Friday, September 04, 2009

LATINAS FACE MORE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION

New Report Highlights Latina Students Face Greater Challenges Than Counterparts

MALDEF and National Women’s Law Center Uncover Series of Unique Challenges Latina Students Face, Offer Strategies to Maximize Success

Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and MALDEF were joined by U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Chair of the Education Task Force for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in releasing "Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation", a new report that takes a close look at the drop-out crisis in the Latino community. The latest data show that 41% of Latina students do not graduate on time with a standard high school diploma. The study reports that while 98% of high school seniors want to graduate from high school, and 80% aspire to higher education, Latina students continue to face numerous challenges in reaching these goals.Report available athttp://maldef.org/education/public_policy/listening_to_latinas/

The study reveals that as Latinos work to provide for their families, education too often takes a back seat to survival. Often times Latina students must take on parental duties to either younger siblings, or, in a community with the highest teen pregnancy rate, their own children. Cultural stigmas contribute to low self-esteem and insecurities, allowing society to ignore Latina students who then trade-in the possibility of a future career, for a future predestined by bias, discrimination, and a lack of support.

Beginning by acknowledging that a problem exists, and recognizing the importance of investing in our children, the study offers some solid recommendations. The recommendations include calling on schools, policymakers, and government agencies to: invest in the future of Latino children through high-quality early learning programs, connect Latinas with role models, ensure that all students are prepared for post-secondary educational opportunities, ensure safe school environments that are culturally inclusive and free from discrimination, help Latino parents get involved in their children’s education, improve efforts to prevent teen pregnancy and provide support for pregnant and parenting students, and require better data collection and promote school accountability.By empowering Latina students, we are empowering America. For more information on this critically important report, visit MALDEF.org.MALDEF would also like to thank The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for underwriting the study.

(As posted in Las Comadres Para Las Américas)

3 comments:

Defensores de Democracia said...

If you educate a Woman, then you educate her children, and also give help to her nieces, nephews, etc ..

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Sonia Sotomayor tossing a pitch at the Yankee Stadium and many people worried about her curves to the left - The New York Times

Sotomayor Gets Opening Toss at Yankee Stadium
By Bernie Becker
Justice Sonia Sotomayor will get a chance to show off her throwing arm this weekend.
September 22, 2009

Sotomayor Gets Opening Toss at Yankee Stadium

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/sotomayor-gets-opening-toss-at-yankee-stadium/

Some excerpts :

The Supreme Court’s newest member, a Bronx native, will toss the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon, before the New York Yankees take on their rivals, the Boston Red Sox.

Justice Sotomayor’s pitch will be part of the Yankees’ celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. On Friday, Ricardo Martinelli, the president of Panama, will throw out the first pitch at the new Yankee Stadium, which opened earlier this year.

“Having Justice Sotomayor, a South Bronx native, participate in our yearly Hispanic Heritage Month celebration is very exciting, as she is an inspiration to so many,” Manuel García, the Yankees’ director of Latino Affairs, said in a statement. “We are proud to welcome her and President Martinelli to our new home.”

The Supreme Court begins its next term on Oct. 5.

Milenials.com

Vicente Duque

amelche said...

Women in general, I think, suffer more discrimination and barriers to education, jobs... They are paid less for the same work... But we have to keep saying it and trying to fight for a fairer world.

Defensores de Democracia said...

Women's Advance :

The U. S. Senate has wonderful Ladies, Intelligent, Understanding, Noble, Kind and Humane. The Best of Great Ladies.

I have seen these Ladies on my TV and have liked them very much. I love Nobility and Kindness.

Helping the Weak and the Poor. Helping a World with less suffering :

Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat, California

Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat, Minnesota

Barbara Boxer: US Senator from California, Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand - United States Senator for New York, Democrat

Republican Senator for Maine Olympia Snowe is helping the Health Care bill without Partisanship or Bigotry.

Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

All these ladies helped a lot to confirm Sonia Sotomayor. They are noble and kind !!

I love all these Lady Politicians. I wish them to be reelected.

In my site MILENIALS.COM ... I collect speeches and declarations of these Wonderful Women :

Milenials.com

Vicente Duque