November 30, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
This morning, I ran across a White House press release on a new STEM initiative the Obama administration is launching. According to the release, women and STEM are part of Obama’s three priorities for STEM education:
President Obama has identified three overarching priorities for STEM education: increasing STEM literacy so all students [...]
November 16, 2009 posted by admin
As the healthcare reform debate heats up following the House passage of the Affordable Health Care Act (HR 3962), several of NCRW Member Centers have launched innovative campaigns to ensure that women’s health needs and voices are not left out of any legislative action. Check out these campaigns from the [...]
November 16, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
As the economy dips, schools are tightening their belts. Unfortunately—but not surprisingly—a new fact sheet released by the National Women’s Law Center reveals that girls are bearing the brunt of budget cuts. According to the fact sheet,
In an effort to save money, state high school athletic associations in Delaware, [...]
Posted November 13, 2009 by Vivienne Heston-Demirel
Many of us are still reeling from the ambush of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that was sneaked into the House health care bill last Saturday. Women’s organizations and pro-choice advocates across the country are justifiably outraged over this latest attack on the right to privacy and reproductive choice. To read [...]
Posted November 13, 2009 by admin
Originally posted By Gloria Feldt* on November 12, 2009 as a WMC Exclusive
Democratic leaders have said that the turn-around on abortion contained in the House health-reform bill will not appear in the final version. The author, a Women’s Media Center board member and former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of [...]
