Usually we think of cheer, not fear, as synonymous with the holiday season. All you have to do is look around in store windows or at TV commercials and you see pretty, shiny objects holding court with cheerful jingles playing in the background. Then there’s that car commercial where the jingle is the surprise clue, [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Holiday…Fear
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, HERvotes, news, Payroll tax cuts on December 8, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Congress Should Act Now to Extend Unemployment Insurance
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, congress, HERvotes, single mothers, Unemployment Insurance on December 8, 2011, | 1 Comment »
As Congress tries to wrap up before taking its holiday break, a major issue it needs to deal with is the extension of federal unemployment insurance (UI). AAUW urges Congress to extend UI. We are committed to promoting the reduction of poverty, and UI plays a key role in reducing poverty and helping our economy [...]
Classroom Ideas for Fighting Sexual Harassment
Posted in AAUW research, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Crossing the Line, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, entertainment, high school students, Sexual Harassment on December 7, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Last month, AAUW hosted a discussion panel at the National Press Club to discuss the findings of our most recent report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. At the event, we had the privilege of having several high school students in attendance, and one of them made an excellent point about presenting sexual harassment [...]
Meet Michelle Segar: Exercise and Behavior Guru
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Michelle Segar, Rebranding Exercise: Closing the Gap between Values and Behavior, SHARP, Sport Health and Activity Research and Policy, University of Michigan, Women's Sports Foundation on December 7, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Weight loss and a healthier lifestyle remain particularly common goals each year, yet very few people who set New Year’s resolutions to lose weight are successful. Are we setting ourselves up for failure and disappointment? 2005–06 American Fellow Michelle Segar believes that what society has taught us [...]
Let There Be Peace (for Women) on Earth
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged 16 Days Campaign, 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign, AAUW, Coalition of Women for Peace, From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World, International Human Rights Day, Ohio State, Second Life, sexual assault on December 6, 2011, | 1 Comment »
This song, first sung on a mountaintop by a group of teenagers more than half a century ago, still rings true. If we choose, we can each play a role in promoting peace, and technology has the power to break down the physical barriers that separate women globally and to enlighten us about the conditions [...]
Women’s College Alumnae Unite!
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Bryn Mawr, education, leadership, Mount Holyoke College, Seven Sisters, Smith, Wellesley, women's colleges on December 5, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
I am a fiercely loyal women’s college alumna. I wear my Mount Holyoke College ring with pride and cannot be convinced that any school was better than my own. In fact, I find it a welcome challenge when someone asks me why I chose a women’s college, and I quickly launch into my elegantly crafted [...]
In Defense of Millennial Women
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged ambition, career, double shift, media, millennial women, Millennials, postfeminism, Work-Life Balance on December 5, 2011, | 4 Comments »
As a millennial woman, I take issue with recent media reports that suggest that women in my generation are either voluntarily sacrificing their professional ambition or burning out in significant numbers by the age of 30. These types of stories support the postfeminist media backlash that has been floating around since the advent of the [...]
The Role of Family Responsibilities for College Faculty
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Cathy Trower, child care, COACHE, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, education, Harvard University, nature publishing group, STEM, Why So Few? on December 2, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together 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. The [...]
The Importance of Mentoring for College Faculty
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Cathy Trower, COACHE, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, education, Harvard University, nature publishing group, STEM, Why So Few? on December 1, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together 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. We’ve [...]
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