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Women Lawyers Still Fighting for Equity

By Vaishalee Mishra ● Uncategorized ● July 19, 2001

Women lawyers earn less than men, lack access to crucial informal networks and influential clients, lag far behind men in appointments to firm partnerships and find their professional commitment questioned when they try to balance career and family.

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Women of Color Execs Reveal Their Strategies

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● July 8, 2001

Successful women of color executives need to seek out mentors, develop an instinct for opportunities, tap their personal resilience and pick their battles to move up the corporate ladder. And remember: The higher they go, the whiter it gets.

Women’s Appointments Plummet Under Bush

By Marie Tessier ● Uncategorized ● July 1, 2001

Though initial appointments appeared diverse, three-quarters of Bush’s later nominees have been men, and four of every five appointees are white. Leaders of women’s organizations say they have been shut out of the process.

Seven Women in House Vote Yes on Global Gag Rule

By Womens Enews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● May 19, 2001

25 Top Web Women Honored as Movers, Shapers

By Nancy Schaadt ● Uncategorized ● May 17, 2001

Awards abound for Internet and technology achievements, but virtually all of the recipients are of a single gender. Now a San Francisco high-tech group has honored 25 women nationwide for their work as inventors, mentors and much more.

Oregon to Women on Welfare: Dumpster Dive

By no-author ● Arts & Culture ● May 5, 2001

Puerto Rico’s Woman Governor Takes on U.S. Navy

By Caryn Nesmith ● Politics ● April 22, 2001

Sila Calderon, Puerto Rico’s first woman governor, is demanding the U.S. Navy immediately abandon its bombing range on Vieques. Her passion and determination have put her on a collision course with Washington. A showdown is expected this week.

Equal Rights Amendment Introduced in Congress

By Chris Lombardi ● Commentary ● April 8, 2001

Eighty years after the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced, Carolyn Maloney, the leader of the women’s caucus in the House is trying once again to gather the necessary congressional support for a constitutional guarantee of women’s rights.

When Women Run Newsrooms, Women Are in the News

By Laurence Pantin ● Uncategorized ● April 6, 2001

From Wichita Falls, Tex., to the island of Malta in the Mediterranean, from Bangladesh to Buenos Aires, women edited print and broadcast media for one day or one week in an U.N. initiative to demonstrate what happens when Women Rule the News.

Educators Urge End to Classroom ‘Gender Wars’

By Sarah Stewart Taylor ● Politics ● April 5, 2001

It’s time to stress what girls and boys have in common in the classroom, not what divides them, researchers say. They’re dismayed their work is cast as a battle of the sexes and call for more research on ethnic, socioeconomic and racial differences.