Posted in Equity in the News, tagged equity, gender equity, girls and violence, italian politics, paid family leave, pay equity, race, racism on April 17, 2008, | No Comments »
News from April 6-15
AAUW branches gear up for Equal Pay Day.
While several other branches host science and math conferences around the country.
And we thought it was bad here: Italian women fight for their share of parliamentary power.
New Jersey paid family leave bill awaits governor’s signature.
Author Linda Babcock offers words for women to live by.
As a [...]
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Washington, D.C., and the nation’s media outlets are awash in news of the first papal visit to the nation’s capital since 1979. Rather than telling us in detail about the new “popemobile” and the secret security, it would be nice to actually know what this visit means for our most pressing challenges of the day. [...]
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Posted in Equity in the News, Title IX, Women and Work, tagged affirmative action, Barack Obama, education, Hillary Clinton, international, pay equity, pay gap, politics, presidential candidates, Progress In Equity, Title IX on April 8, 2008, | No Comments »
Headlines for March 29 - April 3
“Creating a legacy of leadership: A women’s conference” drew more than 80 participants to First Presbyterian Church in Red Wing, WI. The conference was hosted by the League of Women Voters Red Wing, the Red Wing Chapter of the American Association of University Women and Community Education.
Amber Cowan is [...]
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Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Students and Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged feminism, girls, kids, leadership, media, middle school, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Council of Women’s Organizations, National Girls Collaborative Project on April 6, 2008, | 5 Comments »
Girls don’t want to be leaders. That’s what the first sentences of a Washington Post article on a newly released survey from the Girl Scouts USA leave you with. Girls are more interested in “fitting in,” “making a lot of money,” and “helping animals or the environment.” Let that sink in for a moment. But [...]
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Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Fellowships, Grants & Awards, Social Justice, Women and Civil Rights, tagged advocacy, affirmative action, coretta scott king, discrimination, feminism, martin luther king, mlk, politics, race, racism, Scholarships, Sexism, Speaking Out for Justice on April 4, 2008, | 6 Comments »
What powerful images the words “I have a dream” bring to mind as the nation honors the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. I found my emotions immediately surfacing as I listened to his speech. How far we have come since then, how far we still [...]
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