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The Boardroom: Still A Fraternity?, Dell Mitchell
The Boardroom: Still A Fraternity?, Dell Mitchell
New England Journal of Public Policy
Boards of directors of corporations may represent the last fraternity at the top of the economic power structure. Although they represent an important pool of candidates, highly qualified women are grossly underrepresented on such boards. This article describes the strategy behind the ongoing effort in New England to position women for appointment as corporate directors.
Women, Power, And Partnership, Elizabeth Graham Cook
Women, Power, And Partnership, Elizabeth Graham Cook
New England Journal of Public Policy
As women in a community move into senior positions from which they can influence the economic advancement of women at all levels, commentators have examined factors contributing to their advancement. This article outlines data about the Women's Economic Forum, a Boston group formed in 1985. The degree to which interdependence or "partnership" is a positive element in achieving the group's objectives suggests that other communities could adopt the WEF model.
Women And Power: Women In Politics, Cathleen Douglas Stone
Women And Power: Women In Politics, Cathleen Douglas Stone
New England Journal of Public Policy
Are women making progress in the political arena, or are their frustrations at access to elective office severe enough to warrant their own political party? This article examines the statistics and argues that women should seize political power by voting as a bloc. As loyalty to traditional parties declines while their interest in and sensitivity to social issues grows, the moment is right for a real increase in women's political power.
Alcoholism: A Barrier To Empowerment For Women, Marion Brink
Alcoholism: A Barrier To Empowerment For Women, Marion Brink
New England Journal of Public Policy
Women's increasing economic power has encouraged the promotion of their drinking as fashionable. However, women are more vulnerable to the impact of alcohol, and the stigma attached to alcoholism is greater for them than it is for men. As a consequence, a woman — and those around her — will deny her alcoholism until she has lost much more than her male counterparts. When, or if, she seeks help for this devastating disease, she finds a lack of woman-specific programs and facilities. This article notes the barriers to recovery for women and offers some suggestions for breaking them down. Two …
Women And Money: Getting Money And Using It, Sheryl R. Marshall
Women And Money: Getting Money And Using It, Sheryl R. Marshall
New England Journal of Public Policy
The author of this article has spent her career in the world of finance. Here she examines the way women make economic decisions. The article centers on attitudes concerning women, money, and financial independence; the availability or lack of capital for women who want to start businesses; and a strategy for using their economic clout to forward the agenda of the economic empowerment of women.
Women And Philanthropy: New Voices, New Visions, Marcy Murninghan
Women And Philanthropy: New Voices, New Visions, Marcy Murninghan
New England Journal of Public Policy
This article examines the growing presence and influence of women in American contemporary philanthropy. Based in part upon structured interviews conducted with leaders in the women's funding movement, it identifies how the voices and visions of women — within older, more traditional foundations as well as newer "women's funds" — are having an impact on the way the needs of human community are met. It also sheds light on how these voices and visions serve to reconceive the connections among morality, money, and power, thereby contributing to an understanding of economic morality.
A Critique Of "Women And Philanthropy: New Voices, New Visions", Micho F. Spring
A Critique Of "Women And Philanthropy: New Voices, New Visions", Micho F. Spring
New England Journal of Public Policy
The debate is classic: should women work within existing institutional systems and organizations to help shape them, or should they establish their own? Micho Spring offers her own views about Marcy Murninghan's study of alternative philanthropies.
U.S. Women And Hiv Infection, P. Clay Stephens
U.S. Women And Hiv Infection, P. Clay Stephens
New England Journal of Public Policy
Women are inadequately provided with HIV services and education and are differentially denied access to these. Divisions of race, ethnicity, economic class, and religion, among others, are compounded by sexual discrimination within each of these categories.
Review of current data on women with AIDS reveals that the reporting methods used convey a false impression that women are not at significant risk. Moreover, the persons indirectly affected by AIDS are predominantly women — mothers, sisters, partners, family members, teachers, and human service workers. Thus, AIDS is more of a women's issue than the statistics imply.
Women, as a gender-defined class, face …