AAUW did a fabulous job publicizing the new research report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. Upon its release, the news hit TV, magazines, newspapers, and social media around the country. Now that the initial excitement has faded but the importance of the report remains, how can we get this information into the hands [...]
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Getting “Crossing the Line” into Good Hands
Posted in AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged Covington-Mandeville, Crossing the Line, Louisiana, Program in a Box on February 6, 2012, | 3 Comments »
A Simple Hello
Posted in Social Justice, Student Advisory Council, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged homelessness, kindness on February 3, 2012, | 1 Comment »
There is a path I take every morning to catch the train. It’s a shorter route — less traveled — and probably isn’t the safest, so I walk it with pepper spray and a poker face. Until recently, I encountered a homeless woman daily along this path. Wrapped in a blanket regardless of the outside [...]
Make Lifelong Resolutions
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Student Advisory Council, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged fundraising, goals, International Anti-Street Harassment Week, New Year's resolutions, street harassment, Two Minute Activist on February 3, 2012, | 1 Comment »
We are just one month into 2012, and already many of our well-intentioned resolutions have fallen to the backs of our minds. As treadmill runners dwindle and winter merchandise goes on super sale, it is easy to forget our New Year’s resolutions and to resume our typical lives. But by keeping positive goals and implementing [...]
AAUW’s Wish List for the State of the Union
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged civil rights, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, judicial vacancies, President Obama, reproducdtive rights, speech, State of the Union, Twitter, veterans, Violence Against Women Act on January 24, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, January 24, President Barack Obama will give the annual State of the Union address. Obama has heard from organizations all over the political spectrum about what they think his priorities should be for the next year. AAUW is no exception. Below, in no particular order, is our wish list for President Obama’s 2012 [...]
Year In Review
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged 2011, economy, gender barriers, new year, year end on January 3, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
In a Huffington Post article published late last week, AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman shared her thoughts on 2011’s most critical moments for women. As 2011 comes to a close, it seems almost nonsensical to have to mention, let alone devote an article to, gender barriers. While women have made great strides, we still have [...]
Top 20 in 2011
Posted in AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Educational Programs, Elect Her—Campus Women Win, Equity in the News, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Student Advisory Council, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged 2011, Top 20 on December 30, 2011, | 1 Comment »
As 2011 wraps up, I’d like to take this opportunity to remember and thank our readers and guests, our contributors, and the AAUW Dialog team, all of whom make this blog such a richly rewarding experience. Excellent posts by diverse voices, from Student Advisory Council members all the way to the AAUW executive director, continue [...]
A Victory for Fair Pay and Transparency
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged affirmative action, Department of Labor, LAF, Legal Advocacy Fund, NASA, OFCCP, United Space on December 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
In November, United Space, a spaceflight operations company and major NASA contractor, was ordered by a federal court to provide the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs data regarding its pay and employment practices. This decision reinforces that no employer is beyond the law, particularly when it comes to issues of fair pay. This is [...]
Human Rights Are Women’s Rights
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged 16 Days, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, International Human Rights Day, Miss Representation, secretary of state, U.N., U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 9, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” These simple yet powerful words, spoken in 1995 by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in an unforgettable speech at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on [...]
AAUW Disappointed by Decision on Emergency Contraception
Posted in Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged Bush, choice, contraception, FDA, Fod and Drug Administration, minors, morning-after pill, Obama, Plan B, politics, pregnancy, reproductive health, science, sex education, teen pregnancy, unintended preganancy on December 9, 2011, | 4 Comments »
AAUW was seriously disappointed by the Obama administration’s Wednesday decision, directly defended by the president, to block the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of selling emergency contraception to women without restriction. Along with the rest of the women’s rights community, AAUW expected the Obama administration to approve the over-the-counter sale of Plan B contraception — [...]
If a Woman Is Doing Her Laundry, Don’t Rape Her
Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged 16 Days, 16 Days of Activism. gender violence, Congo, domestic violence, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, International Human Rights Day, National Coaliton against Domestic Violence, Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, Pixel Project, sexual assault, sexual violence, SlutWalk on November 23, 2011, | 1 Comment »
“If a woman is drunk, don’t rape her. If a woman is walking alone at night, don’t rape her. If a woman is drugged and unconscious, don’t rape her. If a woman is wearing a short skirt, don’t rape her. If a woman is jogging in a park at 5 a.m., don’t rape her. If [...]
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