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Maria Shriver, Ed -- The Shriver Report: a Woman’s Nation (2009 and 2014)  

6/25/2015

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Maria Shriver sponsored several reports on women. The first is subtitled “A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything” and the second “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink.”

They both document the most significant societal trends and transformations in American life and the impact they have on women. For example, the rates of financial insecurity among American women and the children who depend on them.


They are full of short, pithy, authoritative snapshots of some aspect of women's lives.

The reports are now the foundation for a social action initiative called the Shriver Corps. There are documentaries deriving from the reports. It is a wonderful example of someone like Maria Shriver turning her formidable visibility and resources into a cause.

http://shriverreport.org/



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Beyond Bias and Barriers:  Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering(2007)

6/25/2015

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A report prepared by the National Academies of Science and Engineering, particularly Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering

A classic policy report: women face barriers to success in every field of science and engineering; obstacles that deprive the country of an important source of talent. Without a transformation of academic institutions to tackle such barriers, the future vitality of the U.S. research base and economy are in jeopardy.

OLD POLICY REPORTS??

You might say, this is old. The findings are still valid. The report raised awareness of significant related research on discrimination and the status of women. It provided an authoritative, quotable source. Does a policy report change policy? It was a major brick.


http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11741/beyond-bias-and-barriers-fulfilling-the-potential-of-women-in

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AAUW --Tenure Denied: Cases of Sex Discrimination in Academia (2004)

6/25/2015

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This report examines sex discrimination cases supported by the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund during the previous 20 years and concludes with recommendations aimed at preventing future incidents of sex discrimination for female faculty and for higher education institutions.

AGAIN, WHY THIS?

Because it describes my generation. Blow by blow. The struggle for access to jobs, dignity and respect. Very depressing reading, but it’s like holocaust stories: people’s souls died here.

http://history.aauw.org/aauw-research/2004-tenure-denied



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AAUW -- Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing (2015)

6/25/2015

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The report asks why there are still so few women in the critical fields of engineering and computing — and explains what we can do to make these fields open to and desirable for all employees.

More than ever before, girls are studying and excelling in science and mathematics. Yet the dramatic increase in girls’ educational achievements in scientific and mathematical subjects has not been matched by similar increases in the representation of women working as engineers and computing professionals. Just 12 percent of engineers are women, and the number of women in computing has fallen from 35 percent in 1990 to just 26 percent today.


http://www.aauw.org/research/solving-the-equation/


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AAUW -- Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2010)

6/25/2015

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In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law, and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? AAUW presents compelling evidence that can help to explain this puzzle. The report presents in-depth yet accessible profiles of eight key research findings that point to environmental and social barriers — including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities — that continue to block women’s progress in STEM. The report also includes up-to-date statistics on girls’ and women’s achievement and participation in these areas and offers new ideas for what each of us can do to more fully open scientific and engineering fields to girls and women.

http://www.aauw.org/research/why-so-few/


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Monthly update on status of women

6/24/2015

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The Institute for Women's Policy Research puts out a monthly email called  RESEARCH NEWS ROUND-UP  summarizing new research on women’s issues and areas of interest to women and their families. You get the summary and the citation, with a link to a full paper. See more at: http://www.iwpr.org/publications/newsletters 

To get this, you need to JOIN IWPR. It's a subscription. 


IF you are writing on this topic and want to stay current, this is a good source.
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Status of Women in the States 2015

6/24/2015

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The Status of Women in the States, a project of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) since 1996, provides new and updated data and trend analysis on women’s economic, social, and political progress in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States overall.

It was released in Spring 2015. The reports include: Employment & Earnings, Poverty & Opportunity, Work & Family, Violence & Safety, Reproductive Rights, Health & Well-Being, and Political Participation.

You can look at the whole country on one indicator, or full profiles of individual states.

 http://statusofwomendata.org/publications/2015-national-report/

also  http://www.iwpr.org/


WHAT'S IT GOOD FOR?

When you see politicians from certain states talk about controlling access to birth control, denying higher minimum wages, and generally denying better work conditions for women, poverty, pregnancy rates -- LOOK UP THAT STATE and send some data to that politician. Keep them honest. The worst states for women are the poorest, most restrictive, and -- ahem -- tend to be Red and Southern.


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