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Advocate examines women’s rights

Rebecca O'Neil | Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Saint Mary’s students, faculty and staff gathered in Carroll Auditorium on Monday to hear Pakistani entrepreneur and social organizer Shiza Shahid share her life’s trajectory towards her position as the co-founder and Global Ambassador of the Malala Fund. Shahid was the closing keynote speaker for the College’s 10th annual Diverse Student Leadership Conference (DSLC). Despite Shahid’s

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Re-examining the 77-cent statistic

Jacqueline Cassidy | Tuesday, February 4, 2014

In Conor Durkin’s Feb. 3rd article, “Examining the 77-cent myth,” he critiques President Obama and other statisticians for their deceptive use of the statistic that claims women make 77 cents for every dollar men earn. Durkin is correct that the statistic does not directly point to an unjust treatment of women in the workplace. However,