Advocacy
Contraception: A Brief Handbook
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How Plan B is Failing Many Women
The almost-not-pregnant soft smile - essential for all women considering Plan B. Image courtesy of http://www.planbonestep.com
Story by Kendall Siewert
The Rejection of DREAMers Hints at Bigger Flaws in System
Story by Allyson Cartwright
The Complications with Green Dot
Story by Carly Gorelick
Society for Women Engineers at UVA - Finding a Home for Women in a Male-dominated Field
I don’t know much about the field of STEM. I have never been interested math and science, so I never once tried to learn more about STEM or look into a major in that discipline. However, while talking to one of my best friends in the engineering school about her lack of female friends in her major, I realized that I was part of the problem. Women are the minority in STEM, but other women, including myself, don’t help the situation. With this in mind, I asked different women in the Engineering School about what helps them create a cohesive support system within this male dominated field.
5 UVA Women to Look Up to for International Women's Month
Even though our celebration of International Women’s Month is coming to a close, women should be celebrated all year round. On the grounds of UVA, we have some of the most intelligent, innovative, and compassionate female minds in the world. Many women that have walked UVA grounds, of all ages and backgrounds, are breaking ground and activating change. Here are 5 UVA women who are particularly inspirational and exemplar of women we should look up to:
Blue mountain foothills and Ghosts of Slave Women: A Conversation with UVA Alumna and Poet, Gail Wronsky
Please describe your involvement with the Women’s Center and Iris when you were a student.