Gender Pay Gap

Men in Pink

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Economy, Gender Pay Gap, Career Satisfaction, Craig Claiborne, Careers, Betsey Stevenson, Glass Ceiling, New York Times, Work-Life Balance, Feminism, Adia Harvey Wingfield, Gender Roles, Glass Escalator, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

I saw a piece in the NYT about men taking jobs in traditionally female-dominated fields. It features male dental assistants, nurses (paging Gaylord Focker!) and teachers. Which is cool. Mostly.

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Philanthropy Mindset Hampers Sustainability Efforts

John Friedman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Careers, Sustainability, Human Resources, Csr, Recruiting, Generation Y, Gender Pay Gap, Idealism, Business News
John Friedman

How can we say we are building a business model if so many of us building it are following the charity model ourselves? As we tell businesses that they can do well by doing good, how many of us are remaining content to do good without doing well?

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Goldman CEO: We Lost A Client Over Our Pro-Gay Marriage Stance

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Gay Rights, Lloyd Blankfein Gay Marriage, Wall Street, Out on the Street, Gender Pay Gap, LGBT Rights, Goldman Sachs Gay Rights, Goldman Sachs Gay Marriage, Gay, Gay Marriage, Video, Business News

The Vampire Squid's heart seems to have cost it some business. Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, this February endorsed same-sex marriage in ...

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Declaring a Ceasefire against Our Sisters

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Salon.com, Ann Romney, Perfectionism, Mommy Wars, US-vs-Them, Road Not Traveled, Stay-at-Home Moms, Mitt Romney, Gloria Steinem, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Being Single, Being Judged, Self-Doubt, Childfree, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, The Grass Is Greener, Gender Pay Gap, The Second Shift, Working Moms, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

The moments when we feel like we need to make the case that that other road is wrong are probably the moments when we need to look at ourselves.

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Equal Pay Day: In the Wake of the So-Called "Mommy Wars" Renewal and Partisan Attacks on Equal Pay Bills

Sarah Damaske | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Working Women, Caregiving, Equal Pay, Gender-Equality-in-the-Workplace, Gender Pay Gap, Business News
Sarah Damaske

Calling this past week's maelstrom a renewal of the "mommy wars" dodges the real issue: Caregiving, whether done unpaid in the home or for pay outside of it, is not particularly valued in this country and women (whether in the labor market or not) suffer the brunt of this.

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The Worst State For Being Paid Equally

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Aauw, American Association of University Women, Pay Equity, Wage Gap Gender, Gender Pay Gap, State by State Wage Gap, Wage Gap, Women Wage Gap, Wage Gap by State, Slidepollajax, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay for Women, Equal Pay Day 2012, Wage Gap Between Men and Women, Equal Pay Men vs Women, Gender Wage Gap, Women News

Even as we discuss how women are becoming “The Richer Sex,” American women still earn a lot less than their male counterparts -- 23 percent less o...

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

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Working Mothers, Pay Equity, Reproductive Freedom, The Price of Motherhood, Blunt Amendment, Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Working Women, Gender Gap, Class Warfare, Reproductive Justice, Gender Pay Inequality, Women in the Workforce, Gender Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Fair Pay Act, Stay at Home Mom, Business News
Soraya Chemaly

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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Women Still Struggling To Make It To The Top Of The Ladder

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Gender Gap, Video, Gender Pay Gap CFOs, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Financial Officer, Gender Wage Gap, Gender Pay Gap Male CFOs, Gender Pay Gap, Female CFOs, Male CFOs, Cfos, Gender Pay Gap Female CFOs, Gender, Business News

Women still aren't making it to the top of the ladder. Male chief financial officers in the U.S. get paid 16 percent more on average than their fe...

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Alexander Eichler

You Won't Believe How Many Older Women Can't Pay Their Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Gender Gap, Video, Poverty, Social Security, Senior Citizens, Cost of Living, Retirement, Gender Pay Gap, Women in Retirement, Wider Opportunities for Women, Medicaid, Medicare, Living Costs, Retired Women, Business News

Every day, more of America's older women reach retirement age -- and then struggle to pay for the simplest things. Among all women in the United St...

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Ladies First: Studies Show Women Are Better Leaders. So Why Aren't There More of Us Leading?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Gender Differences, Women and Leadership, Sheryl Sandberg, 16 Percent Ghetto, Joseph Folkman, Gender Pay Gap, Jack Zenger, Mommy Track, Feminine Strength, Feminism, Debora-Spar, Harvard Business Review, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

In the span of a little over a week, two huge studies have found that women are viewed as better leaders than men.

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New Generation, Same Story?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: The Nation, Workplace, Millenials, Gen Y, Gender Pay Gap, Bryce Covert, u.s. Department of Education, Accenture, Opting-Out, Maternal Wall, Feminism, Equal Pay Day, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

When young women declare themselves optimistic about women in the workplace in the very same survey in which they point out gender-based inequities, you kind of have to worry.

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At Many Companies That Glass Ceiling Is Far From Being Shattered

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Women Leadership, Video, Mid Cap Companies Women, Corporate America, Reuters, Gender Pay Gap, Business News, Glass Ceiling, Women Leaders, Women in Leadership, Women-in-Corporate-America, Business News

* Women paid more than men in some industries * 4.5 pct of execs at mid-cap companies are women * Media best, autos wors...

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Wall Street Has The Worst Pay Equality In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women, Financial Industry, Gender Gap, Video, Earning Gap, Financial Services, Financial Sector, Wall Street, Gender Wage Gap, Sexism, Gender Pay Gap, Big Banks, Business News

Wall Street is one place where it pays to be a guy. For people in financial-sector jobs -- such as insurance agents, security sales agents, financi...

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Why It's A Lousy Time To Be A Twenty-Something

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Young Worker Salary, Income Gap, Student Debt, Millennial Generation, Student Loans, Recession, Young Workers, Millennials in the Workplace, Gender Gap, Video, Young Adults, Pay Gap, Great Recession, Millennials, Gender Pay Gap, Wage Gap, Generation Y, Business News

Attention, young workers: It's not your imagination. Your're underpaid. Wages for employees in their twenties took a sharp dive during the past de...

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Gender Pay Gap, Once Closing, Largely Stagnates During Economic Slowdown

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Salaries, Video, Education, Low Wages, Gender Discrimination, Women Pay, Low-Income, Wages, Gender Pay Gap, Low Income, Men Pay, Business News

Though the share of women participating in the low-wage workforce has declined in the past three decades, it's remained relatively stagnant for the la...

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Why Your Career Is Stalling (When You're Doing Everything Right)

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Women Careers, Women Career Growth, Gender Pay Gap, Women News

Dear women trying to get ahead in the workplace and blaming yourself for not advancing: It's not you, it's them. A new study from the nonprofit gro...

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Equal Pay for Equal Work

Christine Bork | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Pay Inequity, Walmart Class Action Suit, Pay Gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, Gender Pay Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Chicago News
Christine Bork

Many critics believe pay differences between men and women are simply a matter of personal choices, like women choosing to take time off to raise children. Research proves otherwise.

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Why Women Are Worth (Less)

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Female Entreneurship, Pay Gap, Gender Pay Gap, Pay Gap Gender, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Women, Pay Equity, Earning Gap, Women's Earning Power, Women's Earning, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Every time we change jobs and are asked for a salary history, we're at an increased disadvantage. This gender-based pay discrimination disparity is going to do nothing but get worse.

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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
Ilene H. Lang

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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A "Hair"-oing Tale: What Does It Mean For Your Career?

Manisha Thakor | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Women's Economic Empowerment, Executive Women, Pay Gap, Gender Equality in the Workplace, Sheryl Sandberg Coo, Women in Power, Rebekah Brooks Hair, Gender Pay Gap, Sheryl Sandberg, Glass Ceiling, Rebekah Brooks, Sheryl Sandberg Facebook, Powerful Women, Women CEOs, Women's Rights, Women's Empowerment, Women News
Manisha Thakor

In a world where a C-suite level woman dressed authentically as herself is derided for having "look-at-me-hair," is it any wonder that so many of us women feel conflicted about standing tall in our authentic selves at work?

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Is Curbing Women's Rights the Path to Gender Equality?

Sujatha Jesudason | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Sex-Selection, Sex Selective Abortion, Mara Hvistendahl, Abortion Rights, Gender Pay Gap, Sexism, Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, Politics News
Sujatha Jesudason

We can no longer afford to ignore the growing use of technology to select for boys and against girls. One hundred sixty million girls never born and a future of seven brides for seventy brothers is indeed cause for alarm.

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Laura Stampler

Three Tykes And You’re Out? Why Women With Three-Plus Kids Suffer Major Career Disadvantages

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Working Mom Study, Women Workers, Gender Equality, Large Families, Three Children, Women's Issues, Working Mothers, Children, Gender Pay Gap, Women's News, Gender Pay Discrimination, Work-Life Balance, Mothers of Three, Working Moms, Gender Pay Inequality, Women News

While balancing a family and career is difficult for any woman -- whether she has one child or five -- recent Australian research suggests that women ...

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A Step Toward Equal Pay

Liz Krueger | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Gender Wage Gap, Gender Equality, Pay Gap, Equal Pay for Women, Equal Pay, Gender Pay Gap, Career & Money, Politics News
Liz Krueger

Some injustices are not always as easy to spot. In fact, sometimes they're well hidden. Therefore if we want to end wage disparities, and give women the justice, and pay, they deserve, than we must take the first step in bringing this discrimination to light.

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Equal Pay: Why Aren't We There Yet?

Linda Basch | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Gender Discrimination, Pay Gap, Gender Pay Gap, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Politics News
Linda Basch

'These are tough times.' We've all heard the phrase time and time again -- especially now during the fierce battles over public spending -- to justify...

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Women: Do You Work Just for the Sake of Working?

Ariela M. Migdal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Gender Pay Discrimination, Aclu, Pay Discrimination, Wal-Mart, Gender Pay Gap, Politics News
Ariela M. Migdal

The courts should allow the women of Wal-Mart to establish the link between managers' stereotyped beliefs and the statistical evidence of pay and promotion disparities at Wal-Mart stores around the country by proceeding as a class action.

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