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The Gender Issues and Worklife
Balance Section of the American
Accounting Association has the
overall objective of
facilitating interaction among
Association members regarding
gender issues and worklife
balance as they relate to
accounting practice, research,
and education.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
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Promoting
knowledge and
encouraging
research in
gender issues
and worklife
balance by
identifying
areas in need of
research,
facilitating the
exchange of
ideas and
findings, and
providing
opportunities
for exposure of
research
results.
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Fostering
opportunities to
enrich women's
professional
lives so they
may reach their
full potential
as scholars and
practitioners;
facilitating
increased
participation of
women in
professional
conferences,
committees, and
editorial boards
of publications.
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Providing a
forum in which
Association men
and women can
discuss the
impact of
women's
increased
participation in
the workforce,
and encouraging
interdisciplinary
exchanges
between
accountants and
members of other
learned groups.
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Promoting
equitable
treatment of
women and men in
business and
academia, and
promoting
classroom
knowledge and
sensitivity to
gender issues
and worklife
balance.
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Increasing the
awareness of the
policies that
assist
professional
women and men in
successfully
combining career
and family.
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Determining and
exploring those
areas in which
accountants'
unique financial
expertise can
improve the
economic and
social
well-being of
women and men in
contemporary
society.
In order to meet its objectives,
the Gender Issues and Worklife
Balance Section will sponsor the
following activities, consistent
with American Accounting
Association policy:
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Session(s) and
appropriate
programs at the
annual and
regional
meetings of the
Association.
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Publication of a
newsletter to
disseminate
information
regarding
members'
research,
forthcoming
Association
programs,
accounting
conferences of
interests,
topics for
potential
research, and
other relevant
issues.
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Provide
assistance to
members for
preparation of
research,
educational
materials and
programs,
employment
information, and
other activities
as needed.
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