Planes are full and fares are rising. To add insult to travel injury, most U.S. airlines now charge passengers to check bags and ante up for soft drinks and snacks. Expect a summer of being nickel-and-dimed as fuel costs soar. Read More
Year: 2015
Keeping Our Girls Safe: Challenging Rape Culture on College Campuses
I was profoundly shaped by the women’s movement. I believe in equality between the sexes and understand all too well that it does not exist. I make my living working for an international organization that helps women and girls live Read More
Watch Brave Stories of Domestic Abuse – TED Talks
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury among women. And the abuse does not stop in the home. It follows women to work, threatening their productivity and safety, and the safety of their coworkers. Learn more about how domestic Read More
International Women’s Day: What is YOUR dream for women and girls?
More than 100 years ago, a woman named Clara Zetkin had a dream. Clara was the leader of the “Women’s Office” for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. At that time, women in most countries did not have the right Read More
Dating Abuse Happened to Me
Dating abuse can happen to anyone. Relationships that seem healthy and positive can quickly take a turn for the worse and before you know it, you could be in over your head. This is something that happened to me. A few Read More
Pay Equity May No Longer Be a Dream in California
For the last decade many of us have decried our inability to achieve true gender pay equity. Nationwide, women continue to earn 78% of what men do for comparable jobs. And in the last year, studies have shown dramatic gender-based Read More
Amnesty’s Misguided Resolution
On August 11 Amnesty International’s (AI) governing body adopted a resolution supporting the legalization of “consensual” sex work. You can read the press release regarding this decision here. Frankly, I’ve been a bit angry about it. I haven’t been a Read More
The Good, Bad and Ugly about FIFA Women’s World Cup
It was so exciting to see the U.S. Women’s National Team win the Women’s World Cup yesterday. I watched many Women’s World Cup (WWC) matches over the last few weeks (i.e., not just those involving the US) and noticed some Read More
Focus on Pay Equity, Not Work-Life Balance
Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times highlights another pay equity lawsuit–this one filed by women lawyers who had been working for Farmers Insurance. The lawsuit claims not only were they paid less than men (some of whom had less Read More
The Statue of Liberty and Women’s Suffrage
Today marks the 130th anniversary of the delivery of the Statue of Liberty to the United States. Elizabeth Mitchell wrote about the Statue of Liberty and its creator, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in her book, Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Read More