Published by: U.S. Department of Labor Equal Pay Day Equal Pay Day represents the number of extra days women must work to be paid what men received the previous year. This year on Equal Pay Day, the White House announced steps the administration is taking to advance pay equity and [...]
Published by www.the74million.org. March is National Women’s History Month. In recognition, The 74 is sharing stories of remarkable women who transformed U.S. education. She applied to a dozen medical schools, but she was denied admission because she was a woman. She earned a law degree instead, but firms refused to hire her [...]
The gender-based wage gap in the United States has narrowed in recent years, but disparities remain: national median earnings for civilians who worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months was$53,544 for men compared to $43,394 for women, according to the Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey (ACS). Read More [...]
To honor the contributions of working women and employers who support working women and their families, Business and Professional Women’s Foundation celebrates National Business Women’s Week® (NBWW) every third week in October. National Business Women’s Week® provides an opportunity to call attention to women entrepreneurs, facilitate discussions on the [...]
65 percent of Jobs Added in the 3rd Quarter of 2016 Went to Women Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research (October 2016) The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finds that women gained 56,000 jobs [...]
This report addresses women’s access to well-paid, growing, middle-skill jobs (jobs that do not require a bachelor’s degree). It documents sex segregation in middle-skill jobs, and discusses how gender integration of good jobs could both reduce skill-shortages and improve women’s economic security. The report focuses on middle-skill “target” occupations in manufacturing, [...]
Recently published by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, this Working Mothers Issue Brief presents statistics and information on working mothers. It highlights their employment characteristics, the changing structure of families, the poverty status of working mothers and their families, mothers as sole or primary earners, and unpaid caregiving and household responsibilities. [...]
There’s a lot that’s been done by and for women and girls, but there’s still plenty to do. Convened by the White House, this Summit will rally all of us together to celebrate what we’ve achieved, and how we’re going to take action moving forward. Covering key gender equality issues, [...]
Source: Bizwomen, Pacific Business News. Courtesy YWCA of Greater CincinnatiActress Geena Davis has been playing a pivotal role in pushing for gender equality in children's programming. You may know Geena Davis from her roles in "Thelma & Louise" or “A League of Their Own" but for a long time, she's [...]
Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor Women's Bureau.The Gender Wage Gap: Exploring the EvidenceToday we recognize Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the current year women must work to earn what men earned the previous year. Women still earn only 79 cents to the man’s dollar and women of [...]