This was the chant of the women of Liberia as they righteously demanded a cease-fire to the bloody civil war in their country that took the lives of their families and subjected people to unimaginable horrors. Women and young girls were systematically raped, and killing and torture were a part of everyday life. This brought [...]
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We Are Tired of Being Raped.
Posted in A Women's Nation, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Peace Unveiled, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Tawakkul Karman, Women War & Peace on October 20, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Consent Begins in the Hallways
Posted in A Women's Nation, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment, student issues, The Consensual Project, The Line Campaign on October 13, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This post is part of a new series on sexual harassment in school, launched in conjunction with the upcoming AAUW report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. Follow @AAUWResearch on Twitter for more information. There’s a lot of awesome work happening around the issues of sex and consent right now. With everything from the [...]
Meet Jane Honikman: Nonprofit Visionary and Mentor
Posted in A Women's Nation, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, CARE, community, Community Action Grant, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Goleta Valley, International Childbirth Education Association, postnatal trauma, postpartum depression, Postpartum Education for Parents, Postpartum Support International on October 12, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Community is reinforced daily as a driving force for change. The significance of community and a network of women is the foundation of AAUW’s mission to advance equity for women and girls. Jane Honikman —a nonprofit founder, ambassador, and daughter of an AAUW member — says community was the launching point for her career because [...]
My Vote Is for Better Health Care for Young Women
Posted in A Women's Nation, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, AAUW Action Network, Cervical Cancer, health insurance, healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Women's Health on October 12, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
My mother told me to get health insurance when she dropped me from my parents’ plan when I was in my early 20s. But I couldn’t afford it. I was finishing my undergraduate degree, and my three-nights-a-week waitressing gig just did not provide me the income to pay for it. Even if I had bought [...]
She Who Has Health Has Hope — She Who Has Hope Has Everything
Posted in A Women's Nation, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, breast cancer, HERvotes, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on October 11, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
I thought it important to bring “she” into the health care picture, thus the slight modification from the “he” used in the original Arabian proverb. The “she” factor for me occurred when my own sister was diagnosed with breast cancer more than 10 years ago. After her first round of surgery, I volunteered to run [...]
Putting Some MAGiC into STEM
Posted in A Women's Nation, Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Clington Global Initiative, education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Girls Excellin in Math and Science, MAGiC, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative, National Girls Collaborative Project, STEM, Virginia, Washington D.C. on October 10, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Day in and day out, AAUW members cultivate girls’ achievement and interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. The message: Yes, you can have this kind of fulfilling, exciting, and often lucrative career. It’s not just for boys. At the recent Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative (MAGiC) Annual Conference on September 24, AAUW members Laura [...]
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