Each month this year, AAUW teams up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, in an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. This is a question [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Why Do We Need Women in STEM Fields?
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged competitiveness, creativity, design, engineering, innovation, mathematics, science, technology on February 28, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Will You Take a Stand?
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged budget, congress, health, House, Planned Parenthood, Senate on February 28, 2011, | 2 Comments »
After learning that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood last Friday, I experienced a variety of emotions, from disbelief and disappointment to irritation and sadness. While many people have already written about this issue, I still feel compelled to take a stand, and I hope that you will do [...]
Our Own Women’s Oscars
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged Academy Awards, Cinema, film, Oscars on February 25, 2011, | 6 Comments »
With the Oscars coming up this weekend, we’ve all got movies on our minds. And since most of the focus on women this Sunday will favor fashion over faculty, the staff at AAUW has decided to highlight our own favorite ladies in film — regardless of whether they made the grade with the typically testosterone-focused [...]
We Need You for the 10 for 10 Campaign!
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged 10 for 10, Association for Women In Science, engineering, howtosmile.org, IBM, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, MentorNet, Mother's Day, National Engineers Week Foundation, NGCP, Society of Women Engineers, STEM, Women in Engineering ProActive Network on February 24, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day for short) in 2001 was the first national call to professionals to get more girls focused on engineering and technology. The founding partners — the Society of Women Engineers, MentorNet, IBM, the Association for Women In Science, Women in Engineering ProActive Network, and the National Engineers Week [...]
Bark Loudly at the Lion — U.N. Women Has Your Back
Posted in S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Afsana, Bachelet, Bangladesh, Canright, Chile, Congo, engineering, Erez, Fiji, Intel, math, NASA, NGO, Nigeria, Nwadinobi, Project Girl Performance Collective, science, Status of Women, STEM, Tabualevu, technology, U.N., U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. Women, UN, Will.i.am on February 23, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
For many in the nongovernmental-organization community, the 55th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women began when more than 250 women of all ages from around the world gathered on Monday for NGO Consultation Day, an opportunity to set the stage for two weeks of workshops, panels, discussions, and interactions that will inform the final [...]
Here’s to you Susie B.
Posted in Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged abolition, education, Elect Her, labor, Lincoln, Presidents Day, Suffragist, Susan B. Anthony, Washington on February 21, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Considering all the confusion and commercialism surrounding the presidents we honor on Presidents Day, I propose we also think about another February-born figure who played an important role in American history. So as we honor our past presidents, paying special tribute to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, let’s also tip our hats to Susan B. [...]
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