Outlook magazine’s Winter issue, which is dedicated to the multi-faceted problem of sexual harassment in middle and high schools, is on its way to your mailboxes. Preview a feature story about the insidious problem of cyber-harassment for free, and if you’re an AAUW member, you can log in to read the full issue online now! [...]
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Watch out for Your Winter “Outlook” Magazine
Posted in The AAUW Community, Sexual Harassment, AAUW research, AAUW Outlook, tagged AAUW, Sexual Harassment, Outlook, Crossing the Line, cyber-harassment on February 11, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Crossing the Line” Sparks Important Dialogue
Posted in AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Educational Programs, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, CNN, Crossing the Line, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, Daily Kos, Forbes, Huffington Post, Jezebel, Ms. Magazine, New York Times, Salon, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment, Title IX, Washington Post on January 12, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW’s research report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School has certainly captured the attention of the media. The New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Ms. Magazine were just a few of the outlets that mentioned Crossing the Line and the dangerously normalized culture of sexual harassment in grades 7–12. AAUW [...]
The Double Bind
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Madeline Heilman, Nature, nature publishing group, New York University, STEM, Tyler Okimoto, Why So Few? on December 22, 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. “Doing [...]
Implicit Bias
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, gender-science implicit association test, Harvard University, implicit bias, Mahzarin Banaji, nature publishing group, STEM, Why So Few? on December 21, 2011, | 2 Comments »
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. Many [...]
Seven Campuses Will Address Sexual Harassment
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, campus action project, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, Dakota State University, Jefferson Community College, Millersville University, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Pacific Lutheran University, Saint Mary's College, Sexual Harassment, University of Central Florida, University of Kentucky on December 13, 2011, | 1 Comment »
AAUW’s research reports have the greatest impact when people read them and put our recommendations into practice. Our amazing network of AAUW members helps make this happen, and one way we see our recommendations implemented is through our Campus Action Project grant program. Each year, we fund teams of faculty and students so they can [...]
Tamara Brown Named White House Champion of Change
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW Buffalo, education, STEM, Tamara Brown, Tech Savvy, University of Buffalo, Washington D.C., White House, Why So Few? on December 12, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, December 9, President Obama’s top science advisers honored 12 community heroes, including AAUW member and former president of the AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch Tamara Brown, as leaders in engaging women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This event was part of a White House effort to increase the number [...]
Sexual Harassment Is an Issue for Boys, Too
Posted in AAUW research, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, Crossing the Line, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, petition, Sexual Harassment, Title IX on December 12, 2011, | 4 Comments »
Sexual harassment disproportionately affects girls. The AAUW report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School empowers girls to understand that there are institutional biases against them because they are girls and that these biases make them more susceptible to harassment and the detrimental effects that flow from those experiences. But one area where girls fare [...]

