Challenges for Rural High School Girls
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| Amanda Tetlak |
| 3/3/2010 |
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| A report released today shows that junior and senior high school girls living in rural North Dakota don`t have as strong a sense of opportunity as girls in urban areas. Women`s organizations say the results suggest the state needs to examine programs and policies that will help raise expectations of these young women. The women`s network would like to see increased access to mentoring programs, strengthened enforcement of workplace equality and pay equity laws, and increased curriculum offerings especially in foreign language learning opportunities. "North Dakota cannot afford to waste either the development or the contributions of its talented young women, who support the economic health of their families and this state`s economic future," said Connie Hildebrand of the American Association of University Women. The study was released in honor of International Women`s Day and Women`s History Month. Women`s organizations will also be hosting the film "Half The Sky" tomorrow, which chronicles the struggles of a poor Ethiopian woman. The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Theatres in Bismarck. |
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