women's leadership, Zainab Salbi on January 6, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
This June will mark the 25th anniversary of the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL). The conference, to be held June 3–5, is an inspiration to women student leaders who aspire to change their campuses and communities. This conference is the chance of a lifetime for young women who are seeking ways to [...]
Wonder Bread for the New Breadwinners: Steps Toward the Ideal
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged gender discrimination, pay equity, pay gap, pay inequity, Sex Discrimination, women in the workforce on January 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
We have not yet found the magic bullet to end the gender discrimination and inequality that pervade our society. The inequalities are apparent in the ways we socialize our children, care for our sick, and pay our workers. Sometimes it can seem abstract; there is often no data to bring forth charges, no facts to [...]

