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April 12, 2011 | Ellen Bravo |
Economy
What It Will Take to Get to Equal Pay
Today is Equal Pay Day. April 12 symbolizes how far into 2011 women must work to earn what men earned in 2010 in the United States. Here, activist and author Ellen Bravo explains what is at stake.
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Women and Work—A Tapestry of Our Lives
This week the labor movement honored Dr. Martin Luther King, who died on April 4 defending workers in Memphis, with a National Day of Action for Worker's Rights. Here writer and WMC Progressive Women's Voices alumna Alida Brill reflects on our history.
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Remembering Gerry and the Courage of Her Convictions
Author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin here gives us a close friend's portrait of Geraldine Ferraro.
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March 28, 2011 | Kate Farrar, Susannah Shakow |
Disability,
Education,
Politics,
WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Women Missing from the Campus Ballot
The way colleagues and commentators are remembering Geraldine Ferraro this week shows the extraordinary importance of seeing women in leadership roles. Kate Farrar of AAUW and Susannah Shakow of Running Start here point to a critical stepping stone for women aspiring to political office.
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"Made in India": Outsourcing Surrogate Motherhood
Without judging the parties involved, two Brooklyn documentarians present an award winning story of those most vulnerable in what has become a global industry.
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A Gendered Lens—Literal and Metaphoric
Photography exhibits on both coasts—one massive, the other showcasing one artist's vision—both reveal the quality of women's insights that shed light on our times.
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Female Faces from the Liberation Square
As Egypt prepares for a referendum on Constitutional amendments—one that was scheduled for Saturday but may be delayed in the face of significant opposition from young organizers among others—the author, an expert on Egyptian women and development, reflects on the youthful leaders of the revolution.
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March 11, 2011 | Kate McCormack |
Economy
Wisconsin Budget Battle Targets Women and People of Color
It's not the first time budget cutters have manipulated stereotypes to scapegoat groups of women, as freelance writer and Wisconsin native Kate McCormack explains.
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Celebrating International Women's Day: Reflections from Natalie Portman, Maya Angelou
For the centenary of International Women's Day this week, Marianne Schnall samples assessments from a wide range of women on where we stand around the world.
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In Zimbabwe: She Won't Be Stopped
The focus of the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women this year, in annual meetings ending today, is to promote women’s and girls’ access to education, training, science and technology. Here is one woman’s story.
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Defense of Marriage Act—Obama Changes His Mind
While the president still is reportedly struggling with the issue of gay marriage personally, the author explores the legal and political ramifications of his decision that DOMA violates the constitution.
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Getting Real About Reel Employment
Hollywood bigwigs don't want to hear it, but Martha Lauzen's figures do not lie: a few high-profile successes, however welcome, belie the stagnant status of women in the film industry. Here she suggests strategies for change.
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Lingering Inequity in the Arts—A Comedic Take
In a new play in San Francisco, Theresa Rebeck explores workplace reality where a woman's good work may reward no one.
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Rape Myths Persist—Reactions to the Assault on Lara Logan
Even after decades of public discourse about the nature of sexual assault, rape is still misunderstood. Here, clinical psychologist Sheela Raja writes that it's past time to put the myths to rest.
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"In Cairo: A Birth" a Poem by Egyptian Feminist Writer Mona Helmy
Egyptian feminist writer Mona Helmy celebrates a fragile beginning of life in her poem, transliterated by Robin Morgan.
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Celebrating Reel Women: The First Annual Athena Film Festival
Two advocates for women in film launch a cultural institution in New York City.
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From Tahrir Square: The City in the Field
Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi embraces a younger generation determined to achieve the revolutionary goals to which she and others have devoted their lives.
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Super Bowl Goal: Stop Girls from Being Bought and Sold
Hidden from view during America's most-watched TV spectacle, thousands of girls are being exploited. The Women's Funding Network and other advocates are focusing a national spotlight on the plague o...
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January 27, 2011 | Shelby Knox |
Economy,
Environment,
Feminism,
Health,
Immigration,
LGBTQIA,
Politics,
Violence against women
An Obama Report Card: State of the Union for Women and Children
In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address, the WMC looks at his record on a series of essential issues. Overall grade? Pass, but with ample room for improvement.
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January 21, 2011
Violent Rhetoric Has Consequences—Just Ask Abortion Providers
With the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that affirms women's right to choose abortion, approaching tomorrow, National Abortion Federation President Vicki Saporta calls civil dialogue a national responsibility.
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Giffords Tragedy: What’s the Message to Young Women?
When an angry young man aimed his semiautomatic handgun at Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson Safeway store on Saturday, he didn’t just critically wound her and kill or wound 19 others. He fired a shot through the heart of American democracy.
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In Chile, a Spiritual Space for Activism
Women who formed the backbone of the antipoverty and human rights work of liberation theology in Latin America have organized for women's empowerment for decades.
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December 17, 2010 | Peggy Simpson |
International
Micro-lender Fonkoze to the Rescue in Haiti
A micro-credit program and banking system for more than 200,000 women in Haiti has come to the rescue of the overall economy in the wake of the devastating earthquake. At a time when Haitian commercial banks remain closed, Fonkoze, the Haitian branch of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, mobilized over the weekend to get funds to its members in rural towns as well as Port-au-Prince.
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November 30, 2010 | Linda Hallman |
Economy
Batgirl and Other Fair Pay Heroes
While the Senate recently bungled its chance to advance paycheck fairness, gender pay equality has impressive champions ready to join the battle again, as AAUW's executive director Linda D. Hallman explains.
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November 23, 2010 | Valerie Plame Wilson |
Politics
Arms Treaty Must Not Be Derailed
Author and former covert CIA operations officer Valerie Plame Wilson, whose career protecting national security is depicted in the new movie "Fair Game," issues an urgent plea to the Senate to ratify the New START treaty without delay.