by Mary Robbins, Program Assistant
National Women’s Law Center
There have been major advances for women in the workplace in the last three decades, but according to a study to be published in the Harvard Business Review in June, discrimination that is thought to be a thing of the past is very much alive and well in the science, engineering, and technology professions.
The AFL-CIO and Working America launched their “2008 Ask a Working Woman” survey for women to share concerns about issues such as equal pay.
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence launched a new website (via Feministe).
In a speech to the Urban League in Illinois, former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders spoke out against abstinence-only education and advocated for education programs that provided information about abstinence and contraception.
The Arizona Republic reports that the percentage of women coaching women’s college teams is approaching an all-time low at 43 percent.
In Canada, the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities approved selling emergency contraception over the counter.
On Thursday, bloggers wrote about human rights atrocities around the world as part of the Bloggers Unite for Human Rights event (via Feminist Law Professors).