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Should Professional Women Act More Like Men?

2010-04-08T08:13:00.004-04:00

After marginal progress made in board rooms and at the ballot box, is it wise strategy for women to go on acting "like a man" in order to get ahead? The American Prospect, by way of AlterNet says...

Applications Invited for McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs Program

2010-03-28T21:18:00.003-04:00

The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs Program provides funding to women with original ideas for new Web sites, mobile news services, or other entrepreneurial initiatives that offer interactive...

Navajo hospital teaches us all about humanistic and healthy birthing

2010-03-09T18:07:00.003-05:00

This article, from the NY Times earlier this week, is inspirational and should signal a turnaround in the assembly-line and callous way women are treated at this crucial juncture in their, their...

Women Experience Inequities at Every Career Stage, Even After Decades of Well-Intentioned Efforts

2010-02-25T10:37:00.003-05:00

Catalyst’s latest global report on MBA graduates shows that women lag behind men right from the first job NEW YORK (February 18, 2010) – Women lag behind men in both job level and salary starting...

The Gender Gap: 10 Surprising Stats on Women in the Workplace

2010-02-18T10:49:00.002-05:00

While there is no doubt that women have come a long way from the discrimination and struggles they faced in the previous century when it came to getting an education and finding a job, the sad...

Where Are All the Male Performers At?

2010-02-05T17:27:00.002-05:00

From our partners at New America Media: --> YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Young D & Sean Shavers, Posted: Feb 03, 2010 newstrust_icon =...

Michelle is immensely popular: more so than Barack and her 2 predecessors

2010-01-27T10:35:00.003-05:00

Another key study by the Pew Center, Michelle Obama's Strong Personal Image, this one shows how the first lady's popularity extends to just about all demographics, outpacing even her husband. Of...

Adventures in Multicultural Living: Little Brother's many older brothers - AnnArbor.com

2010-01-10T08:55:00.001-05:00

From IMDiversity.com Asian American Village Editor Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: At 10:00 pm every Friday night, Mr. Pao, the Administrator of Students, rings the bell for everyone to go home, and…nobody...

The Harried Life of the Working Mother

2010-01-08T17:04:00.004-05:00

The Pew Research center has come out with an in-depth look at the workplace revolution which has found that 66% of women with children 17 years or younger work out of the home. Begun with all those...

2009 Catalyst Census of the Fortune 500 Reveals Women Missing From Critical Business Leadership

2009-12-09T22:59:00.001-05:00

Corporate Boards and Top Executive Offices Fail to Mirror Marketplace and Talent Pool New York (December 9, 2009) – Companies are still lagging in appointing women to board seats and very few women...

Making Sense of the New Mammography Muddle

2009-11-21T07:49:00.002-05:00

Barbara Glickstein, women's health advocate and public health nurse, whom I've listened to for many years on public radio, makes some very cogent and comforting points here about the mammography...

On that great decision we women have to make: to have children or not

2009-11-10T08:12:00.005-05:00

As someone who has surrogate-mommed, gratifyingly in one experience, frustrated in another, but who has chosen not to have kids of my own, I found this article sensitive and its author objective...

The International Women’s Media Foundation Launches South Asia Iniative

2009-11-06T10:22:00.001-05:00

NOVEMBER 5, 2009 IWMF Launches New South Asia Initiative The International Women’s Media Foundation will bring together women journalists in December for the South Asia...

Military Coup Reverses Honduran Women’s Gains in Human Rights

2009-09-02T15:48:00.006-04:00

For those of you, Latinas and not, who have been following the radar-slipping deteriorating events surrounding the recent coup in Honduras, here's an article from the Women's Media Center that visits...

Women and the Afghan elections

2009-08-19T14:32:00.007-04:00

I'm on this group's listserve, having met a number of their representatives at an Islamic street fair in New York. For a further look at the heinous treatment of women that continues, and will keep...

My girl Toto's back in town

2009-08-10T11:13:00.005-04:00

It was great Friday night seeing Toto la Momposina and her merry Tambores at the Queens Theatre in the Park, and it’s been great to see the Queens Latino Cultural Festival back in the groove this...

White House Focuses on Violence Against Women

2009-07-10T06:51:00.002-04:00

The ever-vigilant The Women's Media Center reports on Lynn Rosenthal, the new White House advisor on violence against women.

Women Immigrants - The New Face of Migration

2009-07-09T06:47:00.001-04:00

New York: Community Meeting - Women Immigrants: The New Face of Migration Join Pollster Sergio Bendixen, New York's leading immigrants rights advocates and ethnic media as they discuss the role of...

Special Initiative: Women in Senior Leadership in Retail Management

2009-07-01T21:34:00.001-04:00

Women For Hire is working on a major initiative to support the advancement of women in senior retail management leadership roles throughout the country. This is a unique opportunity to share your...

Another first for a black American

2009-06-15T23:13:00.003-04:00

Here's the story of a woman on a stormy journey, but with amazing determination: America's first black woman rabbi.

Finally, the Magical World of Disney Is About to Include an African American Princess

2009-06-15T12:31:00.002-04:00

Thanks to the Women's Media Center for this one. by Rachell Arteaga Granted, it’s a fairy tale—the furthest thing from reality. But a wide audience of little girls is likely to take Tiana, the new...

New Catalyst Research Reveals Workplace Barriers for LGBT Employees

2009-06-07T19:53:00.001-04:00

LGBT employees report unique experiences of exclusion and echo similar workplace hurdles to women TORONTO (June 3, 2009) — Even in Canada, a country with legislated human rights protections for...

Poll Finds Women Immigrants Confront Many Barriers

2009-05-15T06:42:00.003-04:00

NEW AMERICA MEDIA RELEASES HISTORIC POLL DETAILING DEMOGRAPHICS, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF WOMEN IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON—New America Media (NAM) today released an historic poll...

Fooled Again

2009-05-03T23:30:00.008-04:00

With a feeling of YES I posted an article on our home page signaling that women had finally closed the pay gap with men--in government jobs. And now, much to my dismay, I must report that the...

Catalyst Honors 4 Initiatives with 2009 Awards

2009-04-09T14:34:00.001-04:00

Baxter, CH2M HILL, Gibbons, and KPMG Initiatives Honored With the 2009 Catalyst Award Award celebrates innovative initiatives that advance women and business NEW YORK – The 2009 Catalyst Award was...