There’s a buzz around Washington and the AAUW office this week, for many reasons. The Obama family arrived in town over the weekend, creating an air of excitement and lots of road closures. Senators and representatives also returned to town, with new members sworn in on Tuesday, joining returning members to convene the 111th Congress. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Behind the Pay Gap’
What’s Your Worth?
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, fair pay, job search, jobs, salary, salary negotiation, work on September 19, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Are you in the job market or considering a new career? I have a tool for you! AAUW’s new partner organization Job Search Intelligence recently launched a free fair pay compensation tool that can help you determine your personalized target salary goal. The tool asks you for information relating to your personal background, education, and [...]
Workplace Rules for Success
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, gender pay gap, Pay Negotiation, salary negotiation, wage gap, Women and Work, workforce on September 2, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Hannah Seligson’s New York Times article “Girl Power at School, but Not at the Office” looks at how women are excelling more than ever in school, but they tend to face a rough transition into the workplace compared with their male peers. I am a year younger than Seligson and similarly excelled at school, where [...]
Are Women Economic Equals in a Poor Economy?
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, economic security, economy, layoffs, pay equity, single mothers, single parent households, Women & Economic Security on July 31, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Last week, the New York Times published an article entitled “Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy.” I was immediately skeptical. The article, citing a study conducted by the Joint Economic Committee, argues that the poor economy affects women and men in the same way: through layoffs, pay cuts, outsourcing, and downturns. The [...]
Rally for Pay Equity
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, voter ed, wage gap on July 15, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Rally for pay equity this Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC! Join Lilly Ledbetter, members of Congress, and other pay equity activists in support of two critical pieces of pay equity legislation: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R.2831), which has already seen action in the Senate, and the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338), [...]
He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut or Save the Males?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, book reccommendations, pay equity, Save the Males on July 15, 2008, | 1 Comment »
It’s always interesting to see what blog posts will bring to light. Last week in Sex and the City and A Few (More) Good Books, I posted a list of books compiled by colleagues and others that made for good summer reading and that portray women in a positive and/or strong light. This morning I [...]
Should Women Have Equal Rights?
Posted in Sexism, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, equal rights on June 27, 2008, | 111 Comments »
No, I’m not talking about whether the Equal Rights Amendment should be approved. I’m referring to some statistics I happened to run across while researching another story. NationMaster.com, a site that compiles statistics from numerous sources, provides the following table of the percentage of women agreeing with the statement, “Women should have equal rights,” in [...]
Equal Work ≠ Equal Pay
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, Equal Pay Act, feminism, graduation, pay equity, wage gap, women, Women and Work on June 10, 2008, | 1 Comment »
For many women at least, that is a fact of life. As students graduate from colleges and universities across the country this spring, I’m sure many questions have entered their minds: Do I really have to get a job … now? I wonder if Mom and Dad will kick me out of the house? When, [...]
Knowledge Is Power
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, Women & Economic Security, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, Campus Action Projects, Clarkson University, education, pay equity, pay gap on April 21, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
I was intrigued by an e-mail to attend the first annual Negotiations Challenge at Clarkson, sponsored by the AAUW. The training session was very informative but comfortably informal. I was encouraged to participate, and I felt that the student panel that prepared the material was very approachable and open to questions about the negotiations research. [...]
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