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The Programs and Practices That Work: Preparing Students for Nontraditional Careers project aims to recognize local and state educational agencies or schools across the country that have implemented effective programs and practices for improving student access to and success in pursuing training for careers that are nontraditional for their gender. NWLC is inviting applications from programs and schools across the country that have implemented programs and practices "that work." Applications are due Oct. 31, 2009. Get more information and download an application.

Although women continue to face inequalities in salary, prospects for female scientists and engineers at major research universities have improved.  Read more here:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/science/03discrim.html?emc=eta1

Big, as a business model at many of New York's corporate law firms, seems bound for obsolescence. Click to read more about how major law firms are cutting back due to the recession...http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/nyregion/07law.html?emc=eta1

A recent National Science Foundation study on the supports and barriers females face in science and math education found that early in the educational process instilling self-confidence in girls can be more important than their actual interest levels.  Click on this link to read more...  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080905153807.htm 

(Science Daily)

Field trips, TV shows and other extracurricular activities may vastly improve students' understanding of science, according to a new report by a committee of the National Research Council. "Contrary to the pervasive idea that schools are responsible for addressing the scientific knowledge needs of society, the reality is that schools cannot act alone," the report states. "Society must better understand and draw on the full range of science learning experiences to improve science education."  Read more...  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114114934.htm

by Linda Hirshman

Looks like the Obama administration is finally remembering who most of its voters were: women. During the early rollout of the Obama jobs program, all the talk was of roads, bridges, and alternative fuel. And as many people quickly noticed, that plan might as well have had the old boys' club sign posted to it: NO GIRLS ALLOWED.  Read more...  http://www.slate.com/id/2208521/

In 2007, women who were full-time wage and salary workers
had median weekly earnings of $614, or about 80 percent of
the $766 median for their male counterparts. This ratio has
grown since 1979 (the fi rst year for which comparable earnings
data are available), when women earned about 62 percent as much
as men. (See chart 1 and tables 1 and 12.)

This report presents earnings data from the Current Population
Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000
households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information on earnings is collected
from one-fourth of the CPS sample each month. Readers should
note that the comparisons of earnings in this report are on a broad
level and do not control for many factors that can be signifi cant
in explaining earnings differences. For a detailed description of
the source of the data and an explanation of the concepts and
definitions used, see the accompanying technical note.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2007.pdf