January 30–February 16 AAUW Leader Joins Advisory Committee of Health Care Think Tank AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman now serves on the advisory committee of the prestigious, invitation-only Health Sector Assembly, the health care think tank that includes bipartisan health constituencies and represents employers, consumers, government, foundations, industry, economists, academics, and selected providers. Hallman’s involvement [...]
Archive for February, 2010
“I Felt Empowered to Get the Salary I Wanted …”
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Harvard College Women's Center, salary negotiation, Start Smart, The WAGE project on February 17, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
A student participant made this statement after a role-play exercise conducted during an AAUW/WAGE Project $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop that I attended two weeks ago at Harvard University. This workshop, hosted by the Harvard College Women’s Center, is the third one the university has offered. Gina Helfrich, assistant director of the center, was behind [...]
AAUW Staff among WIN’s Young Women of Achievement
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, Holly Kearl, Kate Farrar, Legal Advocacy Fund, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, RAINN, Stop Street Harassment, Student Advisory Council, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, WIN, Women's Information Network, Young Women of Achievement award, Younger Women's Task Force on February 16, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Each year the Women’s Information Network celebrates talented women leaders who are influential in their communities through its Young Women of Achievement award. The award acknowledges young, pro-choice, Democratic women who have made extraordinary contributions to their fields. As we celebrate the efforts of the outstanding and inspiring women in the Washington, D.C., area, AAUW [...]
Ninth Circuit Supports Women Wrestlers
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, Christine Ng, Equal Protection Clause, Legal Advocacy Fund, Mansourian, Ninth Circuit, Sex Discrimination, Title IX, UC Davis, women wrestlers on February 12, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
This week, several former women wrestlers and the plaintiffs of one of the five sex discrimination cases AAUW currently supports are celebrating a win in their long legal battle against the University of California, Davis. From the 1990s through 2001, UC Davis had a women’s wrestling program. In fall 2001, however, the women wrestlers were [...]
Hold Your Members of Congress Accountable on Women’s Issues
Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged AAUW, accountability, Congressional Voting Record, Lisa Maatz, video, women's issues, YouTube on February 11, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Lisa Maatz, AAUW director of public policy and government relations, lets you know about AAUW’s great tool to hold your members of Congress accountable on women’s issues.
AAUW’s Lisa Maatz: Using Her Powers for Good
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Lisa Maatz, Public Policy on February 5, 2010, | 1 Comment »
AAUW’s director of public policy and government relations talks about how some lobbyists, including herself, use their powers for good. AAUW works to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.
Her Life Depends on It – Part 2
Posted in Sexual Harassment, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged exercise, Her Life Depends on It, Sexual Harassment, street harassment, Women's Health, Women's Sports Foundation, work/life on February 3, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) report Her Life Depends on It – II discusses how important exercise is to women’s health and well-being. After high school or college, finding the time, money, and energy to exercise regularly can be challenging, especially for women, even though the benefits are great. Juggling work, family responsibilities, community meetings, [...]
Workplace Rules in the House of Medicine: A Difficult Choice When Health Is at Stake
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Work, tagged A Woman's Nation, Family Friendly for All Families, Health-care, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, women in the workplace, work-life, work/life on February 2, 2010, | 3 Comments »
More on the Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation (www.awomansnation.com) The focus of the chapter “Family Friendly for All Families” dispels an important myth: that having the same rules that men have is enough to successfully bring women into the workplace. Women have different needs, different schedules, and different priorities than men do, so “what is [...]
Equity Issues in the News: January 25 – 29
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW Dialog, Catherine Hill, Equity Issues, Huffington Post, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Linda Hallman, Lisa Maatz, media, National Girls Collaborative Project, news, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, PBS Newshour, research, Shorty Awards, SOTU, State of the Union, The Secrets of Powerful Women, Twitter, USA Today, wage discrimination, Where the Girls Are, work-life on February 1, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
January 25-29 AAUW Marks One-Year Anniversary of Ledbetter Law with Call for Action The Huffington Post (Friday, Jan. 29) AAUW Executive Director, Linda D. Hallman, CAE, and pay equity activist, Lilly Ledbetter, called for support of the Paycheck Fairness Act in an op-ed that said: “A year ago today, on January 29, 2009, a new [...]
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