We return this month with our series that recaps our favorite (or least favorite) moments in gender equity from news, media, and long reads all over the internet. You’ll see installments for This Month in Gender Equity one week each month. If you have ideas or contributions, leave a comment or tweet at us!
Read MoreCheck back here for twice-monthly updates from AEC! We will provide you with content about current events, tips and resources, and new strategies to try in your districts, schools, and classrooms. To view ongoing and past blog series, click on the links below.
If you are like me, you are trying to avoid a lot of the news around COVID-19 and the pandemic. This blog post, written on the heels of me learning that my state’s schools are closed for the rest of the academic year, deals not with the disease itself or the current state of affairs, but rather asks the question, “So, now what?”
Read MoreWe need to #stayhomestaysafe, but the last week brought us some good news. Much of it is thanks to the women leading us through this crisis. It may be some time before we return to some semblance of normal, or we may have to forge a new normal post-pandemic. Either way, women have and will continue to lead their constituents with sense, science, and grace.
Read MoreIt may be helpful to preface this week’s blog by saying that we recognize the value of very strict parameters around media consumption, particularly when most media these days is heavy. COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines and consume our days and our energies and while the consequences of the virus are devastating everywhere, they will be disastrous for women. There’s no getting around that. We so appreciate the readers here. But if this isn’t the best thing for your mind and heart right now, we appreciate that too. Be well. We’ll be here next week.
Read MoreWow, what a 2020 we are off to. I’d love to say something affirming or comforting here, but I, probably much like you, have eaten way too many of my quarantine snacks already, while frantically trying to design engaging lessons from afar, as I contemplate my mortality and also whether I really need more pretzels. We are in scary times. I hope that you are being safe, staying home, and are able to convince your older parents that, no, they don’t need to go to the gym today. But even if you are home, hopefully watching Netflix, practicing some self-care and saving the world by social distancing, that doesn’t mean that you have to give up on your quest to support women. Here is a list of some ideas to help you stay engaged in the fight while making safe choices for you and your family.
Read MoreOver the past two months, Ohio, Georgia, and Missouri have recently passed stricter versions of their own abortion bills – referred to popularly as “heartbeat bills” – which ban abortion after a heartbeat can be detected in a fetus (often at about six weeks and well before most women even know they are pregnant). Last Tuesday, Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion law. It bans all abortion except in the case of “serious” health risks to the mother. This law is explicitly positioned to be appealed, which would set it on a trajectory to be heard in the United States Supreme Court. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Representative Terry Collins, said, “The bill is about challenging Roe v. Wade.” While the Supreme Court can select the cases it hears in each session, the recent proliferation of abortion-related legislation increases the likelihood that one of these cases will reach the highest court in the land, on which a majority of conservative judges currently sit.
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