“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” These simple yet powerful words, spoken in 1995 by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in an unforgettable speech at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on [...]
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Human Rights Are Women’s Rights
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged 16 Days, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, International Human Rights Day, Miss Representation, secretary of state, U.N., U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 9, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Bust a Myth for International Women’s Day
Posted in Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged CARE, International Women's Day, MythBusters, United Nations on March 8, 2011, | 1 Comment »
I enjoy the show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel and watch it with my children. It’s interesting to see how many of the legends that we assume to be true or that have been passed down through the years either have no basis in fact or are amazingly spot-on. It also satisfies the curiosity of [...]
Sister, Can You Spare $100 Million for Women and Girls?
Posted in Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. Women, United Nations on February 10, 2011, | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
On the Threshold of Opportunity
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged distance learning, UNESCO, United Nations, workplace discrimination on October 11, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
This is the fourth of several blogs from AAUW Chief of Strategic Advancement Jill Birdwhistell written during her recent trip to Paris on behalf of AAUW to attend a UNESCO conference. Yesterday I discussed the difficulties women around the world face in entering and staying in science, engineering, and technology careers (SET). Today I continue that discussion by [...]
Haitian Women Are U.N. Women
Posted in Social Justice, tagged American Jewish World Service, American Red Cross, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, earthquake, Haiti, rebuilding, U.N. Women, UN Women, United Nations, Women and Girls on July 12, 2010, | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Still Moving Forward: Millennium Development Goals
Posted in Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged international, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, women in business on June 25, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
General Assembly hearings were held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 14 and 15 to provide formal input, by NGOs, civil society, and the private sector, with U.N. member states’ participation, on the upcoming Millennium Development Goals summit scheduled for September 20–22, 2010. In 2000, then-Secretary General Kofi Annan led the [...]
Education for Global Understanding
Posted in Educational Programs, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, tagged American Federation of Teachers, globalizations, Linda Hallman, United Nations, University for Peace, USA's Council of Organizations on May 11, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Much has been written about the ever-increasing phenomenon of “globalization.” The word is almost met with derision these days in some circles, as we both blame and praise it for the worlds’ ills and successes. Climate change: Curse globalization! Technology transfer: Globalization is awesome! Trafficking in women and girls: Look what globalization has wrought! But [...]
Meet Zamira Djabarova
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Social Justice, tagged Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, international fellowships, NABWT, UNIFEM, United Nations on May 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Program Specialist at the United Nations Development Fund for Women Expanding economic rights and opportunities for women in the labor market in Tajikistan, the National Association of Business Women in Tajikistan (NABWT) provides women with access to resources, education, and marketing skills to foster growth. At age 16 Zamira Djabarova, a 2004-05 AAUW International Fellow, [...]
Rally to Commemorate International Women’s Day 2010
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History Month, tagged #BlogforIWD, #wmnhist, AAUW, Blog for IWD, blogging, Center for American Progress, Enough Project, equal rights, International Women's Day, International Women's Day rally, IWD, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Women's History Month, NCCWSL, new media, RAISE Hope for Congo Campaign, social media, United Nations, Women for Women International, Women's History Month, Zainab Salbi on March 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
As AAUW engages in a variety of new media initiatives to celebrate Women’s History Month, I am excited to blog about a rally to commemorate International Women’s Day. Organized by Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity, the rally will take place on Monday, March 8, [...]
Celebrate, Reflect, and Act: International Human Rights Day 2009
Posted in Social Justice, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Elenor Roosevelt, everyday democracy, Healthy Families Act, Internation Human Rights Day, paycheck fairlness act, seperate but equal, stop violence against women, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or [...]
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