New AAUW Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything

Career planning and careers with equal pay for both genders becomes even more important as we learn from a new report titled A Woman's Nation Changes Everything that women are half of all U.S. workers and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. Read this ground-breaking report or the Executive Summary; both are available at http://awomansnation.com/

Women Executives Excell in Math and Science

Women executives with science degrees are now leading some of the world's largest companies.This year three women were awarded Nobel Prizes in science and one in the economic sciences, bringing the number of women who have been awarded the honor in the sciences to 16. the women who sit at the apex of corporate America armed with math and science degrees, to the four 2009 laureates--Elinor Ostrom (the first woman to win the prize for economic science), Ada E. Yonath in chemistry, and Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider in physiology/medicine (the first time two women shared a single Nobel science prize)--the message is clear: Women excel at science and math.A new article on forbes.com provides role models in pictures and brief summaries of female executives who came from science and math backgrounds.

Getting Girls Interested in Engineering Webinar

Project Lead The Way® (PLTW®) is joining forces with Engineer Your Life (EYL), to increase the participation of girls in Gateway To Technology® (GTT®) and HS engineering courses by offering a free webinar.

WEBINAR DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 4:00 pm EST, 1:00 pm PST
WHERE: To register, go to:
https://wgbh.webex.com/wgbh/onstage/g.php?d=666235096&t=a
EVENT PASSWORD (case sensitive): Engineer2009
HOSTED BY: PLTW and WGBH

EYL is a national campaign to showcase engineering as an exciting and rewarding career choice for high school girls. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of girls who are familiar with the EYL web site report engineering as their number 1 job choice. Join us for this one-hour webinar and you will receive the tools you need to increase your participation of girls in your program. If you can’t attend this webinar live, register and you will receive the links for the achieved webinar and free resources.

Nontraditional and STEM Careers by Career Cluster

Wondering how nontraditional and STEM Careers fit into Career Clusters and Pathways? Three handy and attractive Guides crosswalk nontraditional and STEM Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes across Cluster and Pathway. One Guide is for female nontraditional careers, one for male nontraditional careers, and one for STEM careers. These guides are based on the December 2008 Version of Table 3: CIP-Nontrad-Cluster-Pathway and developed by the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity. That table is one source for these crosswalks. The STEM-Related Career Cluster document created by the STEM Equity Pipeline Project, a National Science Foundation initiative, was the source for the STEM Nontraditional Careers by Career Cluster Guide. All three Guides were created by Lisa Matejka of Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support.

AAUW Reacts to New Census Data that Shows the Wage Gap is Stubbornly in Place

Lisa Maatz, AAUW's top policy adviser, issued the following statement in light of the income data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

"The government's new report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage shows that the wage gap between men and women working full time remains stubbornly in place. In 2007, the average woman made almost 78 cents for each dollar earned by her male counterpart. According to newly released 2008 figures, that number now stands at just over 77 cents for each dollar earned by a man. To learn more about AAUW's position on pay equity, visit: http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/actionpages/payequity.cfm

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

The National Center for Women in Information Technology announces the opening of awards for young women with outstanding achievements and aspirations in computing and technology. Each qualified National winner receives:

• $500 in cash
  
• a laptop computer, provided by Bank of America
  
• a trip to attend the Bank of America Technology Showcase and Awards Ceremony, held in Charlotte, North Carolina in March of 2010


• an engraved award for both the student and the student’s school

A generous grant from Motorola provides the support for Affiliate Awards in Illinois, Texas and Florida. High school girls should apply at www.ncwit.org/award.

New report addresses keeping Latinas in school and preparing them for college.

According to a new report issued by the National Women’s Law Center and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, forty-one percent of Latina students do not graduate with their class in four years—if they graduate at all. Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation, explores the causes of the dropout crisis for Latinas and identifies the actions needed to improve their graduation rates and get them ready for college.

Both the full report and the executive summary are available on the National Women’s Law Center’s Listening to Latinas webpage. Other resources available on the page include resources and information on Latina drop-out prevention for schools, and for local, state and federal policymakers.