Gender Inequality

The G(irls)20 Summit: The Next Steps Forward

Megumi Yamamoto | Posted 05.31.2012

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I am proud to say with confidence that I am one of the many advocates for the 3.5 billion girls and women across the globe. How about you?

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Is Telling Co-Workers What You Make The First Step Toward Pay Equality?

Salon | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Gender Gap, Careers, Women in Business, Pay Check, Females Getting Paid, Gender Inequality, Money, Pay Discrepancy, Gender Pay Inequality, Women News

Terri Kelly loved everything about her job as a sales representative at the pharmaceutical company Novartis, except for one thing: She knew she was ge...

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Why Some High-Powered Women End Up As The 'Nanny' At Work

Buzzfeed | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Gender Gap, Gender Inequality, Women at Work, Nanny, Workplace Cultures, Women in Business, Female Roles in the Office, Caretakers, Female Respect at Work, Women News

This is how former New York Times Company CEO Janet Robinson is described in a story in this week's New York Magazine: Robinson appeared to her co-...

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City Cracks Down On Overpriced Manicures...For Men

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Manicures, Gender Inequality, Ny News, Department of Consumer Affairs, Post Metrosexual, Mark Green, New York News, Pedicures, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sex-Based Pricing, Waxes, Salons, New York City Slaons, Manicures Men, New York News

In post-metrosexual America, plenty of dudes (see: Charles Barkley) are getting manicures, pedicures and waxes. And for years in New York, salons ...

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"The Woman Tax": The Surprising Reason Why Women Pay More Than $1,300 a Year

LearnVest | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Women and Money, Money Inequality, Women Pay More, Women's Tax, Women Expenses, Gender Inequality, Money Gender Inequality, Money and Women, Gender Bias, Sex Discrimination, Money News

No one doubts that women spend more on certain things than men when they have different needs. Makeup. Hair products. Waxing. Gyno appointments. But then there are the charges you don't see coming.

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March Because "Equal Enough" for Women Is Unacceptable

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Equality, Women's Rights, Human Rights, Complementarianism, Lilly Ledbetter, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Affordable Health Care, Economic Injustice, War on Women, Fair Pay, Reproductive Injustice, Unitewomen, Gender Inequality, Politics News

Tomorrow, thousands of women and men will participate in marches and rallies for women's rights in 45 states and the District of Columbia. American women need to be recognized as full citizens. Yes, women in this country.

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Ann Or Hilary: Either Way, Motherhood Is a Dismal Financial Decision for American Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.13.2012

What I am not hearing anyone say loudly and clearly in this Rosen/Romney snafu is that women's ability -- not desire or choice -- to take part in the economy is based on her freedom to make reproductive decisions.

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The Global Problem of Gender Inequality

Nake M. Kamrany | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Feticide, China One Child Policy, Bride Burning, Gender Roles, Gender Discrimination, Female Genital Mutilation, Income Inequality, Gender Inequality, Honor Killing, Gender, World News

The evidence of gender discrimination is rooted in history, tradition and culture. Gender inequality is a highly debilitating stigma and leads to detriments of women's psychology of their worth and dignity to themselves and to society.

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Wealth Inequality and Women of Color: A National Emergency

Dedrick Muhammad | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Economics, Racial Inequality, Wealth, Gender Inequality, Mariko Chang, Womens-History-Month, Black History Month, Women Wealth Inequality, Money News

Black History Month and Women's History Month are often viewed as separate entities. But black women and other women of color know that their economic circumstances are affected by being both a person of color and a woman.

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Workplace Discrimination Costs Businesses Staggering Amount

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Fedex, Transgender, Workplace Discrimination, Gender Inequality, Enda, Discrimination, Center for American Progress, Business News

Discriminating against your employees can cost you. Workplace discrimination against employees based on race, gender or sexual orientation costs b...

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Obama: Don't Nominate Summers to Lead the World Bank

Nita Chaudhary | Posted 05.22.2012

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Choosing Larry Summers would be a mistake, one that could shortchange millions of women and girls all over the world.

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A Woman's Message To Rush

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Women's Issues, Rush Limbaugh, The New Feminist Movement, Gender Inequality, Feminist, Women's Health, Sarah Fluke, Health, Feminists, Feminism, Women News

Those with clout like Rush talk about and regard us with the same type of annoyance and irritation that they also reserve for the brave participants of the Occupy Movement.

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Survey: Shocking Gender Inequality In Jewish Salaries

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: The Forward, Video, Jewish Women Leadership, Gender Inequality, Jewish Women, Jewish Salary Survey, Salary Inequality, Women in Judaism, Jewish Gender Issues, Religion News

This article first appeared in The Jewish Daily Forward. By Jane Eisner and Maia Efrem The Forward The Forward’s third annual survey of 76 na...

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Men Can Be 'Cat Ladies,' Too

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Wage Inequality, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Gender Inequality, Sexism, Gymboree Onesies, The Huffington Post, Sexist Comments, Salon, Women News

Gymboree's indiscretion last week continues to offend me. If you haven't heard about it, some moms were in an uproar because the children's outfitter ...

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Why Does 51% Own Less Than 1%?

K. Sujata | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Bankruptcy, Gender Inequality, Health Care Costs, World Bank, Economic Development, World Development Report, U Visa, Budget Cuts, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Breast Cancer, Immigration, Domestic Violence, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Chicago News

Women make up half the population and 40 percent of the world's workforce but hold just one percent of the world's wealth. We need to assume responsibility, ensuring women have safe and healthy lives.

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More Equality, More Sex?

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Amanda Marcotte, Gender Equality, Sugar Daddies, Gender Inequality, Sexual Economics, Tracy Clark-Flory, Roy Baumeister, Female Sexuality, World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report, Seekingarrangementcom, whatsyourprice.com, Love & Sex, Women News

A recent study takes an utterly unromantic look at sex and love, theorizing that they can be explained by a simple economic model: that sex is a resou...

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Women Hold Just One Percent Of The World's Wealth: World Bank

WSJ | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Earnings, Education, Gender Inequality, Wages, World Bank, Mortality, Chamber of Commerce, World Development Report, Wall Street Journal, Business News

By Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal The World Bank’s latest World Development Report, which focuses on gender equality around the world, o...

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Presidential Report Card: How Much Has Obama Really Done For Women?

Allison Gaudet Yarrow | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Equality Day, Women in Politics, Lily Ledbetter, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Gender Inequality, Lily Ledbetter Act, Obama and Women, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Wage Gap, Wage-Equality, Barack Obama, Equal Pay, Women News

Friday, in a White House press release celebrating the 91st anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S., President Obama declared: "The 19th Amendme...

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Equality and Parity

Rhoda P. Curtis | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Equality, Parity, Feminism, Same-Sex Marriage, Lgbt, Gender Inequality, Same-Sex Marriage Equality, LGBT Rights, Economic Inequality, Inequality, Women News

I am questioning the idea of equality when it applies to equality of opportunity for women, and to the idea of equality in human relationships in general.

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Chore Wars and the Value of Work

Joan Williams | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Work, Gender Inequality, Income Inequality, Women News

This week's Time cover story, "Chore Wars," is a wake-up call for those who think men and women are approaching parity, at home and in the workplace.

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The Root

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Sexism, Gender, Equal Pay, Gender Inequity, Equal Pay for Women, Gender Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Women News

Let's talk about sexism. Now I know the word "sexism" carries baggage. But no matter what you call it -- gender bias, systemic inequity, inequality o...

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Gender Gaps Exist In the Very NGOs that Address it Internationally

Tom Murphy | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Women, Economics, The Economist, Daily Chart, Shotgun Shack, Ngo, Eu, Gender, Womens Rights, Gender Inequality, Gender Inequity, Impact News

There are many problems within the very NGOs that attempt to address gender-related problems related to the issue of poverty.

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Badminton's New Policy: No Pants

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Women's Sports, India, Badminton Skirt-Only Policy, Badminton Skirt, Mini-Skirts, Gender Inequality, Pakistan, Sexism, Women's Sports Foundation, Badminton Skirt Policy, Badminton, The Playing Field, Sports News

Badminton is soon to be the new women’s tennis -- at least according the Badminton World Federation, which took the first step toward raising its sp...

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Check the Chart

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Gender Inequality, Women in the Workplace, Workplace Gender Gap, Gender Gap in Workplace, Gender Gap, Gender Gap Jobs, Job Inequality, Business News

Companies with

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10 States With The Highest Female/Male Wage Discrepancy

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Earnings, Puerto Rico, White House, Poverty, Gender Inequality, Poverty Rates, Employment, Slidepollajax, Wage Inequality, Child Rearing, Business News

Women in the U.S. have made tremendous strides in the past century, most notably in educational attainment. Just last week, in fact, the Census showe...

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