Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Weight loss and a healthier lifestyle remain particularly common goals each year, yet very few people who set New Year’s resolutions to lose weight are successful. Are we setting ourselves up for failure and disappointment? 2005–06 American Fellow Michelle Segar believes that what society has taught us [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Women’s Sports Foundation’
Meet Michelle Segar: Exercise and Behavior Guru
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Michelle Segar, Rebranding Exercise: Closing the Gap between Values and Behavior, SHARP, Sport Health and Activity Research and Policy, University of Michigan, Women's Sports Foundation on December 7, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Her Life Depends on It – Part 2
Posted in Sexual Harassment, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged exercise, Her Life Depends on It, Sexual Harassment, street harassment, Women's Health, Women's Sports Foundation, work/life on February 3, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) report Her Life Depends on It – II discusses how important exercise is to women’s health and well-being. After high school or college, finding the time, money, and energy to exercise regularly can be challenging, especially for women, even though the benefits are great. Juggling work, family responsibilities, community meetings, [...]
Her Life Depends on It – Part 1
Posted in The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, Duke University, exercise, Her Life Depends on It, Her Life Depends on It research report, Know the Score, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, play sports, the Mystics, The Washington Mystics, Title IX, University of Maryland, Women's Health, women's basketball, Women's Sports Foundation on January 21, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Fill in the blank. Girls who _______ have a reduced risk of breast cancer and osteoporosis, are less likely to smoke or use drugs, are less likely to take sexual risks (such as unprotected sex), are less likely to be depressed or contemplate suicide, and are more likely to complete college. If you filled in [...]
Title IX Compliance: Know the Score
Posted in Title IX, tagged Compliance, HIgh school sports, Know the Score, The Legal Aid Society, Title IX, Women's Sports Foundation on October 9, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
It would be nice to believe that Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 has served its purpose and there is no longer sex discrimination in schools. We at AAUW know, however, that this is not the case. Thirty-seven years after its passage, Title IX is as necessary as ever. All over the country, [...]
Title IX: Two Lifetimes of Activism
Posted in Title IX, tagged Compliance, Elizabeth Kristen, HIgh school sports, Kathryn Braeman, Know the Score, The Legal Aid Society, Title IX, Women's Sports Foundation on October 9, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Editor’s note: This post was written by the AAUW members whose activism inspired AAUW’s new Program in a Box Title IX Compliance: Know the Score. Kathryn (Kathy) Braeman is a member of the AAUW Arlington (VA) Branch, and her daughter, Elizabeth Kristen, is an AAUW member-at-large. Kathy: Congress passed Title IX of the Educational Amendments [...]
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