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		<title>Women Newsmakers in 2011</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/nine-top-stories-involving-women-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another year almost over, another few cents narrowing the wage gap. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that impacted or involved women in 2011: Reproductive rights under attack: Three days into the year we wrote, &#8220;Congressman John Boehner (R-Ohio) will become Speaker of the House Wednesday and women should pay attention. &#8230; In fact, he represents a significant threat to women’s reproductive rights.&#8221; And indeed 2011 saw some of the most aggressive attacks on women&#8217;s reproductive health. Ashley Portero at the International Business Times has a round up of the staggering number measures related to reproductive health introduced in 2011 including: H.R. 3 with its disturbing &#8220;forcible rape&#8221;  language (as if all rape isn&#8217;t forcible?) H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, or as some are called it, the Let Women Die Act. The Heartbeat Bill, which would ban abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat- before many women even know they are pregnant. Two fetuses were witnesses at an Ohio legislative committee contemplating this bill. And of course, the attack on Planned Parenthood. Rape and intimate partner violence a very real threat: Speaking of women&#8217;s health, in November the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released The National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Were Santa</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I were Santa, I&#8217;d be making my list and checking it twice. And here are the gifts I would give: For Our Daughters: The gift of self-esteem and positive role models The mass media perpetuates a message that women and girls’ value comes from beauty and sexuality – and it affects us. Sixty-five percent of women and girls have an eating disorder. Eighty percent of the op-ed pages are dominated by men. The number of women in senior management positions globally has gone from 24 to 20 percent from 2004 to 2009. For Corporate America: More women in leadership positions There is a large, and growing, body of research connecting women at the tops of organizations to a strong bottom line performance. However, women comprise 53 percent of new hires, but only 37 percent of managers, 26 percent of vice-presidents, and just 14 percent of executive committees. &#160; For Working Mothers: Flexible work arrangements &#8230; and a day of rest The life of a working mother is challenging. Flexible work arrangements give parents the ability to work more flexibly and better manage the challenges of work and family. For Working Families: Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ledbetter, Mikulski and Nine Others Join National Women&#8217;s Hall of Fame</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/ledbetter-mikulski-and-nine-others-join-national-womens-hall-of-fame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Lilly Ledbetter Lilly Ledbetter, the women who bravely fought against unequal pay, and Senator Barbara Mikulski, the longest  serving women in the Senate, were inducted into The National Women’s Hall of Fame today along with nine other remarkable women including civi rights activist Coretta Scott King and jazz singer Billie Holiday. The National Women&#8217;s Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of great American women.  Inductees are selected every two years based on their lasting contributions to society through the arts, athletics, business, education, government, humanities, philanthropy and science. The other honorees include: Saint Katherine Drexel, a missionary who helped Native Americans and African Americans Dorothy Harrison Eustus, who co-founded the country&#8217;s first dog guide school Dr. Loretta C. Ford, who co-founded the nurse practicioner model Abby Kelley Foster, a women&#8217;s rights and anti-slaverly leader Chemist Helen Murray Free, who co-developed dip-and-read diagnostic test strips Dr. Donna Shala, the longest serving Secretary of Health and Human Services Katherine Switzer, the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon. Thanks for the inspiration ladies. Here&#8217;s one of our favorite videos of Senator Mikulski in action:]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ways to Honor Betty Ford&#8217;s Legacy</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/07/three-ways-to-honor-betty-fords-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funeral services begin today for former First Lady Betty Ford who passed away Friday at the age of 93. Here are three ways we can honor Ford&#8217;s incredible legacy. 1. Support the Equal Rights Amendment. Ford was a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. She marched and rallied in support of the amendment which still has not been ratified. The Equal Rights Amendment was written in 1923 and took 49 years to pass Congress but it was never ratified because not enough states supported it and Congress sets a time limit for ratification. Last month Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Senator Robert Menendez re-introduced the Equal Rights Amendment. As Maloney said in a press release, “The Equal Rights Amendment is still needed because the only way for women to achieve permanent equality in the U.S. is to write it into the constitution.  Making women’s equality a constitutional right—after Congress passes and 38 states ratify the ERA—would place the United States on record, albeit more than 200 years late, that women are fully equal in the eyes of the law.” Urge your representatives to support the bill. 2. Support the Paycheck Fairness Act. Ford was also a supporter of equal pay, an issue she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Need the Paycheck Fairness Act</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/why-we-need-the-paycheck-fairness-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, at my second job post-college, my friend and coworker asked me to share my salary. I said no, but she persisted. We were both about to have salary reviews and she argued we had no way to benchmark our raises if we had no idea what others in the firm were getting paid. It made sense, so we snuck into the stairwell of our office building to swap data in secrecy &#8211;we were under the impression we could be fired for sharing our pay. It turns out she was paid $1000 more annually than me. So while in reality our salaries were practically the same, at the time it seemed like a big deal. She gloated. I pouted. And I vowed never to share salary information again – nothing good could come from it. Not true. A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) titled, “Pay Secrecy and Wage Discrimination,” discusses how pay transparency might reduce the gender wage gap. Today, women earn, on average, 23 percent less than men. And 40 percent of pay inequity can be attributed to pay discrimination.* But with approximately half of all workers in the United States contractually forbidden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Equal Pay Day, Let&#8217;s Try This Again</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/04/its-equal-pay-day-lets-try-this-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Equal Pay Day&#8230;.again. Equal Pay Day is the day we note women earn less than men for similar work. The day is always observed on a Tuesday in April because women would need to work a week plus two more days, or a year plus three more months, to earn what men earn. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, women earn, on average, just .78 cents for every dollar a man earns. And for women of color, the gap is much greater. The Equal Pay Act was signed in  1963 and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed in 2009. Clearly, they are not enough. If we don&#8217;t take action, the gap won&#8217;t close for thirty more years- and even then there are no guarantees. The good news today is that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand vowed to push for passage of  the Paycheck Fairness Act, along with Senator Mikulski. Gillibrand writes at the Huffington Post that the Paycheck Fairness Act, &#8220;would prohibit employers from retaliating against workers for sharing salary information with their co-workers. The legislation would also establish training groups to help women strengthen their negotiation skills, enforce equal pay laws for federal contractors, and require the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Gender Discrimination Suit Update</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/04/walmart-gender-discrimination-suit-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The class action gender discrimination suit against Walmart, which had been given a green light by a federal judge and a federal appeals court, could be losing steam in the Supreme Court. Lawyers for the plaintiffs must prove Walmart had an unlawful policy that led to the discrimination. The UPI explained the challenge they face in trying to prove the class has merit, “The basic claim in the suit is that Walmart maintains a common culture &#8212; &#8220;the Walmart Way&#8221; &#8212; to ensure uniformity in its 3,400 stores … but the corporate headquarters gives local store managers unlimited discretion to decide pay and promotions &#8212; resulting in lower pay and fewer promotions for women.” Many close to the case and present in the courtroom said the justices seem divided down gender lines with Justices Sotamayor, Ginsburg and Kagan revealing support for the case in their line of questioning. The St. Petersburg Times reported, “ Ginsburg, who made her legal reputation in sex-discrimination law, said WalMart&#8217;s experience shows how &#8220;gender bias can creep&#8221; into the workplace. It isn&#8217;t &#8220;at all complicated,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Most people prefer themselves. And so a decisionmaker, all other things being equal, would prefer someone who looked like him.&#8221; The case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Around the Web</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/03/news-from-around-the-web-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here&#8217;s a round up of news from affecting women from around the web. Bayer faces gender discrimation lawsuit from six women who claim the company discriminates when it comes to  wages, promotions and the treatment of pregnant women and mothers. The women are current and former employees of Bayer.  Like the Walmart case, this is a class action suit and the plaintiffs are seeking $100 million in damages. After consumers complained, Abercrombie Kids stopped marketing push-up, padded bikini tops for young girls. The popular retailer said on its Facebook page, &#8220;We&#8217;ve re-categorized the Ashley swimsuit as padded. We agree with those who say it is best &#8220;suited&#8221; for girls age 12 and older.&#8221; Didn&#8217;t anyone learn from Primark, the UK retailer that tried the same thing last year? Yesterday in Wakefield, Mass. a man shot and killed his wife bringing the number of domestic homicides in Massachusetts to nine this year. And from NBC News Chicago, a pro-life  organization is set to use President Obama&#8217;s image on a billboard in Chicago that reads, &#8220;Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.&#8221; The group, Life Always, are the same people behind the controversial billboards that appeared in New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Gender Discrimination Case: A Familiar Debate for Some Women</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/03/walmart-gender-discrimination-case-a-familiar-debate-for-some-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Walmart gender discrimination class action lawsuit. The case was sparked ten years ago by Betty Dukes, a 60 year old store greeter, and claims women at the giant retailer are paid less than men, have fewer  opportunities for promotion than  their male coworkers, and are poorly represented at the management levels of the organization. This case has also leveled accusations of  a work environment that included team meetings at Hooters and requests for women to &#8220;doll up.&#8221; Tomorrow&#8217;s hearings will not focus on whether WalMart discriminated against women. Rather the court will evaluate whether the women who have worked at WalMart have enough in common to be considered a class. The size of the class has been reported at 1.5 million women. Walmart lawyers have argued that the women have little in common except gender. Lawyers for the plaintiffs will be challenged to demonstrate Walmart had a a common policy that was discriminatory.  They have cited decentralized and discretionary employee evaluation policies as support for a commonality finding. Walmart has argued discretionary decision-making is not inherently discriminatory. It sounds like the lawyers will engage in debates not unsimilar to the debate working women occasionally  have &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexist Campaign Mailer Highlights Women&#8217;s Double Bind</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/03/sexist-campaign-mailer-highlights-womens-double-bind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Motherhood and marriage are assets to a woman’s career? We wondered about this back when Elena Kagan was a nominee for Supreme Court and her lack of children was used by opponents as a reason not to appoint her. It never felt that way to this working mother. Not nine years ago when we told our boss we were pregnant and she said we probably wouldn’t be able to hit our sales targets when we returned from maternity leave. Not when we were pregnant the next time and told a different boss. She said she was going to dock our bonus that year since we were planning to take ten weeks of maternity leave. Not when we interviewed for the next job and were asked by the president of the company, the HR director and another member of the management team, “So you’re looking to down shift your career, right?” Not when we were asked just several months ago, “How old are your kids? Are you sure you can handle this job?” Nor did we think motherhood was a career asset when we read about the effects of motherhood on the wage gap. But apparently, we were wrong. Because [...]]]></description>
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