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The Institute for Women's Policy Research recently released Still A Man's Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap, A Report on the Wage Gap and its Implications for Women, Families, and the Labor Market. Data collected for the report, spanning fifteen years of research, shows that women earned 62 percent less than men, or only 38 cents for every dollar men earned, less than half of the conventional measure of the pay gap.
This new measure shows the costs over time for women and their families of the continued unequal division of family labor, with women making most of the adjustments of thier time in the labor market to perform family work.
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| Dear National Council for Research on Women, |
Have you heard? We received over 45 proposals for workshops and presentations for our upcoming Annual Conference at NYU. This year's conference is going to be more dynamic than ever and will feature an art exhibit entitled Women on War curated by the Women's Center for Ethics in Action at the University of New England. There will also be plenty of opportunities for you to share information, network, and learn about cutting edge research on women, gender, and girls. We will also release our latest publication-the 2007-2008 Member Center Year in Review which will provide a comprehensive overview of the activities, research, events, and happenings at your sister centers and organizations over the past year.
To be sure, you won't want to miss this conference. To register, please visit our website and download the form.
Until June,
C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Director of Research and Policy Initiatives |
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News from the Council |
6 Member Centers Receive Grant Awards to Increase Diversity and Support Women of Color
Six NCRW member centers were awarded grants from the Ford Foundation funded "Diversifying the Leadership" project: the Center for Research on Gender & Sexuality at San Francisco State; the Women's Studies Program at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon; the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management; the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts and the Southwest Women's Law Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Projects will begin later this month.
Nominate your Center for an NCRW Award
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
This year, the Council will be giving three Awards to recognize excellence among our member centers: the Member Center Award, the Policy-Advocacy Award, and the Research and Scholarship Award.
Past Outstanding Member Center Award recipients include the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan, the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon, the Feminist Press at the City University of New York, the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College.
Award winners will receive a travel stipend of up to $500.00 and a waiver of the registration fee to attend the NCRW Annual Conference in New York City.
For more information, please contact C. Nicole Mason at 212.785.7335 ext. 202 or nmason@ncrw.org.
NCRW Annual Conference
Hitting the Ground Running: Research, Activism and Leadership for a New Era
JUNE 5-7, 2008
Please join Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Chris Grumm, Chandra Mohanty, Marie Wilsonand other leading scholars, researchers, advocates, and policy makers from across various disciplines and fields June 5-7, 2008 at the Kimmel Center at NYU for our Annual Conference. Share information and resources; learn about cutting edge and emerging research on women, gender, and girls; and strategize about ways to work across communities and fields of study. Click here for the registration form. Take advantage of reduced fees for early registration and we hope to see you at the conference!!
Summit on Economic Justice for Women
"Bringing Together Research and Advocacy--from Local to Global--to Advance Economic Justice and Empowerment for Women"
April 11-12, 2008
Atlanta, Ga.
Conveners: NOW Foundation, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and the National Council of Negro Women
The 2008 Summit on Economic Justice for Women will integrate the perspectives of feminist grassroots activists, academics and educators, women's policy researchers, non-governmental organizations, social justice organizations, and labor, business, and government leaders, with the goal of strengthening the economic and political power of women as workers, business owners, caregivers, family providers, voters and leaders. |
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The Wellesley Centers for Women presents Adolescent Trauma and Implications for Learning and Academic Achievement with speakers Michelle V. Porche, Ed.D. and Lisa Fortuna, M.D. April 3, 2008, Wellesley, MA.
The Women & Politics institute at American University presents their annual Women and Political Leadership Research Conference EnGENDERING Theories of Difference and Commonality: Women and Political Leadership in an Era of Identity Politics. The conference will examine six broad areas of differences between women and the significance of those differences on women's access to and execution of positions of political leadership. April 11-12, 2008, Washington D.C.
The Michelle R. Clayman Insitute for Gender Research presents The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History through our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds with Marilyn Yalom. May 6, 2008, Stanford, CA.
The Beatrice Bain Research Group presents The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders with Kathy Davis, Associate Professor/Senior Researcher, Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC), Utrecht University, Amsterdam. April 2, 2008 Berkeley, CA.
The Babson Center for Women's Leadership presents Birthing the Elephant: The Woman's Go for It Guide to Starting a Business with author Sharon Feintuck. April 29, 2008, Babson Park, MA.
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute will premiere Nina's Journey, a film, inspired by the true story of one woman's struggle to escape the Nazi pogroms of World War II. April 3, 2008, Waltham, MA.
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