The Shriver Report

5 Reasons You Should Read 'The Shriver Report'

Rita Altman, R.N. | Posted 05.25.2011

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While "The Shriver Report" sounds technical and does present new academic research, it is accessible and a must read for everyone.

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Waking up to the Realities of Alzheimer's Disease

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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I wake up to the realities of Alzheimer's disease every morning. Now I'm inviting other American women to wake up to the realities of Alzheimer's -- and to take action.

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Elder Care in 2010: Denial is Not an Option

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Posted in Honor of National Work and Family Month As America began graying in larger numbers, it was said that the 1990s would be the decade when we ...

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Why World Alzheimer's Day Matters

Maria Shriver | Posted 11.17.2011

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Today is World Alzheimer's Day, an important day all across the globe, as this epidemic continues to steal minds, take lives, and gain momentum. And it is also an important day for me personally, as a child of Alzheimer's.

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Maria Shriver Takes on Alzheimer's Advocacy

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

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The disease strikes an especially personal cord, as Shriver's father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's seven years ago.

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The Top 10 Women In Money

walletpop.com | Vera Gibbons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Warren. Suze Orman. Maria Shriver. Sheila Bair. These women -- and the remaining six on WalletPop's (unscientific) list of the TOP TEN WOMEN...

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The Mancession: The Numbers Reveal the New Normal

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.17.2011

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Whether you got there by choice or force, the new mash-up we call work and life doesn't look like it used to. The sooner we make peace with that, the quicker we'll get over our embarrassment.

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A Flexible Workplace Is a Happier, Healthier Workplace

Annie Toro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Research shows that employers benefit from offering greater workplace flexibility. When employees receive the flexibility they need, there is less absenteeism and greater job satisfaction.

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From Media Blitz to Women's Conference: Has Maria Shriver Discerned a Watershed Moment?

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

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This week, California's First Lady will use the findings to engage participants in her annual conference on women.

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My Meet the Press Minute

Trish Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are millions of workers employed by small and medium size businesses that are not flush with profits and simply cannot afford flexible schedules and paid family sick days.

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The New Father/ Daughter Dance: Changing Lessons in Power

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011

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How has a rebalancing of gender power affected the connection between father and daughter -- for many women, one of the defining male relationships in her life?

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The Women's Conference

The Women's Conference | Posted 11.17.2011

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Who is Kidding Whom? The Shriver Report on Women

Lisa Solod | Posted 11.17.2011

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Our children and our husbands or partners might benefit from reading the report. Maybe then, they would take us seriously when we say we just can't handle any more on our plate right now.

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Getting to Yes in the Negotiation of the Sexes

Barrett S. Avigdor, J.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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If men and women see success in the work place and at home as a zero sum game -- I win, you lose -- then we will not move beyond where we are today.

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Reality Check: Women Want Work/Home Equality and Flexibility

Nanette Fondas | Posted 11.17.2011

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Hoopla has surrounded the news that women have just about reached parity with men, and that women and men agree on much about their evolving roles. Now here comes the reality check.

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The Shriver Report Shows the Importance of Being a Real Cougar Woman

Linda Franklin | Posted 11.17.2011

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For the first time in history, one-half of all U.S. workers are women, and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of American families.

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21st Century Workforce: 'The Times They Are a Changing'

Pat Earley | Posted 11.17.2011

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Beginning with the belief that family is at the heart of our society, how we individually define our family unit becomes less important than how we define our roles as productive, ethical members of society.

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"Amelia" Earhart: A Different Kind of "Chick Flick"

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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We may love our Mad Men on television. But increasingly our society is moving beyond "the problem that has no name," as Betty Friedan once famously put it.

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"A Woman's Nation" Demands Workplace Flexibility

Chai R. Feldblum | Posted 11.17.2011

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When most families no longer have a person at home dealing with life's ordinary needs, there is often a serious mismatch between the workplace and the day-to-day realities of working families.

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Communicating with 'A Woman's Nation'

Amy Gershkoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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How should political campaigns communicate with working women? They are an electorate that is increasingly difficult to reach, but upon which all elections now hinge.

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A Women's Nation Changes Everything: Or Does It?

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than half of the women in a recent survey said they take on significantly more responsibility for house and family, but only 28 percent of men saw it that way.

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Reality Check: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

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As our workplaces become more female, our business leadership becomes more male. What's wrong with this picture? This is bad news for women -- and for everyone else.

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Arianna Huffington On What Women Want

californiawomen.org | Posted 11.17.2011

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I can't speak for all women, but I want to get more sleep....

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