Women Employment

Matt Sledge

Women's Jobs Axed By State Austerity Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Teacher Layoffs, Women Unemployment, State Budget Cuts, Economic Stimulus Package, Childcare, Broward County Public Schools, Women Employment, Economic Recovery, Millionaires Tax, Womancession, Women Jobs, Recession, Politics News

One Sunday last May, Cherine Akbari moved into her new townhouse in sunny Oakland Park, Fla. The next day, the 27-year-old went to work doing what she...

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No More Bull: What Women Need to Know About the Economy and Why it Matters in 2012

Martha Burk | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: US Economy, Debt, U.S. Debt, U.S. Recession, Women Employment, 2011 Budget Control Act, Women Jobs, US Economy Women, Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling Debate, Money News
Martha Burk

With the U.S. suffering from the effects of a long and painful recession, the economy is the number one issue for women and men alike going into the 2012 elections. But women arguably have a bigger stake.

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Why Are We So Afraid of the Q Word?

Pat Mitchell | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Quotas, Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Glass Ceiling, Women Employment, Eeoa, Female Employment, Women in Media, Media News
Pat Mitchell

Time to confess, I decided. I am actually a product of quotas. Yes, let the truth be known that I was hired for my job in television because the station that hired me was responding to a federal initiative under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act.

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A Bartender's Guide to the Gender Wage Gap

Cristen Conger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earnings, Women, Earnings Report, Women Income, Bartending, Gender Wage Gap, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Bartenders, Service Industry, Women Employment, Income, Business News
Cristen Conger

If employment sectors on the shallower end of the income pool aren't fully supporting women, we still have plenty of room left for gender progress in the workplace from top to bottom.

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Paycheck Jobs, Paycheck Feminism

Nanette Fondas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women Workers, Women-Employment, Employment, Politics News
Nanette Fondas

Over the past 40 years the work force has changed dramatically -- with immigrants, women, single mothers, and Generations X and Y moving in. Yet the country has not updated its policies accordingly.

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Men Hit Hard When Jobs Disappear

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Role, Gender Equality, Women Employment, Two Income Household, Male Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

Gender roles have been reinforced since the days when fathers provided or families starved. They won't go away quietly.

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