Tag Archives: gender equity

Women’s Equality Day Is Here Again. Where Are You?

By Linda | August 26, 2013

Today is Women’s Equality Day. Again. You forgot? Never knew? Join the crowd. Why this day?  The end of summer?  Women’s suffrage.  Passage of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution.  And what have we done with that vote? 
Not to be forgotten, Congresswoman Bella Abzug sponsored legislation in 1971 giving our president [...]

Posted in Adventures in Advocacy, Women at Work | Also tagged women's rights | 2 Comments

Creating New Policies and Procedures Can Be Harmful to Achieving Gender Equity

By Linda | March 16, 2012

Shared non-news item:  A prominent and very large healthcare system that recently paid out a large sum of money for gender discrimination and a hostile work environment has produced new policies and procedures regarding such behavior.  Step in the right direction? The old policies were pulled out and when compared to the new ones, little [...]

Posted in Adventures in Advocacy, On the Job, Women at Work | Also tagged policies and procedures | 3 Comments
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