American Association of University Women – Two Minute Activist

American Association of University Women – Two Minute Activist.

An Attack on Reproductive Health Care: The New Domestic Gag Rule

On Saturday night, the House passed the largest health care overhaul bill in 40 years.  Many of AAUW’s key priorities were included in the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), including coverage for maternity care, [...]

American Nuns Under the Vatican Microscope | Religion & Theology | ReligionDispatches

American Nuns Under the Vatican Microscope | Religion & Theology | ReligionDispatches
The Vatican is investigating US Women religious, concerned that nuns are not in line on issues like same-sex love, women’s priestly ministry, and interreligious dialogue. But this time they’ve gone too far.
The Vatican is up to its old tricks, investigating US women religious. Its [...]

Contexts Crawler » the motherhood penalty

Yesterday The Examiner ran a story on an article published in the  American Journal of Sociology – and winner of the 2008 Kanter Award Winner for Excellence in Work-Family Research - about the ‘motherhood penalty’:  the pattern demonstrating that working mothers make less than women without children. The study, authored by Shelley J. Correll of Stanford University, Stephen J. Benard, [...]

New NBER Research study: What is needed to increase the number of female students in fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)? Hire more Women Profs.

Thanks to Carol, a friend who is both a feminist and a physicist, for alerting me to these related articles on the needs and issues faced by female students entering STEM fields.
The first artcle is from the daily Web publication Slate which is owned by The Washington Post Company.
A Formula for Success : Want more [...]

Race and Recession Report from the Applied Research Center

A new report on the impact of economic recessions on people of color has just been released by the Applied Research Center. Find the Executive Summary and full report at http://www.arc.org/content/view/726/36/
They have gathered and compared data from the past 6 periods of recession (since 1972) and compared levels of wealth from 1992 to current depending [...]

freedomhouse.org: Women’s Rights Survey

Freedom House has been in existence since 1941. They looks at many aspects of freedom around the globe. This study of Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA) is set to be completed by fall of 2009. Statistics so far are very telling.
“It is vital that MENA countries more urgently recognize [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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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