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It was an enriching, busy, and hectic time for AAUW staff and volunteers at the 55th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, but our U.N. representative Carolyn Donovan kept us all on track. We started off with a remarkable panel hosted by the Girl Scouts entitled Girls Voices: A Global View of Science, Technology, [...]

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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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The Washington Post estimates that Arianna Huffington’s “rough cut” of the new AOL and Huffington Post merger is worth $100 million. What do you do with that kind of money? I don’t begrudge anyone capitalizing on her or his business savvy and harnessing technology in new and important ways.(OK, maybe I do, just a little.)But [...]

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This month welcomed the creation of a new United Nations agency for women, U.N. Women, dedicated to promoting women’s rights and involvement in development, peacemaking, politics, and economic activity. This new agency will assume the work of four currently existing entities tasked with women’s issues. The challenge to the U.N. and member states will be [...]

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