Mom’s Financial Security</h1> <article> <h1>Mom’s Financial Security</h1> <p>davekirkwood — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:47:16 +0000</p> Mothers devote much of their lives to our well-being. If your mother is retired or nearing retirement, how much do you know about her financial security? Initiating a conversation on this topic may be difficult and can appear intrusive. But just as working women recognize the existence of the pay gap, women in retirement are [...] </article> <article> <h1>Pregnancy Discrimination Today</h1> <p>hollykearl — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:33:07 +0000</p> When my grandmother became pregnant with my mother, her first child, she was fired from her job. My grandfather was still in college and they had no other income, so they scrimped and borrowed from relatives to get by. After my mother was born, my grandmother looked for a new job because she had been [...] </article> <article> <h1>Sexist Slurs Permissible?</h1> <p>hollykearl — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:10:54 +0000</p> AAUW is concerned about sexual harassment issues on campus, and in February we posted a blog entry about an incident at Yale University where pledge members of the Zeta Psi fraternity held a sign that said “We Love Yale Sluts” outside the university’s Women’s Center. This stunt was part of a scavenger hunt required to [...] </article> <article> <h1>Equity in the News</h1> <p>lizbolton — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:25:15 +0000</p> Equity in the News from April 23 – May 3, 2008 Fox news segment on Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act vote and pay equity. Segment features Lilly Ledbetter, Lisa Maatz of AAUW, and others. When clerics, ministers and businessmen gathered at a forum in Riyadh last month to discuss women in the workplace, there were no women [...] </article> <article> <h1>Cinco de Mayo</h1> <p>christyjones — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:29:41 +0000</p> Ethnicity is an interesting topic of discussion, whether you’re comparing presidential candidates, having a heated debate about immigration policies or making dinner table conversation with people you’re meeting for the first time. For example, my English/Irish heritage seems obvious from my appearance, and yet Spanish was my first language. And speaking of Spanish, one holiday that [...] </article> </main></body></html>