As a part of AAUW’s ongoing commitment to improving the status of women and girls globally via fellowships, grassroots programming, and advocacy, AAUW recently hosted 18 women from the All-China Women’s Federation. The Federation was established in 1949 by the Chinese government and has become the largest women’s nongovernmental organization in that country. It represents [...]
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All-China Meets AAUW
Posted in A Women's Nation, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, All-China Women's Federation, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, feminism, Grants & Awards, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, international fellowships, Jiangsu, leadership, National Girls Collaborative Project, STEM, The People's Bank of China, Tibet Women's Association, U.S.-China Exchange Council, women leaders, Yangzhou on August 8, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Thanks to AAUW Fellow and Grant Recipient Alumnae
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, tagged alumnae, alumnae exchange, American Fellows, American Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, international fellowships on May 19, 2010, | 1 Comment »
In June 2008, I left my teaching position in Brazil to pursue a master’s degree in communications at American University. I approached my return to school with apprehension since six years had passed since I said goodbye to writing papers and listening to lectures. The summer before I started the master’s program, I had already [...]
Meet Intan Paramaditha: Cinema Studies Doctoral Candidate
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Following the Fellows, Indonesian cinema, Intan Paramaditha, International Fellowship program, international fellowships, New York University, University of Jakarta on March 31, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Intan Paramaditha, a 2007–08 International Fellow from Indonesia, began conducting background research for her dissertation in cinema studies at New York University in 2007. As a published author and former literature professor at the University of Jakarta, Intan wanted to shift her attention to Indonesian cinema, which is “largely absent in the global academic discourse.” [...]
Meet Zelia Bora: Professor of Brazilian Literature
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged Brazil, Brazilian culture, International Fellowship program, international fellowships, national identity, Zelia Bora on December 18, 2009, | 4 Comments »
“The history of national identity is also the history of myself.” Zelia Bora, a 2006–07 International Fellow from Brazil, sees herself as a transnational person: a citizen of the world. She finds value in preserving the beauty of each distinct culture. One way she is working to preserve Brazilian culture is by dedicating herself to [...]
Meet Rieko Kishi
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged doula, Fellowships and Grants, international fellowships, midwifery on December 4, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Staff nurse midwife at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital Rieko Kishi, 2007–08 International Fellow, is experienced in bridging gaps in many ways. About 10 years ago, Rieko was working as a nurse-midwife in a hospital in Japan, and she witnessed a gap between clients and professionals. “It is very important to understand my clients’ feelings [...]
Words of Wisdom: Advice from AAUW Former Fellows
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged American Fellowship, Career Development Grants, Eleanor Roosevelt Teaching Fellow, fellow, international fellowships on August 17, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The stories of the AAUW fellowship and grant alumnae have been with me since I started my master’s degree last fall. As the advice has accumulated, the former fellows have kept me afloat throughout the year. Looking ahead to the upcoming school year, I wanted to share some of the advice they have given that [...]
Meet Soamarat Vilaiyuk: Pediatric Rheumatologist
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Fellowships, Following the Fellows, international fellowships, medicine on June 22, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Soamarat Vilaiyuk, a 2005–06 International Fellow, was first inspired to pursue training in pediatric rheumatology by a child she met in her native Thailand. While working as a resident and fellow at Ramathibodi Hospital, she met a boy who had suffered from arthritis for many years. Soamarat explains, “Although he received many medications, the disease [...]
Meet Lorraine Anderson
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Following the Fellows, Human Rights, international fellowships, sexual assault, United Nations, violence against women, women's rights on June 12, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Since February, when I turn on the radio in the morning I’m inundated with dismal news about the current state of the economy. Would you like some foreclosures with your corn flakes? As everyone is thinking about the economy, Lorraine Anderson, a 1999–00 International Fellow from Canada, adds a new depth to the role economics [...]
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