Fair Pay: Falling Short in Every State

Fair Pay
Today, April 28, 2009, is Equal Pay Day. Below find startling data collected by the National Women’s Law Center.

Falling Short in Every State:
The Wage Gap and Harsh Economic Realities for Women Persist

In the United States, women are paid only
78¢
on average for every dollar paid to men.

More than 45 years ago, President Kennedy signed the Equal [...]

Fair Pay:

Fair Pay
Speak to your legislators! Use the link above to send your email in support of the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Equal Pay Act, already passed by Congress has weaknesses that this follow up act will cover. According the the Nationals Women’s Law Center, these problems are addressed in the new act:
The Paycheck Fairness Act, [...]

Afghanistan Women’s Struggle: Sitara Achakzai & Mary Wollstonecraft

Let women be Enlightened
Helen Irving
April 24, 2009
The assassination of a leading Afghan women’s rights activist, Sitara Achakzai, this month was yet another tragic reminder that equality between the sexes is far from accepted in the world today. Achakzai, who spent the years of Taliban rule in exile in Europe, returned to her country five years [...]

The holy war over Kathleen Sebelius – Los Angeles Times

The holy war over Kathleen Sebelius – Los Angeles Times
Catholic leaders’ threats to deny Communion to the Health and Human Services nominee have serious ramifications.
By TIM RUTTEN
April 25, 2009
When Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius this week vetoed another in the seemingly unending series of restrictive abortion bills her state’s Legislature churns out, it guaranteed that her [...]

National Women’s Law Center: Fair Pay Facts & Figures

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 : Equal Pay Day
Facts & Figures
Although the majority of Americans say that they are concerned about the economy, women are more likely than men to be worried and concerned about their economic prospects. Their concerns are certainly valid; women are far more likely to live in poverty than men, and the [...]

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson speaking at UConn 4/28/2009

Dear Readers,
I received this email today:
Dear Fellow UConn Community Members,
On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson will be speaking at
the Torrey Life Sciences Building, Room 154 at 6:00PM. Admission is free.
Rev. Peterson’s address, which will examine how Barack Obama drew on
racist feelings within the black community and defrauding the white
community, is a stop [...]

@UConn Take Back the night — starting tonight, 4/22/2009

The University of Connecticut’s Women’s Center would like to cordially invite you to attend the upcoming event Take Back the Night!
Take Back the Night is an annual international event, dedicated to raising awareness about sexual assault against women. The goal of Take Back the Night is to foster a supportive and safe environment for survivors [...]

April 28 : Equal Pay Day 2009

Equal Pay Day – Tuesday, April 28, 2009. What does that mean?
Do the math.
It takes a woman:
January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
+ January 1, 2009 through April 28, 2009
to earn what a man would earn in the calendar year 2008

Are you outraged?

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Films for Feminist Classrooms : NEW publication from Signs!!

This will be a great resource! Right now it is a new OAJ (open access journal) and hopefully it will remain available to all. Contains reviews of many of the best new films from documentaries to popular that might be used in a feminist classroom. Here’s part of the contents of Vol 1 issue [...]

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis
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Henry Giroux writes so strongly about how our financial markets are using our children to make their profits at the expense of the moral, ethical, and educational development of our future generations. I recommend you read his entire post and [...]