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Alabama Branch Sponsors $tart $mart Workshop

Posted in Women & Economic Security, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Educational Programs, Sexism, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Research shows that the typical American woman misses out on $1 million in earnings over her lifetime because she lacks salary negotiation skills. The $tart $mart workshops address the gender gap in U.S. wages as well as skills and tactics for negotiating salaries. The program is the result of a partnership between AAUW and the [...]

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The World’s Most Powerful Women?

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Forbes released its infamous lists this past week. And while women get their own list,  the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, I’m left wondering what story this really tells us about women’s leadership in the world. While it’s a neat idea to honor women’s accomplishments, putting women in a list by themselves could be misleading. [...]

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What Are You Representing?

Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, Educational Programs, Equity in the News, NCCWSL, Sexism, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2011, | 3 Comments »

You can’t be what you can’t see. This is the tagline for Miss Representation, a documentary that connects women in the media with women in leadership. At the 2011 AAUW National Convention, women leaders from every state gathered in Washington, D.C., and nodded their heads in agreement while watching the film. Our country is far [...]

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First $tart $mart Workshop Held in Oregon

Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Eighteen senior women students from Chemeketa Community College, Western Oregon University, and Willamette University participated in a $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop on April 29, 2011. This was the first one to be held in the state of Oregon. The three-hour workshop began with information about the wage gap and its consequences, such as the [...]

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Equal Pay Day Q and A: Bey-Ling Sha

Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, The AAUW Community, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, Social Justice, Sexism, AAUW research, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 13, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Bey-Ling Sha, a professor at San Diego State University, talked with us this week about her experiences with workplace discrimination and her passion for women’s issues. Sha and other esteemed speakers joined us at AAUW’s Equal Pay Day panel in Washington, D.C., Monday to kick off our Equal Pay Day advocacy. Have you ever faced [...]

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Equal Pay Day Q and A: Angela Stevenson

Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Civil Rights, Women & Economic Security, The AAUW Community, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, Social Justice, Sexism, Supreme Court, tagged , , , , , , , on April 9, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Angela Stevenson, the public health general manager for the Wayne County, Michigan, Department of Public Health, talked with us last week about what inspires her to advocate for pay equity. Stevenson will speak at AAUW’s Equal Pay Day panel on Monday. Join us for this event and remember to commemorate Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, [...]

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Equal Pay Day Q and A: Lisa Frehill

Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, The AAUW Community, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, Social Justice, Sexism, S T E M, tagged , , , , , , on April 8, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Lisa M. Frehill, the director of research, evaluation, and policy at the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, talked with us last week about her experiences with workplace discrimination. Join Frehill and other esteemed speakers at AAUW’s Equal Pay Day panel on Monday, and remember that Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 12! Have [...]

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Show me the Money: The Importance of Learning Your Worth

Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , on May 3, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

A recent article in the New York Times on financial literacy informs us that, unfortunately, many Americans are not fluent in the language of money, and our schools are doing very little to educate students about the importance of personal finance. This type of training is invaluable and will help students learn to invest early [...]

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“I Felt Empowered to Get the Salary I Wanted …”

Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , on February 17, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

A student participant made this statement after a role-play exercise conducted during an AAUW/WAGE Project $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop that I attended two weeks ago at Harvard University. This workshop, hosted by the Harvard College Women’s Center, is the third one the university has offered. Gina Helfrich, assistant director of the center, was behind [...]

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Bring Salary Negotiation Programming to your Campus

Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , on June 26, 2009, | Leave a Comment »

Do you want to learn how to implement great salary negotiation programs on your campus? If you’re attending the AAUW convention, check out the “Salary Negotiation Skills for Women” workshop. If you cannot attend the workshop, you still can follow the links below to learn more about the different resources available to you. As Lisa [...]

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