AAUW member Nancy Jones brought the gender pay gap into Virginia residents’ living rooms. Next up, she’s bringing the issue to their universities. Jones, a 10-year member of the AAUW Portsmouth (VA) Branch, dove into AAUW’s pay equity data when she became her branch’s public policy chair two years ago. Last year’s Equal Pay Day [...]
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Money Talks: NC Students Negotiate Their Worth
Posted in Educational Programs, Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged $tart $mart, Equal Pay, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, North Carolina, pay equity, University of North Carolina Wilmington, wage gap on December 7, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
As a recent college graduate, I have to admit that in the months leading up to and following graduation, I wasn’t as concerned about whether I would receive fair pay as I was about whether I would find a job. Thankfully, I have strong, intelligent women in my life who offered me advice on selling [...]
Equity Issues in the News: April 1 – May 17
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged $tart $mart, Elana Kagan, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Nobel Prize, SAFER, Science and Math, STEM, Supreme Court on May 18, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
April 1 – May 17 AAUW’s Efforts to Close the Gender Divide in the STEM Fields Are Highlighted Washington Post (Monday, May 17) In her recent commentary, Elizabeth Vandenburg, the AAUW regional liaison to the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Project, highlights AAUW’s great work in encouraging, supporting and promoting girls’ involvement in science and math. She [...]
Show me the Money: The Importance of Learning Your Worth
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged $tart $mart, GW, salary, salary negotiation, Start Smart, The George Washington Uiversity, wage gap 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 [...]
“I Felt Empowered to Get the Salary I Wanted …”
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Harvard College Women's Center, salary negotiation, Start Smart, The WAGE project 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 [...]
AAUW Staff among WIN’s Young Women of Achievement
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, Holly Kearl, Kate Farrar, Legal Advocacy Fund, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, RAINN, Stop Street Harassment, Student Advisory Council, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, WIN, Women's Information Network, Young Women of Achievement award, Younger Women's Task Force on February 16, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Each year the Women’s Information Network celebrates talented women leaders who are influential in their communities through its Young Women of Achievement award. The award acknowledges young, pro-choice, Democratic women who have made extraordinary contributions to their fields. As we celebrate the efforts of the outstanding and inspiring women in the Washington, D.C., area, AAUW [...]
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