For many in the nongovernmental-organization community, the 55th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women began when more than 250 women of all ages from around the world gathered on Monday for NGO Consultation Day, an opportunity to set the stage for two weeks of workshops, panels, discussions, and interactions that will inform the final [...]
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Bark Loudly at the Lion — U.N. Women Has Your Back
Posted in S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Afsana, Bachelet, Bangladesh, Canright, Chile, Congo, engineering, Erez, Fiji, Intel, math, NASA, NGO, Nigeria, Nwadinobi, Project Girl Performance Collective, science, Status of Women, STEM, Tabualevu, technology, U.N., U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. Women, UN, Will.i.am on February 23, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
U.S.A. Science and Engineering Fair News Flash!
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged engineering, fair, science, science fair, U.S.A. Science and Engineering Fair on October 23, 2010, | 1 Comment »
AAUW members and staff are on the National Mall today and tomorrow (October 23 and 24) at the U.S.A. Science and Engineering Festival offering special hands-on activities geared especially to girls and their families. Visit our booth (#1205 at 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.) to have fun learning about famous women in science [...]
Why Even Fewer?
Posted in S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged engineering, family, human potential, international, science, technology on October 8, 2010, | 1 Comment »
This is the third of several dispatches from AAUW Chief of Strategic Advancement, Jill Birdwhistell, written during her recently concluded trip to Paris for a UNESCO conference on behalf of AAUW. Why would it be difficult to give fully qualified CentralAfrican women scientists full-ride support for doctoral and post-doc studies in Sweden? Why would promising [...]
Who Was Rosalind Franklin?
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's History, tagged Cambridge, Crick, DNA, engineering, King's College, Nobel Prize, Rosalind Franklin, science, USA Science and Engineering Festival, Watson on September 10, 2010, | 1 Comment »
If you don’t think of Rosalind Franklin when you’re thinking of great scientists, you’re not the only one. This accomplished but seldom-credited woman was a biophysicist who made many contributions to the field of science but is best known today for her critical role in understanding DNA. Franklin was born in 1920 in London and [...]
Get Involved with National Lab Day
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, tagged National Girls Collaborative Project, National Lab Day, NGCP, science, Scientists and Techies, teachers, volunteers on May 10, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
This Wednesday is National Lab Day, a nationwide initiative established last fall by President Obama to build local communities of support that will work together to get students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math. AAUW is a strong supporter of this initiative, and many of our members have already signed up to participate. If [...]
Meet Marie Elena Reyes: Founder of the Frida Kahlo Institute
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, tagged Community Action Grant, engineering, Following the Fellows, Frida Kahlo Institute, Frontera Grrls, Latina, leadership development, mathematics, science, self esteem, STEM, technology on September 11, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Marie Elena Reyes, 2001–02 Community Action Grant recipient, excelled in math throughout her early academic career but received little instruction or encouragement about science. Marie Elena was married with two children when she took her first biology class. “I was shocked by how exciting it was,” she said of the class. It was then that [...]
Learn, Grow, Lead, and Make an Impact
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, CAP, engineering, Leadership Programs, mathematics, National Student Advisory Council, NCCWSL, SAC, science, STEM, student government, student leaders, technology on August 26, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Does this sound like you? You’ve thought about running for student government but aren’t sure how to go about it. You have a great plan for a campus program that helps women enter academic fields like science, technology, engineering, or math, but you need funding to implement it. You have a lot of ideas about [...]
Women in Engineering
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, tagged engineering, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, science, STEM, WEPAN on June 22, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
This past week marked my first WEPAN conference. Like AAUW, the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) was started by a group of women searching for support in their professional careers. The organization is dedicated to improving the climate for and success of all women in engineering. Now celebrating its 20th birthday, WEPAN has grown [...]
The Importance of Female Mentors
Posted in Equity in the News, NCCWSL, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged career, Fellowships and Grants, math, mentor, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, role models, science, STEM, Women and Work, Women of Distinction on June 17, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Common among the former fellows I’ve interviewed is that having a mentor and being a mentor play important roles in these women’s lives. This message was reiterated in the speech given by Anucha Browne Sanders during the AAUW Women of Distinction Awards Ceremony at the recent National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. Sanders said, [...]
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