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Alzheimer’s Disease: A Women’s Issue

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , on November 10, 2010, | 1 Comment »

Alzheimer’s disease is not typically mentioned as a pressing issue women face today. But the recently released Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s provides ample evidence that this needs to change. Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s, directly and indirectly, and discussion of the disease as a women’s issue needs to come to [...]

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Teaching Women to Know Their Worth

Posted in Educational Programs, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , on November 8, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

Do you know what you’re worth? Do you know how to ask for a raise? Do you know how to negotiate your salary? $tart $mart facilitator Sonya Stafford is helping college women change their answers to those questions by facilitating salary negotiation workshops for students at North Carolina Central University. $tart $mart salary negotiation workshops [...]

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Paycheck Fairness and the Myth of Runaway Verdicts

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , on November 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

This is the final post in a five-part series debunking the myths surrounding the Paycheck Fairness Act. Midterm elections are over, but now isn’t the time to relax. Quite the contrary — the Senate reconvenes in just 10 days, and women’s voices must be heard. The Senate needs to be told in no uncertain terms [...]

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Monuments, Equal Pay, and a Rally: Fun in D.C.

Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged , , , , on November 5, 2010, | 3 Comments »

AAUW added more bodies to the crowded madness of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear and the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., last weekend by hosting a two-day retreat for the 10 college women leaders who make up this year’s Student Advisory Council. Each year, 10 outstanding women serve a one-year term advising [...]

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Midterm Elections: Good and Bad News for Women

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Voter Education, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , on November 5, 2010, | 5 Comments »

It’s been one heck of an election season for us ladies. We were told we were to blame for the Democratic apocalypse but simultaneously hailed for ushering in another “Year of the Woman,” the reign of the mean girls, and the dawn of the mama grizzlies. Media coverage implied that women were a large, if [...]

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Dispatches from Cuba: Shantytowns and Vintage Cars

Posted in Educational Programs, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , on November 4, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

This is the first in a series of blog posts from Cordy Galligan detailing AAUW’s trip to research gender issues in Cuba. Forty-eight AAUW members and staff excitedly gather in Miami International Airport, each with different expectations, but all eager to see firsthand a country we’ve only read about or seen in movies. Cuba does [...]

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AAUW Asks: What’s Your Long-Term Care Plan?

Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged , , , , on November 4, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

More than two-thirds of people over age 65 will need long-term care, but how many of us can define long-term care, let alone say we have a plan? Long-term care is much more than booking a room in a nursing home. It’s the day-to-day help people need when they have illnesses, disabilities, or other conditions. [...]

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Princess Boy

Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2010, | 8 Comments »

My friend’s son used to love all things Tinkerbell and wanted to dress as a fairy for Halloween. Some parents might have steered their sons to a “boy costume,” but instead she constructed a pair of glittery wings as the showpiece of a dazzling costume for one very happy little boy. I was reminded about [...]

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Election Recap: Early Edition

Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged , , , on November 3, 2010, | 2 Comments »

For those who have kept on top of polling numbers and political trends, the results of yesterday’s congressional elections showed only a few real surprises. As expected, Republicans captured the House of Representatives, picking up 60 seats as of this writing (11 races are still too close to call). The Senate remains under Democratic control, [...]

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Trending Away from Choice in Colorado

Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

Today, Americans across the country will arrive at the polls and participate in the democratic process by casting ballots for senators, representatives, and county sheriffs (among others). Some voters will also have the opportunity to vote on ballot measures, which are questions or initiatives that can — if passed by the general public — establish [...]

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