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Older Americans face overwhelming obstacles from the inefficiencies of the health care system to the inadequacies of social security. Wider Opportunities for Women's (WOW) newest tool, the Elder Action Guide provides elders the political savvy and knowledge they desire to institute policy changes that protect their well-being.
__________________________ Administration on Aging Celebrates Older American's Month
May is Older American's Month and and serves as a great opportunity to celebrate the contributions older adults bring to our communities. This year's theme, Never Too Old To Play, encourages older Americans to stay engaged, active and involved in their own lives and in their communities.
For more information, click here to visit their website.
__________________________ The Simple Truth About the Pay Gap
The American Association of University Women released a report on equal pay. The report features simple comparisons of the pay gap by age, race and ethnicity, and education. It also presents state data, a guide for women facing discrimination and resources for advocacy efforts. To read the report, click here. __________________________
Fatigues to Fabulous
 Fatigues to Fabulous (F2F) is a national campaign providing to support the over 1.8 million female veterans. Working with DKNYC and HSN.com, the Society for Women's Health Research is working to assist female veterans with their unique health concerns and even how to transition to a civilian wardrobe. To learn more about the campaign, click here. |
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 Save the Date
2012 Mother's Day BriefingWomen and the Workforce:
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Women as They Age We are pleased to invite you to our Mother's Day Campaign briefing to coincide with the release of the 2012 Mother's Day report. This year's report looks at how factors such as unemployment and underemployment, pay inequality, caregiving, age and gender discrimination, and education, training, and technology are impacting women age 40 and older. The report highlights existing programs that produce real results and offer innovative solutions and policy-driven recommendations to expand economic diversity and accelerate our nation's productivity. We are pleased to be collaborating with a number of leading organizations in the areas of labor, aging, and women's issues, who have contributed the latest data and analysis on employment trends. Among our contributors are Mujeres Latinas en Action, National US India Chamber Commerce, Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Wider Opportunities for Women, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, and Easter Seals.
2012 Mother's Day Briefing
May 10, 2012 Invited keynote: Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States Moderator: Lisa Stark, ABC News Confirmed speakers to date: Carolyn Colvin, Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration Purnima Voria, National U.S. India Chamber of Commerce |
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OWL Co-sponsors Event on Loved Ones Facing Aging with Altarum
The Last Word: Caregiving in the New Era
The world is new every day.
What we thought we knew, we don't know;
'cause the world is constantly changing.
The world is new every day.
The world into which we were born
Will not be the world when we die,
'cause the world is constantly changing....
Our children must learn to live in a world that none of us can imagine.
How we do things today, will constantly change and tomorrow, will be antiquated.
Change happens faster than ever before. We cannot slow it, or stop it....
To make change in the world, we need to change ourselves.
When we're done, the world will be different.
Bobbie Brinegar, Executive Director and Margaret Huyck, Board President attended a symposium co-sponsored by OWL with influential women discussing what matters when loved ones face aging. They attended an event at the Kennedy Center and heard this poem by Ysaye Barnwell set to music, sung by Ysaye accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra.
One major theme of the event: Guilt is the familiar feeling, as the women on this panel, and women in many other gatherings, articulate their sense of helplessness and despair in managing long, complex years of providing care to dwindling loved ones. We hold in our hearts the images of the thoughtful care provided to grandmothers and great-grandmothers; we wonder why we cannot do as well.
To read more about Board President Margaret Huyck's experience, visit our website: www.owl-national.org.
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"How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world."
- Anne Frank
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The National Women's History Museum
Online Exhibit: Daring Dames
National Women's History Museum announced the launch of its latest online exhibit, "Daring Dames: A Photographic Exhibit." The rare and inspiring photographs in this exhibition depict women, in many eras, who have demonstrated curiosity about the larger world and remarkable resourcefulness in their ability to navigate in it. These adventurous women have, through their daring, transformed the notion of female identity and the popular perception of acceptable female roles
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OWL-THE VOICE OF MIDLIFE AND OLDER WOMEN
OWL is a 501(c)(3) national grassroots organization founded in 1980 that continues to be the only national membership organization that advocates solely from the perspective of now over 74 million mid-life and older women.
www.owl-national.org
1625 K St, NW, Suite 1275
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: 1-877-OLDRWMN (653-7966) | 202-567-2606
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