The expression “hands-off dad” is not a term in my husband’s vocabulary. Since the birth of our son, Noah, three years ago, my husband has served as the primary breadwinner, yet he requires no prompting when Noah needs a playmate, the house needs to be cleaned, or groceries need to be shopped for. Equal parenting [...]
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Equity + Home x Balance = Half the Work, All the Fun
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Work, tagged A Women's Nation, balance, Equal Shared Parenting, Parental leave, work/life on June 18, 2010, | 2 Comments »
Distinguished Women and How They Lead
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged Caryn McTight Musil, Circlework, Community College, Hudson Valley, ICCD, Institute for Community College Development, Kelli Klgeikis, Wander Woman on June 17, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, I attended the Institute for Community College Development (ICCD) Leadership Tools for Women conference at Hudson Valley Community College. The event brought together more than 100 women who work in higher education and wish to heighten their understanding of the issues facing women as they move to assume leadership roles in their institutions. [...]
Best Networking Opportunity in Washington, D.C.
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged AFL-CIO, EMILY's List, Karen Mulhauser Award, Lisa Maatz, Secrets of Powerful Women, Take your Seat, WIN, WODW, Women Opening Doors for Women on June 17, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Tonight the Women’s Information Network is hosting its annual networking event, Women Opening Doors for Women (WODW). This year’s theme is Take Your Seat at the Table, and the goal is to empower young women to take their place in politics, the workplace, and their communities. Tonight’s program hosts over 35 dinners that cover a [...]
AAUW Outlook Receives Award for Redesign
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW Outlook, Best Publishing Products, EXCEL Awards, Lisa Junker on June 15, 2010, | 3 Comments »
AAUW Outlook was recognized last night at Association Media and Publishing’s 30th annual EXCEL Awards, a ceremony that honors “the best and the brightest editorial, graphics, advertising and marketing, and online publishing” in the association industry. AAUW Outlook received an award for the magazine’s recent redesign, which was launched in 2009. Rebecca Lanning, AAUW’s director [...]
It Matters to Men, Too
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Equal Pay, Health-care, Paycheck Fairness Act, retirement, wage gap on June 15, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
We’ve all heard it. Women earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. As men, we may instinctively feel empathy for our female friends and casually support the cause for paycheck fairness. But I challenge us all to consider the civil rights-era truism that an injustice against anyone is an injustice against everyone. [...]
Where It Stops, Nobody Knows
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged BP, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Science and technology, women in STEM on June 15, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
The regional economic and environmental devastation caused by BP will undoubtedly reverberate for decades. Since the rupture in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, the total amount of oil seeping daily into the gulf is an estimate at best. Some experts say between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels a day, while others approximate as much [...]
Giving Men the Gift of Pay Equity
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women & Economic Security, tagged $10622, A Woman's Nation, Father's Day, pay equity on June 14, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Yes, you read that correctly. A couple of weeks before my bar mitzvah, my parents and I went to our rabbi’s home to discuss the big day. One of the honors for the bar mitzvah boy is that members of his family can get called up to read certain prayers during the service, so we [...]
A Great Ending Note for NCCWSL
Posted in The AAUW Community on June 11, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
During the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders closing panel, The Secrets of Powerful Women, moderator and American University Office of Student Services Vice President Gail Short Hanson asked panelists Angela Lagdameo, Lisa Maatz, Janice Ferebee, and Gwen Dungy for their keys to success. They immediately started in with their tips, which had clearly [...]
Why We Still Need an AAUW
Posted in Sexism, The AAUW Community, tagged NCCWSL, ShopAAUW, women leaders on June 11, 2010, | 3 Comments »
While attending the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, I was helping an exhibitor display their merchandise. I had just set down a stack of bumper stickers that read “Women are natural leaders. You are following one now.” Two workers came up and immediately began joking with one another. “Hey, if you take the [...]
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