It’s been hard to turn on the news over the past few weeks without hearing the debate over women’s access to contraception. This debate was further inflamed by last week’s House of Representatives hearing on birth control that featured five men and no women on its opening panel. Sandra Fluke, a law student at Georgetown [...]
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On Contraception, AAUW Makes Sure Women Will Be Heard
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women's Health, tagged #wmnreact, AAUW, Ann Gerhart, Catholics for Choice, congress, Lisa Maatz, politics, Sandra Fluke, Sara Hutchinson, Washington D.C., Washington Post on February 24, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Crossing the Line” Sparks Important Dialogue
Posted in AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Educational Programs, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, CNN, Crossing the Line, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, Daily Kos, Forbes, Huffington Post, Jezebel, Ms. Magazine, New York Times, Salon, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment, Title IX, Washington Post on January 12, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW’s research report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School has certainly captured the attention of the media. The New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Ms. Magazine were just a few of the outlets that mentioned Crossing the Line and the dangerously normalized culture of sexual harassment in grades 7–12. AAUW [...]
9/11 Reminders
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged 10th anniversary, 9/11, Flight 93, New York City, September 11, september 11 memorial, Washington D.C., Washington Post, World Trad Center on September 9, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
It’s been 10 years since the day our nation was stunned by sacrifice and tragedy. We’ve been flooded these past few days with articles and remembrances of the moment that is seared into the heart and history of our country, and rightfully so. It is important to remember. By some accounts, 9/11 is a [...]
The Cameras Just Keep Rolling
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, Bisnow, c-span, Cindy Miller, Cocktails and Convos, Community Action Grants, Gracia Martore, Holla Back DC!, Holly Kearl, Judy Woodruff, Martha Ann Miller, media, news, Paula Kerger, PBS, politics, Washington D.C., Washington Post, women leaders on August 15, 2011, | 1 Comment »
AAUW sponsored a Bisnow event about women in media that took place this past Tuesday morning, just hours before our monthly happy hour Cocktails and Convos. Before the panel discussion featuring Gannett President Gracia Martore, PBS CEO Paula Kerger, and PBS NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff, AAUW Chief of Marketing and Communications Cindy Miller spoke about [...]
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