Tag Archives: Education

Young Pakistani advocate for girls’ rights shot by Taliban

By Samhita | Published: October 10, 2012
TweetBeing engaged as a young woman is something that should be encouraged, but in some places it’s still dangerous and could cost you your life. Tragedy, heroism and inspiration come together with this story of a 14-year old woman gunned down by members of the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating for young women’s rights. Her [...]
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Plan B comes to some New York City Public Schools

By Syreeta | Published: September 24, 2012
TweetNew York City’s Department of Education is launching a pilot program making the morning after pill available to high school aged girls. The CATCH (Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health) program will make emergency accessible for girls as young as 14 without parental consent. New York City’s public schools may be be the first in the [...]
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ACLU: Dividing classes by sex promotes harmful stereotypes

By Lori | Published: August 30, 2012
TweetA recent report by the ACLU confirms what many of us feminists/gender advocates/smart people might already suspect: that single-sex education programs, often based in ridiculous, unfounded, and outdated gender stereotypes, don’t help kids learn and in fact can be detrimental to their social and educational experience. According to the ACLU, administrators and educators are increasingly [...]
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Louisiana charter school totally illegally kicks out students for becoming pregnant

By Maya | Published: August 7, 2012
TweetYou know what is illegal? Suspending students for being pregnant. But apparently a school in Louisiana didn’t get the memo. My colleague Kate Sheppard at MoJo reports: A public charter school in Louisiana is getting national attention for requiring female students to take pregnancy tests if they are suspected of being pregnant and, if they [...]
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Infographic: Women of color in the United States

By Vanessa | Published: July 19, 2012
TweetBrought to us by the Center for American Progress, this infographic examines the state of women of color in four key areas: the workplace wage gap, health, educational attainment, and political leadership — taken from an issue brief they just released. CAP reports: Women of color have made incredible strides in educational attainment and in [...]
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