we are women

October 2009, a remarkable number of events, studies and statistics to come out and the progress women have made (and still has not) in the past few decades, a wide range of social parity with men. Overall, the good news is that women have achieved some impressive gains over the past 50 to 60 years in the social and legal equality, including employment, education and social services.

An entertaining and informative new resource detailing the steps of the women in these areas is the new book, Gail Collins, columnist for the New York Times and will be the first female editorial page editor of Times: When everything changed: ‘The Amazing Journey American women in 1960 from that present ‘. Collins, who is touting her new book all lunches on the New York Public Library, The Colbert Report, funny anecdotes illustrate how much has changed for women, beginning with the story of a hapless New York woman, who in the 1960s was thrown out of court traffic tries to pay parking ticket in a skirt instead of trousers. Collins reminds us that not so long ago, some states were not allowed women to credit, work outside of ‘women-proper’ job, participate in the jury, or even an airplane to fly. But in 1972 everything changed – at least legally – the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments, the approval of the Equal Rights Amendment in Congress and the Supreme Court decision supporting the right to unmarried people to use contraceptives. Of course, then started the long road to changing social attitudes towards women, which even today.

Maria Shriver at the end of October, in partnership with the Center for American Progress launched, ‘the report Shriver’ – a kind of status report on the situation of women in American society. This includes the statistical surveys and research all of today’s gender pay gap is the high rate of female labor in America. The research has some surprising discoveries:

• Since the recession began in December 2007, men accounted for three out of every four jobs (73.6%).

• Women now, for the first time, make up half (49.9%) of all staff employed in the U.S. while the third is the labor force in 1969, only a generation ago.

• Approximately 4 10 mothers (39.3%), primary breadwinners, bring home most of the family income, and nearly two-thirds (62.8%) of the breadwinners or co-breadwinners, so at home at least a quarter of the family income. And yet, women continue to be paid 23 cents less than men for every dollar earned in the economy.

• 52% of women receive a high school diploma, 62% of associate’s degrees, 57% of Bachelor’s degrees, and 50% of doctoral degrees and professional degrees.

Such a detailed study has not been around 50 years ago that John F. President Kennedy, Shriver’s uncle, said Eleanor Roosevelt, the first chair of the Commission on the Status of American women. To publish a year-long investigation by Time Magazine and NBC News have joined the partnership, each characteristic long coverage of the report and profiles of remarkable women. The cover of Time Magazine’s October 26, 2009 issue ‘The American Woman’ and NBC made the women at the heart of programming a week.

Ultimately, the take-away message of the report, although the role of women has changed dramatically over the past 50 years, the social institutions have not kept pace. The schools will continue to let children before the end of the day, and almost three months every summer, although both parents in most families work. The doctors and dentists offices are rarely open on weekends to accommodate the needs of the family despite the fact that the national culture, where the business is open 24 / 7 Quality, affordable child care in short supply, and every family with children to juggle the needs of the personal needs of their children, employers, some help from the government or the company.

‘Men and women agree that the public and operators of touch with reality, how big families live and work today. Their families a more flexible work schedules, a comprehensive child policy, a redesigned family and medical leave and equal pay, ’said Shriver. In addition to the statistical report of the meat Shriver crisscrossed the country to collect interview people, to show the personal level, what the data show. The girl and the Center for American Progress, concluded that the country is a major turning point in our nation’s social and economic history, and we hope to provoke a national debate on the report where to go from here.

Capping off the month was the wildly popular women’s annual conference in 2009 in California, founded and hosted by Maria Shriver. In recent years, interest in the conference set a record 25,000 tickets to this year’s two-day event selling out in only two hours in July. Shriver asks a variety of luminaries such as Madeleine Albright stateswoman, Olympian Dara Torres, photographer Annie Leibovitz and child-kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart to speak, teach and inspire the participants. The participants of the conference was even bigger success than in recent years.

Events in October 2009 was the month it seems, is the same as a celebration of women and the achievements of recent decades. It is also clear, however, major challenges still women socially, professionally, economically and personally. Of course, if the rate of change over the last five years continues, it is interesting to examine whether the American woman for nearly 50 years.

If you have recently picked up a copy of Redbook, and grabbed the latest Halle Berry movie, you know, it’s possible to look good after 40 years of age. You may have even heard of the saying, ‘40 the new 30.’ Well, as long as it is possible to maintain a light and youthful joie de vivre that belies the years, women over 40 is a unique health issues that can not be ignored in favor of airbrushing and makeup tips. Middle age is its own unique medical concerns.

The heart of the leading causes of death among women over the 40th This statistic alone, more than enough reason to regularly visit your doctor, or your cardiologist heart health, especially if high-risk lifestyle or a family history of heart disease. You can reduce the susceptibility to heart disease, while maintaining an active lifestyle, stop smoking, reduce stress and researching alternative birth control measures.

Women of all ages should perform regular breast self-examinations, but if a woman is more than 40 mammograms per year to be part of routine preventive health care. Breast cancer is a terrible disease, and early detection increases treatment options and the chance of success. The National Cancer Institute estimates that 1 in 7 women will have breast cancer at some point, and do not let this terrible disaster to more power than I have.

In general, the first, whose health is important, especially as more and older. If you’re a woman over 40 (or under 40!) Do not let the needs of jobs, families and friends as they try to verify that the organization more operational. Attention however to replace the work or family. You can replace your body.

This title is in itself a sad reflection on the state of humanity as a whole, and belies any claim that may, once it has been developed, refined and civilized was the real sense. While it would be natural to categorize groups of typical problems faced by migrants, pensioners, students, workers or even by bus, and so on, this strange and unnatural, that a number of people face problems at birth only. Women oppressed, neglected and exploited since the days of the cave man. Unfortunately, the people in developing a sophisticated, educated, informed or not, to put an end to this only changed the manner in which it took place. That women are oppressed in the first days it also reflects an age when physical strength and brute force was the only factor that determines whether the superiority of women and set up as the weaker sex were exposed to such a show of power for men . Having given up the leaves and twigs of trees and clothes and homes in the caves and the food is cooked rather than raw meat, it’s time, cave men gave up the characteristic feature of the human ruling and oppressed women.

It is a sad commentary that the women are still oppressed and ill-treated in a country like India, where they were given a lofty status to outperform men during the Vedic times. Hindu scriptures on the tariff and made it compulsory for women in the household must be present for all or a ritual prayer for it to be complete; woman deified the ‘Shakthi’, or power, or be able to achieve anything. Even the more time we can be proud that India’s democracy has given women the right to vote long before the United States or Great Britain.

The problems that women face in society is to a large extent be traced back to your home. In rural areas, illiterate girls and families are given a secondary status compared to the boys’ food, education and lifestyles, while it deprives them of a good start, it creates an indelible impression on the psyche of the boys at the beginning of the second-class citizens and do not deserve the equal treatment, which is a serious issue.

Most of her foster family in a way that it is necessary to depend on the male gets home from day to day work makes, and depriving them of their self-confidence.

Curiously, the exploitation of women cuts across economic and educational barriers, if you earn less than their male counterparts, such as agricultural workers, or the export-clothing items, they will also receive harsh treatment of the so-called corporate culture where discrimination, when the reward through promotions. The man’s ego makes him to accept a woman as his boss, even if he has the right educational background and credentials.

Although sympathetic approach to the problems of women may be desirable in this context should not take a condescending form of sympathy or bad. Even if the intention is good, this approach is that women feel poor and disabled, and must be bailed out by the stronger sex. Any quota or special consideration in employment and educational institutions, meetings seem to improve their lot in the beginning, but they become a crutch that he wants to use, even if you can stand on their feet, without such assistance. We can achieve long-term benefits if women were taught to self-reference, strong and confident from the same childhood and education and other opportunities to enjoy the boys. It is also important to be exposed to the same competition, and the signal after the students have kept the grass like a hand in victory.