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Supporting Healthy Families

annehedgepeth wrote 2 weeks ago: This week, at a hearing convened by the Senate HELP Committee’s Subcommittee on Children and Familie … more →

Tags: Women's Health, Paid Sick Leave, Healthy Families Act, h1n1

Richmond Rape Rhetoric Reminiscent of "Boys Will Be Boys"1 comment

mandytoomey wrote 3 weeks ago: Reading about the heinous, two-and-a-half-hour gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at Richmond High Scho … more →

Tags: sexual harassment, rape, Richmond High School, sexual assault

Lt. Dan Choi: The Hypocrisy behind Don't Ask Don't Tell 1 comment

zkhorakiwala wrote 1 month ago: Meet Lt. Dan Choi, a Korean Southern Baptist who graduated from West Point Military Academy. He is a … more →

Tags: women in the military, Don't Ask - Don't Tell, Gay, Lesbian, sexual orientation, Lt. Dan Choi

A Woman's Nation Requires Work-Life Balance

adamzimmerman wrote 1 month ago: In the early 1960s, Bob Dylan had a lot of questions on his mind, questions that didn’t seem to have … more →

Tags: A Women's Nation, women and work, awn, family-friendly workplace, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, Work-Life Balence

Does a Woman's Nation Change Anything?2 comments

clarkp wrote 1 month ago: “I think women should stay at home where they belong. It’s a proven fact that when the women w … more →

Tags: A Women's Nation, Women and Economic Security, Women's Health, awn, care, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, women in the workplace, Working Moms

Women Who Win

jennifersteenberg wrote 2 months ago: The preliminary results from a recent Stanford University report say that women in Congress are bett … more →

Tags: voter education, Campaign College, Congress, Government, Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Student Government, Women in Politics, Women Leaders

Celebrating Women's Equality Day2 comments

KatherineBroendel wrote 3 months ago: Today, August 26, 2009, is Women’s Equality Day. This day marks the ratification of the 19th Amendme … more →

Tags: The AAUW Community, Women's History Month, Women's rights, Women Leaders, Women's History, 19th Amendment, Women's Suffrage, History, In The News

Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't2 comments

christyjones wrote 3 months ago: Apologies for the swear words, but that’s the first phrase that came to mind when I read several art … more →

Tags: women and work, Women Leaders, leadership, Business, gender stereotyping, working mothers, Management

What to Watch Come September

osobsamantar wrote 3 months ago: Television programming on the big networks this fall is going to have a huge makeover —so huge that … more →

Tags: women and work, actress, Television, TV

What's Left to Lose?

kathrynmontiegel wrote 4 months ago: In his July 15 editorial “Losing My Religion for Equality,” former President Jimmy Carte … more →

Tags: Gender Discrimination, Jimmy Carter, Southern Baptist Church

Confirmation Hearings Day Four1 comment

adamzimmerman wrote 4 months ago: Thanks for joining us for our final day live blogging the Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Soni … more →

Tags: Supreme Court, Judicial Nominations, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor

Confirmation Hearings Day Three

adamzimmerman wrote 4 months ago: Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Sotomayor continued for a third day. Read the transcript of We … more →

Tags: Politics, News, Supreme Court, Current Events, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, federal judicial nominations

Confirmation Hearings Day Two

adamzimmerman wrote 4 months ago: Day two of Judge Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings brought a long day of tough questioning. R … more →

Tags: Politics, News, Sonia Sotomayor, federal judicial nominations, confirmation hearings, Ricci v. DeStefano, Senate Judiciary Committee

Confirmation Hearings Day One

adamzimmerman wrote 4 months ago: Missed today’s live blog of Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. Read the complete t … more →

Tags: SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, confirmation hearings

Did You Know?4 comments

christyjones wrote 5 months ago: Like almost a thousand other attendees at the 2009 AAUW National Convention held this past weekend i … more →

Tags: women and work, 2009 AAUW Convention, Gender Equity, Work, pregnancy discrimination, Paycheck Fairness act, breaking through barriers, Work/life balance, Workplace

Convention Headlines11 comments

administrator wrote 5 months ago: Ledbetter, women politicians headline AAUW convention St. Louis is the host city for the AAUW nation … more →

Tags: 2009 AAUW Convention, Lilly Ledbetter, News, 2009 AAUW National Convention, Rosa DeLauro, Jackie Speier

The Lipstick Revolution2 comments

christyjones wrote 5 months ago: Like many others, I was glued to #iranelection, #iran09, and, sadly, #neda over the weekend as I kep … more →

Tags: Social Justice, Gender Equity, twitter, Elections, Iran, Iran Elections, Lipstick Revolution, neda

The Importance of Female Mentors

mandytoomey wrote 5 months ago: Common among the former fellows I’ve interviewed is that having a mentor and being a mentor pl … more →

Tags: The AAUW Community, women and work, NCCWSL, STEM, Science, Mentor, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Career, Women of Distinction

How My Major Picked Me4 comments

AAUWFellow wrote 6 months ago: My grandpa is fond of telling the story about how he ended up majoring in psychology at the Universi … more →

Tags: The AAUW Community, Students and Educational Issues


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