This post is part of a series focusing on sexual harassment in middle and high school, launched in conjunction with the release of AAUW’s latest research report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, which was supported by the Mooneen Lecce Giving Circle and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund. Follow @AAUWResearch on Twitter for updates. Imagine [...]
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It’s Much More than Kids Being Kids
Posted in AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged adolescence, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, gay, High School, middle school, school, Sexual Harassment, teenage behavior, teenagers, youth on November 12, 2011, | 1 Comment »
This post is part of a series focusing on sexual harassment in middle and high school, launched in conjunction with the release of AAUW’s latest research report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, which was supported by the Mooneen Lecce Giving Circle and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund. Follow @AAUWResearch on Twitter for updates. This [...]
Tech Savvy Brings STEM to Girls in Buffalo
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged Buffalo, Candyland, chemical engineer, college, howtosmile.org, middle school, New York, Tamara Brown, Tech Savvy, Why So Few? on February 17, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
As a chemical engineer, Tamara Brown knows how important it is that young girls be exposed to careers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. To achieve this goal, the two-time president of the AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch founded Tech Savvy. Now in its sixth year, Tech Savvy is a one-day conference designed [...]
Girls Don’t Want to Be Leaders
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged feminism, girls, kids, leadership, media, middle school, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Council of Women’s Organizations, National Girls Collaborative Project, NCCWSL on April 6, 2008, | 5 Comments »
Girls don’t want to be leaders. That’s what the first sentences of a Washington Post article on a newly released survey from the Girl Scouts USA leave you with. Girls are more interested in “fitting in,” “making a lot of money,” and “helping animals or the environment.” Let that sink in for a moment. But [...]
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