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 [...]
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State Education Cuts Endanger the Future
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, budget, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Department of Education, early-childhood education, economy, education, education cuts, higher education, job growth, K-12, loan debt, news, public education, quality education, student debt, Student Loans, taxpayer dollars on August 4, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that many states have enacted deep, dramatic cuts to their K–12 and higher education budgets and that nearly all states are spending less money on education than they did in 2008 (after inflation). This is despite the fact that the demand for education is [...]
We’re Talking about Money
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged achievement gap, economy, Where the Girls Are on April 30, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
There have been numerous reports documenting the achievement gaps in education in America. Some focus on the racial gap, others on the gender gap, and AAUW’s own Where the Girls Are, released last year, focuses on gaps in educational achievement and attainment by gender as well as race and family income. McKinsey & Company recently [...]
Recession in Focus: Here Comes the Class of 2009
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged economic downturn, economy, education, graduation, job market, recent graduates, recession on April 21, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
It’s early May, and the bands are playing while the senior classes at thousands of universities walk down stunning lawns, walkways, and stages decked with floral arrangements and lined with distinguished professors to begin their coveted graduation ceremonies. Some of them sit there, listening to the commencement speakers, thinking about how increased networking has landed [...]
Economic Downturn for ‘Real’ Families
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged economic downturn, economic recovery, economy, retirement on April 20, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
So last week the Washington Post published two articles focusing on the impact of the economic downturn on area families. The first family profiled, the Coughlins, are a dual earner home with two children, who recently found out that the husband received a 10% pay cut — but their overall income is still in the [...]
The Wage Gap: A Taxing Problem
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Blog for Fair Pay, economic recovery, economy, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Act, fair pay, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, taxes, taxpayers, Tea Parties, wage discrimination, wage gap on April 15, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
April 15 — a day that strikes fear into the hearts of taxpayers all across America. Will I owe more? Did I keep all my receipts? What is a Schedule C, and do I need to fill one out? What if I get audited? While tax day is taxing for many of us, what’s really [...]
Equal Pay for Equal Work — Not Yet Everyone’s Reality
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Afghan women's rights, Afghanistan, discrimination, economy, equal pay day, gender equity, Hamid Karzai, Human Rights, pay equity, retirement security, women's rights on April 10, 2009, | 2 Comments »
As we learn about activities being held throughout the country to bring attention to Equal Pay Day, April 28, I can’t help but reflect on a blog post I did almost a year ago, “Should Women Have Equal Rights?” I quoted a study from ten years ago and wondered if there had been any updated [...]
Take Action!
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged economy, equal pay day, fair pay, Obama, Paycheck Fairness Act, town hall meeting, wages, White House on March 25, 2009, | 1 Comment »
AAUW just received notice today that President Obama will hold a special online town hall meeting focusing on the economy this Thursday. You can participate in this forum by submitting a question to the president and rating questions that other citizens have submitted. The president will answer some of the most popular questions, so the [...]
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