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The Status of Women:

MAWSA Conference Women and the Politics of Possibilities Montgomery College – Takoma Park June 11, 2010. The Status of Women:. Statistics About Women on the Web. Nancy Nyland, Reference Librarian Montgomery College - Germantown Campus. The CRAAP Test. C urrency or timeliness R elevance

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The Status of Women:

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  1. MAWSA Conference Women and the Politics of Possibilities Montgomery College – Takoma Park June 11, 2010 The Status of Women: Statistics About Women on the Web Nancy Nyland, Reference Librarian Montgomery College - Germantown Campus

  2. The CRAAP Test • Currency or timeliness • Relevance • Authority or source or author credentials • Accuracy, reliability, verifiability • Purpose, objectivity versus bias Sarak Blakeslee, California State University, Chico MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  3. Topics in 28 Organizations • Businesses • Care Giving • Earnings • Education • Employment and Unemployment • Families • Female Genital Mutilation • Health • HIV/AIDS • Mental health • Pregnancy • Reproductive health • Abortion • Contraception • Smoking • Human Trafficking • Marriage and Motherhood • Adoption • Fertility • Mental Health • Depression • Eating Disorders MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  4. Topics in 28 Organizations • Military and Veterans • Occupations • Occupational Distribution • Political participation • Relationships • Retirement • Reproductive Rights • Sex and sexually-transmitted diseases • Sports • Unions • Violence • Voting • Wage gap • By ethnic group • By gender • By race • Women’s Studies MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  5. Wage Gap Women in the American workplace earn 56 cents on the dollar that men earn 66 cents 77 cents 92 cents It depends All of the above MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  6. AFL-CIO • Care Giving • Education • Families • Occupational Distribution • Unions • Wage Gap MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  7. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet 2010Professional Women: Vital Statisticswww.dpeaflcio.org/programs/factsheets/fs_2010_Professional_Women.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  8. Bureau of Labor Statistics • Earnings • Education • Employment and Unemployment • Occupations • Wage gap • By ethnic group • By gender • By race MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  9. Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey www.bls.gov/tus/ BLS Data on Women Workerswww.bls.gov/bls/cpswomendata.htm Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2008www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2008.pdf Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009)www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook2009.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  10. Census Bureau • Businesses • Earnings and Employment • Education • Marriage and Motherhood • Military • Motherhood • Adoption • Fertility • Sports • Voting MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  11. Census Bureau Adopted Children and Stepchildrenwww.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-6.pdf Fertility of American Womenwww.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility.html Women-Owned Businesses Mapwww2.census.gov/econ/sbo/02/women_sbov2.pdf Women’s History Month (Facts for Features)www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/014522.html MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  12. Center for American Women and PoliticsEagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University Fact Sheets on Women and Politics Women in Elective Office and Women of Color in Elective Office Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics • State-by-State Fact Sheets • Women’s Vote Watch • Voting Gender Gap • Election Watch • Presidential Election Watch • Executive Branch • Congress • Statewide Elected Executive Office (chart) • State Legislatures (chart) • Women in Local Office MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  13. Center for Reproductive Rights • Abortion • World Abortion Laws Fact Sheet and Mapreproductiverights.org/en/document/world-abortion-laws-2009-fact-sheet • Female Genital Mutilation • Female Genital Mutilation (FMG): Legal Prohibitions Worldwidereproductiverights.org/en/document/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-legal-prohibitions-worldwide MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CDC www.cdc.gov Violence and Reproductive Health www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/violence/index.htm CDC National Center for Health Statistics FastStats: Women’s Health www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm Pregnancy Related Mortality Surveillance www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5202a1.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  15. CDC Chart: MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  16. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) Employment Issues • Discrimination • Gender discrimination • Pregnancy discrimination • Racial discrimination • Sexual Harassment • Job Patterns • Women as managers MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  17. EEOC Publications Job Patterns for Minorities and Women in Private Industry www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/employment/jobpat-eeo1/index.cfm Job Patterns for Minorities and Women in State and Local Government  www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/employment/jobpat-eeo4/index.cfm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  18. EEOC Publications Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private Sector www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/reports/glassceiling/index.pdf Women of Color: Their Employment in the Private Sector www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/reports/womenofcolor/womenofcolor.pdf MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  19. Guttmacher Institute Sexual Health and Reproductive Health • Abortion • Contraception • HIV/AIDS • Pregnancy • Relationships • Sex and sexually-transmitted diseases MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  20. Guttmacher Institute Fact Sheets www.guttmacher.org/sections/index.php?page=sheets “In Brief” www.guttmacher.org/sections/index.php?page=inbrief State Center www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/index.html “State Policies in Brief”www.guttmacher.org/sections/index.php?page=spib MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  21. Guttmacher Institute Journal: Guttmacher Policy Review Journal: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Journal: International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  22. Health and Human Services Adoption Human Trafficking Women’s Health • HIV/AIDS • Mental health • Reproductive health • Smoking MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  23. Health and Human Services Adoption Adoption, foster care, child welfare, child abuse & neglect www.childwelfare.gov/adoption MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  24. Health and Human Services Women’s Health womenshealth.gov/statistics/#a578 Womenshealth.gov Quick Health Data Online (QHD) Online www.healthstatus2010.com/owh MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  25. Health and Human Services Human Trafficking Sex trafficking and labor trafficking www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/factsheets.html MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  26. Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) The Best and Worst State Economies for Women www.iwpr.org/pdf/R334_BWStateEconomies2006.pdf The Status of Women in the States www.iwpr.org/States2004/SWS2004/national.htm Women’s Economic Status in the States www.iwpr.org/States2004/profiles.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  27. Justice Department, U.S. Human Trafficking Intimate Partner Violence MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  28. National Criminal Justice Reference Service • Trafficking in Persons: Facts and Figures • Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2004(.pdf, 53 pages) • Bureau of Justice Statistics • Intimate Partner Violence in the United States Justice Department, U.S. MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  29. MISSING Information About Women’s Lives • www.ncrw.org/reports-publications/missing-information-about-womens-lives • Fact Sheet: Violence Against Women Act • www.ncrw.org/sites/ncrw.org/files/VAWA.pdf National Council for Research on Women MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  30. Information for Women’s and Girls • www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-resources/women-and-girls.php • Links to other resources • www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-resources/resources-and-links.php National Eating Disorders Assoc. MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  31. Eating Disorders mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/ken98-0047/default.asp Women and Depression mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/fastfact6/default.asp National Mental Health Info. Ctr. MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  32. Pay Equity Women Deserve Equal Pay www.now.org/issues/economic/factsheet.html Reproductive Rights Abortion Around the World – Overview www.nowfoundation.org/issues/reproductive/050808-abortion_worldwide.html Reproductive Rights Historical Highlights National Organization for Women MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  33. National Report Card on Women’s Health Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card hrc.nwlc.org National Women’s Law Center MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  34. Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies www.nwsa.org/PAD/database/index.php National Guide to Women’s Studies www.nwsa.org/research/theguide/index.php National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  35. Social Security is Important to Women www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/women.htm Don’t Outlive Your Retirement Savings Women Live Longer Than Men www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/index.htm Social Security Administration MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  36. Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/index.htm Trafficking in Persons Report Archive www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/ U.S Department of State MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  37. The American Woman on the Web:A Statistical Portrait www.wrei.org/AmericanWomanWeb.htm Women in the Military & Women Veterans www.wrei.org/WomeninMilitary.htm Women’s Research & Education Institute (WREI) MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  38. Research Question • Why does Maryland have such a high maternal mortality rate? • What is the leading cause of death among pregnant women in Maryland? • Embolism • Cardiovascular/heart problems • Gestational diabetes • Hemorrhage • Pregnancy-induced hypertension • Ruptured ectopic pregnancy MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  39. Research Question Homicide tops list of pregnancy risks Md. study shows higher rate for new, expectant mothers; Jonathan Bor. The Sun. Baltimore, Md.: Mar 21, 2001. pg. 1.A “Homicide has emerged as the leading cause of death among Maryland women during pregnancy or in the months that follow - outstripping heart problems, bleeding and other medical causes, state health officials said yesterday. Drawing from a wider array of statistical sources than previously used, researchers found that homicide accounted for 50 of 247 deaths between 1993 and 1998. Homicides surpassed cardiovascular problems and blood clots, known as embolisms, traditionally regarded as leading risk factors of pregnancy. The study, reported in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, raised concerns that women involved in abusive relationships might be at higher risk for violence - even death - once they become pregnant or bear a child.” MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  40. Research Question Enhanced Surveillance for Pregnancy-Associated Mortality--Maryland, 1993-1998.(Statistical Data Included). JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association 285.11 (March 21, 2001): p1455. (3785 words)  Author(s): Isabelle L. Horon and Diana Cheng. Abstract: Homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women and new mothers in Maryland, followed closely by cardiovascular diseases. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed death certificate data of reproductive-age women, live birth and fetal death records, and medical examiner records in Maryland between 1993 and 1998. MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  41. Global Organizations • THE INTERAGENCY GENDER WORKING GROUP • THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION • ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) • POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU • UNITED NATIONS • THE WORLD BANK • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM • WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  42. IGWG Interagency Gender Working Groupwww.igwg.org/Publications.aspx MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  43. The Inter-Parliamentary Union Democracy through Partnership Between Men and Women in Politics www.ipu.org/iss-e/women.htm Women’s Suffrage: A World Chronology www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  44. OECD StatExtracts: Country Statistical Profiles stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=CSP2010 OECD StatExtracts stats.oecd.org/index.aspx OECD Home Page search box www.oecd.org MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  45. Population Reference Bureau • Data Finderwww.prb.org/DataFinder.aspx • Data Sheetswww.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets.aspx MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  46. United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Women's control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance. Women in World Politics (map) www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/publications.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  47. United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Women 2000 and Beyondwww.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/W2000andBeyond.html MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  48. United Nations Statistics Division Statistics and Indicators on Women and Menunstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/ Development Fund Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009 www.unifem.org/progress/2008/index.html Resources www.unifem.org/progress/2008/resources.html MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  49. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI) www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/ MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

  50. United Nations Women Watch: Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/ Statistics and Indicators www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/statistics_and_indicators_60.htm Women of the World: Regions and Countries www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/regions_and_countries_20.htm MAWSA 2010: Nancy Nyland, Librarian, Montgomery College - Germantown

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