The Shriver Report

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Communicating with 'A Woman's Nation'

Amy Gershkoff | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Women's Issues, 2010 Elections, A Woman's Nation, The Shriver Report, Women Voters, Campaign Ads, Working Women, Women and Politics, Maria Shriver, Politics News

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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The New Father/ Daughter Dance: Changing Lessons in Power

Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: The Hite Report on the Family, Gender Relationships, Father-Daughter Relationships, Maria Shriver, The Shriver Report, Gender, Living News

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

Pat Earley | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

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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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Getting to Yes in the Negotiation of the Sexes

Barrett S. Avigdor, J.D. | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Negotiation, Getting to Yes, Working Mothers, The Shriver Report, William Ury, Battle of the Sexes, What Happy Working Mothers Know, Working Women, Cathy Greenberg, Roger Fisher, Barrett Avigdor, The War of the Sexes, Living News

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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A Flexible Workplace Is a Happier, Healthier Workplace

Annie Toro | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

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

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Working Women, Role-Reversal, Housework, Insurance, Divorce, A Women's Nation, Working Mothers, The Shriver Report, Gender Parity, Gender, Business News

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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The Women's Conference

The Women's Conference | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

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

Dan Glickman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment

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

Marianne Schnall | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

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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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Reality Check: Women Want Work/Home Equality and Flexibility

Nanette Fondas | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

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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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Reality Check: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

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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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Who is Kidding Whom? The Shriver Report on Women

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

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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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My Meet the Press Minute

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

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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 Shriver Report Shows the Importance of Being a Real Cougar Woman

Linda Franklin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

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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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"A Woman's Nation" Demands Workplace Flexibility

Chai R. Feldblum | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

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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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