Women make up over half of the population and, as of recently, over half of the workforce, and yet this morning’s major headlines made no mention of yesterday’s crushing defeat of pay equity legislation in the Senate. In case you missed it, there was a 58–41 procedural vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. We were [...]
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Denied My Rights as a Woman in the United States
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged Barack Obama, Paycheck Fairness Act, politics, Senate on November 18, 2010, | 5 Comments »
Take the Trip of a Lifetime—To Israel
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, tagged Barack Obama, Ben-Gurion University, international women's commission, israel, Middle East, Professionals Abroad, Rivka Carmi, Tel Aviv on September 1, 2010, | 7 Comments »
I was happy to read that this week President Barack Obama will welcome leaders from the Middle East to the White House to resume peace talks. AAUW’s upcoming delegation trip to Israel makes these hopeful whispers of change on the horizon even more exciting. Of course, our delegates won’t be the dark suits behind closed [...]
Telling It Like It Is — To Congress
Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Barack Obama, congress, equal rights, gender equity, higher education, paid sick leave, pay equity, women, women's issues on April 1, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Now that we’ve had the chance to work with President Obama and his staff, we thought it time to remind Congress why women’s issues are still important. The following is the beginning of a presentation; tell us what you think. Ms. Chairperson and members of Congress, Let’s cut right to the chase; the point we [...]
Counsel on the Council
Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged pay equity, Barack Obama, politics, Behind the Pay Gap, Where the Girls Are, economic security, work/life balance, White House Council on Women and Girls on March 20, 2009, | 1 Comment »
In Wednesday’s Washington Post, Kathleen Parker criticizes President Obama for creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. In so doing, she relies on two main arguments: first, that the creation of such a council is an unnecessary, politically correct act of “paternalistic magnanimity” by President Obama that advances “the false notion that girls [...]
The Pride of a Young Woman at President Obama’s First Bill Signing
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged AAUW, Barack Obama, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Mikulski, pay equity, Public Policy, Rosa DeLauro on January 30, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Crowding around a small TV in an office in the Public Policy and Government Relations Department of AAUW to watch as President Obama signed his first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, into law was honestly one of the most encouraging, fulfilling, and joyous experiences I have ever had. As a fellow in the [...]
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed into Law
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Barack Obama, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay discrimination, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Supreme Court, Title VII on January 29, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signing “This is a wonderful day.” Those are the words President Obama spoke moments before signing his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The law makes it easier for workers to seek redress for discrimination on the job. By his side was Lilly Ledbetter, the woman [...]
Roe at 36
Posted in Women and Civil Rights, tagged abortion, Barack Obama, news, pro-choice, pro-life, reproductive health, reproductive rights, Roe v. Wade on January 23, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Directly on the heels of a crazy Inauguration weekend, another celebration of sorts took place yesterday. Thousands gathered here in D.C. to celebrate (or protest) the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to protect a woman’s right to privacy. Roe v. Wade stirs a number of emotions in all of us — for [...]
The View from My Couch
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Barack Obama, Inauguration on January 22, 2009, | 1 Comment »
If you were in DC for the Inauguration festivities, I can pretty much guarantee that your weekend was more exciting than mine. I did not venture down to the Mall. I was nowhere near the Capitol. I attended zero balls. Missed the concert, skipped the parade, watched the Inaugural Address on my living room couch. [...]
Pelosi, Clinton, Napolitano, & Jones
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Barack Obama, economic security, EMILY's List, Hillary Clinton, Inauguration, Janet Napolitano, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage gap, women leaders on January 19, 2009, | 3 Comments »
What sounds like a law firm is actually a few of the 2,000 attendees at Sunday’s Emily’s List Inaugural Luncheon. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received an enthusiastic standing ovation as she mentioned the hard work of so many in the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, something near and dear to [...]
A Test of Times
Posted in Social Justice, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Barack Obama, civil rights, Martin Luther King on January 19, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Only hours away from experiencing one of the most remarkable moments in history, the Inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, it is natural for one to sit back and reminisce on the leaps and bounds our country has undergone to achieve equality. From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Barack Obama, America [...]
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