Where we should be in 2020
Over the summer when I was hanging out with my friend at her house, her mother asked me if I was applying for internships, what career I was interested in after graduation—you...
A recent study conducted by the Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (WNLI) on the gender gap in boardrooms of higher education institutions in the Philadelphia area reported the St. Joe’s board...
Bringing attention to the struggles of Native Women
Oct. 14 marked what some may call Columbus Day. However, I prefer to call it Indigenous Peoples Day, as more people are starting to do.
Calling this...
How black women are continuously left out of the conversation
In his speech “Who taught you to hate yourself,” the late Malcolm X declares: “The most disrespected woman in America is the black woman....
In the past two weeks, there have been two events in the basketball world that facilitated national discussion about the role of women in sports. More specifically, women coaching in both the college ranks...
Delving into the absence of women in STEM
As our society is geared more and more towards equity for all, we need to discuss a certain problem that is still happening within our society: the fact that there...
“Feminism promotes men and women as equals and therefore they should be treated as such, whether that be in the workplace, in families, or just in general. Feminism is not just for women. It’s a movement...
Dear Editor,
I would like to respond to a comment made by a male student in the article “A thread of interrelationship” written by Mark De Leon, ’17, in the March 29 issue of The Hawk. His comment,...
Women affirm their roles in public service
Adult Student Life and the Office of Inclusion and Diversity celebrated Women’s History Month at Saint Joseph’s University with a panel discussion on women...
A reflection on Women's History Month and women's choices
March is Women’s History Month, which was implemented in 1987 by Congress. This can only begin to mean something when you know a woman over...
The Vagina Monologues foster empowerment
The international movement that is The Vagina Monologues found its way into the Perch on Feb. 28. Students, not just feminists and hipsters, packed the small space...
