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  1. Oakton HS demomstrating the Cougar Cannon!. President's checking it out..."All stuff you can get at Radio Shack"
  2. Obama mentioned women's representation...and that we are no less capable...get that Larry?
  3. Educate to Innovate initiative. 260 million of first funding. National Lab Day to reach 10 million children. Annual Science Fair at the WH!
  4. Science and Technology initiative. President Obama "robotics can inspire". Oakton HS Sally Ride just introduced. Myth Busters are here
  5. At the executive office building where the President is introducing his new science initiative. AAUW's NGCP work brings us here.
  6. Registration booths are up, staff and volunteers worked hard again today to get everything ready for your arrivals. Exciting!#aauw09
  7. Have arrived in St. Louis. Volunteers have been working all day to get ready for our 950+ attendees! It's going to be a great meeting!
  8. I'm in the blue room waiting for seating for the signing. Everyone from the womens groups are here! It's another wonderful day!
  9. Leaving the office now for the White House. You can view the signing of the executive order at www.whitehouse.gov/live.
  10. Gender advocates UN liaison www. un-ngls.org
  11. Emerging theme...Global Financial Crisis and its impact on women. 3/6/09 Interactive expert panel www.un.org/womenwatch.org
  12. widowhood must be counted in this caregiving discussion....again, data collection is critical
  13. Tracking, time use data needed to calculate the impact of caregiving..including when children are pulled out of school (girls) to provide.
  14. Care work/care economy. Inequality in terms of impact. Deconstruct social barriers. Social value of caregiving needs to be calculated.
  15. Policy responses must address. Care giving stereotypes constrain men from taking additional responsibilities.
  16. CSW global forum---5,000 NGO's are preregistered. Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men is the primary theme.
  17. At UN CSW53. Emerging issue is the gender perspectives of the financial crisis. More on that this afternoon.
  18. Here's what I'll be doing this weekend (going to the UN). http://tinyurl.com/bnrq32
  19. Just signed up with Twitter!