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WGF Addresses State Education Cuts
Superintendents, teachers unions, education advocacy groups, parents, and youth outreach programs gave testimony to the House Democratic Policy Committee in the Green Tree Municipal Center on October 21, 2011 about how a loss in state funding to education has impacted the schools — and people — in their districts. Click Here for Full Article Click…
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School Officials Testify Against Budget Cuts
A dozen school administrators, teachers, parents and representatives of nonprofit groups shared their perspectives at Friday’s Pennsylvania State House Democratic Policy Committee hearings in Green Tree. Clike Here for Full Article
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High School Girls Learn the Ropes in Harrisburg
Essential Public Radio 10/19/2011 Southwestern Pennsylvania High School Girls Learn the Ropes in Harrisburg BY 100 girls from Allegheny, Washington, Green, and Fayette counties spent Tuesday at the state capitol, shadowing lawmakers from their home districts. It’s part of the second annual GirlGov effort aimed at attracting more Pennsylvania women to … … and a…
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High school girls get a look at how state government works
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 10/19/2011 High school girls get a look at how state government works BY One hundred high school students from the region spent Tuesday with 50 state legislators as part of the Women and Girls Foundation’s GirlGov program. The South Side-based foundation started the program in 2009 to give local teens a chance…
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M.J. Tocci Wins Athena Award
Essential Public Radio 9/20/2011 Negotiation Advocate Wins Athena Award BY Attendance for the Athena Award Luncheon was at a record high Monday as two outstanding female leaders in the Pittsburgh community were honored. Barbara McNees, President of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, said this is Pittsburgh’s 21st … … everyone in their lives but…
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100 teen women on their way to Harrisburg
100 High School Students to Shadow State Legislators in Harrisburg Tuesday as part of Women and Girls Foundation’s GirlGov program Read the GirlGov Media Alert for more details.
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Heather Arnet on TV Women and ‘Mad Men’
After being asked her opinion on how current dramas reflect on women, Arnet offered that Grey’s Anatomy has complex and non-stereotypical representations of women in the workplace who are all different from one another. … Arnet also thinks Mad Men has done brilliant and honest work on gender politics. Instead of romanticizing the sexism of the 1950s and 1960s, the…
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Senate Bill being called dangerous to women's health and rights
See WGF grantee New Voices Pittsburgh at the “We’ve Had Enough Rally” on CBS News 21 Senate Bill being called dangerous to women’s health and rights
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PA redistricting panel urged to consider gender
A panel charged with redrawing Pennsylvania’s legislative map was urged at a public hearing Wednesday to consider the impact of its revisions on the number of women serving in the state Capitol.
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Women with Assets Demand Inclusive Company Boards
Women may be only 15 percent of corporate boards on Fortune 500 companies, despite what we’ve known for a long time: Women make 85 percent of the purchasing decisions about the products and services offered by those companies…