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The Push For Quotas For Women In Science

mlimber writes "The NYTimes has a story about how Congress has quietly begun to press for an equal number of women in the hard sciences and engineering under Title IX, which is best known for mandating numerical equality for boys' and girls' sports for institutions that accept federal funding. The problem is, the article says, it is not merely that women face discrimination from male colleagues, though that is often true, or that they are discouraged from pursuing these fields. Rather, women with aptitude in these areas often simply have other interests and so pursue their education and careers in other fields like law, education, or biology. Opponents of this plan, including many women in scientific fields, say implementing sex-based quotas will actually be detrimental because it will communicate that the women can't compete on even term

2008 L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science Awarded to Five Groundbreaking Researchers

Newswise — Today, Laurent Attal, President and CEO, L'Oréal USA, and Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences, honored the 2008 recipients of the esteemed L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women in Science at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. These women were recognized for conducting innovative and breakthrough research across a range of disciplines, including neuroscience, oceanography, and aerospace engineering. Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was also honored with the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Role Model Award, for raising awareness of the critical role that women play in the sciences.

University Hospitals Launches First Women's Robotic Surgery Program

University Hospitals MacDonald Women’s Hospital has established the region’s first robotic surgery program, expanding the use of minimally invasive techniques for more women. Hysterectomies, gynecologic cancer surgery and uterine fibroid removal are among the numerous women’s health surgical procedures that specialists at UH can perform using the state-of-the-art da Vinci Surgical System.

SCORE Starts Women's Success Blog at www.score.org

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" announces the new "SCORE Women's Success Blog" at the SCORE Web site, www.score.org. Four women SCORE leaders offer their insights, advice and fresh takes on issues facing women entrepreneurs across America. This is the first blog from SCORE at the national level. Comments and questions from blog visitors are welcome. The blog Web site address is http://womensblog.score.org.

SCORE Starts Women's Success Blog at www.score.org

WASHINGTON, July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" announces the new "SCORE Women's Success Blog" at the SCORE Web site, www.score.org. Four women SCORE leaders offer their insights, advice and fresh takes on issues facing women entrepreneurs across America. This is the first blog from SCORE at the national level. Comments and questions from blog visitors are welcome. The blog Web site address is http://womensblog.score.org.

Comment: No way up for women physicists

OVER the past few decades, while all fields of science have increased the proportion of women at faculty level, physics has remained the most unequal, with women accounting for only around 10 per cent of faculty members. Is this because women are innately incapable of succeeding in the field (and/or innately prefer other careers), or because they are being discriminated against at more junior levels?

Japanese DVD Program Teaches Confidence By Staring At Women For 96 Minutes

Continuing our weirdness from Japan theme, a company called Avex has just released a DVD that teaches men to be more confident by staring at 50 different women for an hour and a half. Most Japanese men do this already, but instead of the women being in various states of undress, these women are just plain staring back at you, right in the eye, in a sort of glowering manner.

SCORE Leader Sue Hartman of Rochester, N.Y., Sponsors New SCORE Women's Web Site

WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" thanks Susan E. Hartman of Rochester, N.Y., for her generous donation to underwrite the new, SCORE Women's Web Site at www.score.org/women. The Web site provides interactive tools and comprehensive resources to help women entrepreneurs live their dreams of business success. Sue's contribution to SCORE through The SCORE Foundation makes this Web site possible.

Entertainment/Arts: Women dominate fiction The finalists in the fiction and poetry categories of the Montana NZ Book Awards are all women, a reversal of 2007

The finalists of the Montana New Zealand Book Award have been named - and the fiction writers in the running are all women.

Women's Super 4's Squads Named

The National Women’s selectors have announced the four squads that will participate in the Women’s Super 4’s tournament in Potchefstroom on 26 and 27 July. The squads have been selected from the Affiliates and three other Associate members of Cricket South Africa, only Kei and Mpumalanga Unions did not provide any players.

Women's Cricket World Cup planning begins

The South African Women’s Cricket squad will commence preparations for next year’s ICC Women’s World Cup in Australia with a training camp at the High Performance Centre from Friday, 23-25 May.

Women cricketers prepare for battle

The South African women’s cricket team has lined-up international matches against Ireland and England in preparation for the International Cricket Council Women’s World Cup in Australia next year.

Women's Volleyball Spiked to North America

June 13, 2008 - Agetec, Inc. today announced its upcoming game, Women's Volleyball Championship, for the Sony PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Women's Volleyball, which features six venues from around the world, will be released in August 2008, and promises to be the most accurate representation of the sport ever presented on a gaming console.

Women's underwear needed in fight for democracy in Myanmar

Burmese activist Thet Thet Tun responds to a question during a new conference launching the Panties for Peace campaign in support of the women of Burma Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Montreal. The campaign plays on the Burmese regime leaders' supersitious fear that contact with a woman's underpants will rob them of their power. In the background is Michele Asselin, president of the Quebec Women' Federation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

England Women Name Squad For Start Of Summer

Anya Shrubsole is the only uncapped player in the 15-player squad announced by the England women’s selectors for the forthcoming programme against the West Indies as well as two NatWest Women’s Series against South Africa and India.

Experian Consumer Research Study Shows That Men Are No Longer the Video Game Industry's Main Consumer as Women and Other New and Diverse Consumer Segments Join Ranks

Video game usage is on the rise, now attracting a larger and more diverse audience of both men and women. While the "hard core" gamers still tend to be younger men, many women and people of a wider age range now make up the large percentage of gamers who partake in casual video gaming, which includes online puzzles, cards, and word games. This new trend in video game appeal means companies can reach more segments of the population by marketing through video games.

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U.S. lawmakers seek to ban 401(k) debit cards

2008 Women to Watch nominations open Business Insurance will publish its third annual "Women to Watch" report in the Dec. 1, 2008, issue of the magazine and invites readers to nominate outstanding women working in insurance, risk management and employee benefits worldwide. Download the 2008 nomination form.

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