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| Jan 17, 2025 | 5 Unique Ways Women Are Capable of Closing the Talent Gap Within STEM Fields STEM's gender gap is more than a statistic — it's a missed opportunity. Women bring collaboration, innovation and empathy to the table, paving the way for a stronger, more inclusive future in science and tech. | Despite significant growth in recent years, women are still a notable minority within STEM fields. Women make up an estimated 34% of the STEM workforce overall, yet in more lucrative fields like engineering and computer science, women only ... |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Human Resource Expert Launches Latinas Rising Up in HR: The Executive Edition; Book profiles inspirational stories from Latinas in high-ranking positions | Chicago-based Human Resources Leader and “Latinas Rising Up in HR” Founder Priscilla Guasso launches her new book called “Latinas Rising Up in HR: The Executive Edition.”
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| Apr 19, 2024 | Anthropology PhD student's work highlights complexity of human identities, histories | Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2024 graduates.
Tisa Loewen considers herself a nontraditional student.
She is older than typical U.S. college students, having previously left college and returnin... |
| Nov 26, 2023 | Meet the typical student-loan borrower: a millennial woman with a $35,000 balance who wants debt relief | nirat/Getty Images
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43 million Americans hold $1.6 trillion in outstanding federal student debt.
Millennials hold the most student debt, with an average balance of about $35,000 per person.
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| Jul 27, 2023 | Pay inequity for Black women reaches all the way into retirement. Here are 4 ways they can counteract that damage. | Personal Finance Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| Jun 21, 2023 | I'm the CEO of Ancestry. Here are 6 things that are hard to admit as a working mother. | Deb Liu
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Liu writes that being a full-time working mother is hard and no one can do it without support.
She also admits that no mat... |
| May 9, 2023 | Only 15% of tech startup founders are female | While Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have become household names, the same can’t be said for their female counterparts at some of the world’s most powerful companies.
In fact, a recent report by PwC found that only 22% of students can name ... |
| May 2, 2023 | Women's History Month Just Ended: 5 Ways Men In Leadership Can Support Women Now | Dr. Brandy L. Simula is an award-winning leadership development consultant, executive coach, and women's leadership expert. |
| Apr 21, 2023 | 5 Proven Tips For Balancing Your Career And Motherhood | Work Life Balancegetty |
| Apr 19, 2023 | SHENIX® Hosts Successful Chicago Launch of Fintech Web-Based App; Hispanic entrepreneurs and creators showcase services, present discussions about Latinas and finance | Juan Carlos Avila and Olga Carmago of SHENIX® share an overview of their fintech web-based app during the Chicago launch event. The app helps Latina entrepreneurs with resources to grow their wealth. “Those Latinas who attended this event s... |
| Jan 30, 2023 | The Time To Close The Gender Pay Gap Is Now: How You Can Join The Fight | Elaine Montilla is the founder of 5xminority, a TEDx Speaker and the Chief Technology Officer for US School Assessment at Pearson. |
| Jan 23, 2023 | Latinas in Finances Shows Strong Representation of Hispanic Women in Financial Industry; Eighteen Authors Present Personal Stories, Change Narrative | Imelda Rodriguez presents 18 stories of Hispanic women in the finance industry with her new book called "Latinas in Finances." “I think that Latinas aren’t represented as much in the financial fields because there are too many bar... |
| Jan 17, 2023 | I am a working mom who wants to ask to go down to 4 days a week. Will that kill my career? | Asking for a reduced schedule might not hurt your career in the long term — as long as you go about it smartly. Getty Images
Insider's latest work-advice column is about a mom who wants to go down to a four-day workweek.
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| Jan 13, 2023 | 5 things to remember about building wealth as a first-generation woman of color | 10'000 Hours/Getty Images
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| Dec 20, 2022 | Increasing Equitable Choices For Women In Healthcare | The White House announced a plan to add 'M' to STEM to include medical fields. A move that could ... [+] create more opportunities across the sector.getty |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Parental leave is the greatest benefit workers don't take | Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.
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| Dec 7, 2022 | Subtle signs of workplace pregnancy discrimination and how the law protects you, according to attorneys | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| Nov 1, 2022 | Women CEOs Speak: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable | Women CEO's: Get comfortable being uncomfortablegetty |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Covid-19 is an inverse equity story, not a racial equity success story | As MacArthur Foundation fellow Jennifer Richeson noted in The Atlantic in 2020, Americans love to perpetuate narratives of racial progress, regardless of whether that narrative is aligned with reality.
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| Oct 10, 2022 | How Companies And Educators Can Close The STEM Gender Gap | As marketing director of Attensi, Anthony Wong helps people learn faster and better by making learning more fun and fruitful. |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Black Women Are Less Likely To Get Quality Feedback At Work. That Impacts Their Earnings And Leadership Opportunities Over Time | Young woman working on desktop computer at home getty |
| May 5, 2022 | theSkimm Founders Have A Plan For The Private Sector To Address Paid Family Leave | When Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg created theSkimm in 2012, their mission was to make women more informed about the world around them by delivering personalized news into daily email snippets. |
| Nov 28, 2021 | Thankful Together: Finding Gratitude On The Inclusion Journey | "Gratitude turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." —Melody Beatti... |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Nebula Academy Creates Momentous Job Opportunities and Recognized By Newsweek as a Top Coding School | Laurey Carey, Founder and CEO of Nebula Academy Our team is dedicated to making an impact through workforce development training programs
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| Sep 20, 2021 | Preparing students for a STEM career will take collaboration. Just ask these educational partners | We know the STEM sector represents one of the fastest growing employment opportunities for students across the U.S.
By 2029, the number of jobs in STEM is projected to grow 8%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of... |
| Aug 3, 2021 | How Fortune Global 500 companies fared in a tumultuous year | Good morning,
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Even the most profitable businesses in the world were rattled by a tumultuous, unprecedented year.
The 2021 Fortune Global 500 list rel... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | The average female college grad gets a $35,000 starting salary – not much more than the typical borrower’s student-debt load, report finds | The American Association of University Women compared women’s student-debt burdens to their income.
Black women have more student debt than white women, highlighting the racial wealth gap.
AAUW recommended simplifying repayment options, whi... |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Women’s History Month should be a monthlong reminder for a year-round commitment | With years of inequality, gender-wage gaps, lack of understanding and even worse — sexual harassment — fair treatment of women in the workplace in all industries has been a long-fought effort. During Women’s History Month this March, we are... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Here’s What Working Parents Should Envy About Norway (and It’s Not Just The Electric Cars) | Norway’s gotten a lot of attention since it became the target of actor Will Ferrell’s envy and ire in GM’s Super Bowl ads for beating the U.S. to become the world's biggest per-capita market for electric vehicles. The viral ads have spurred... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | ‘Banks Were Shocked To See Excellence Among Two Young Black Women Doing Well’: Dr. Tamika Cross’ Commitment To Improve Accessibility To Quality Reproductive Medical Care For Black Women | Dr. Tamika Cross, M.D., FACOG, Certified OBGYNDr. Tamika Cross, M.D., FACOG |
| Mar 31, 2020 | How Women In STEM Combat Interruptions And Idea Appropriations | Elyse DickersonElyse Dickerson |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Sponsors could be key to solving tech’s lack of gender diversity | Rebecca Henderson Contributor
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Women pioneered the field of computer technology. Yet, in 2020, the sector is still dominated by men. T... |
| Mar 6, 2020 | A Day in the Life of a Woman in Tech – International Women’s Day 2020 | International Women’s Day (March 8th) is upon us again, and here at Tech.co, we’ve taken the opportunity to reflect on the persisting inequality between men and women, not just within the tech industry, but in wider society and workplaces.
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| Feb 17, 2020 | The Staggering Truth About The 86-Year Pay Gap & How To Solve The Crisis | By Renee Goyeneche |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Hildreth Institute Awarded Spark Grant for No Debt College Campaign | For millions of American, student debt is more than a temporary burden; it’s a detriment to their economic and personal well-being. According to the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, over half of all young adults who a... |
| Oct 2, 2019 | A Texas university reported 8 rapes on campus in 2016-17, but now admits there were 38. Experts say this problem is happening nationwide. | Texas State University Texas State University
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This week, Texas State University announced it under-reported sexual assaults on campus during the 2016 and 2017 school years.
The school had originally reported just eight instances ... |
| May 30, 2019 | Pillar launches with $5.5M from Kleiner Perkins and others to tackle your student loan debt | A new startup aims to help you get your student loans under control. Today, an app called Pillar, backed by $5.5 million in seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins, is launching a simpler way for consumers to better understand their student loa... |
| Mar 15, 2019 | How to finally address the country's out-of-control student loan crisis, according to a finance professor | Advertisement
For the first time in US history, total student-loan debt exceeds $1.5 trillion - surpassing both auto-loan and credit card debt.
Mark T. Williams teaches finance, risk management, and capital markets at Boston University and ... |
| Sep 10, 2018 | What Salary Should You Ask For? Here’s How to Figure Out What You’re Worth | Whether you’re nailing down the details of a new job offer or hoping to negotiate a raise in a current role, you probably want to make sure you’re being paid fairly. One way to do that, according to experts, is to figure out your market val... |
| May 21, 2018 | Yikes, Inc. gets $10,000 to continue work on bias-busting WordPress plugin | Pit two identical, fictitious resumes against each other and hiring managers are likely to offer “John” more money than “Jennifer.”
Backed by $10,000 from the PNC LGBT Business Award, Fishtown-based dev shop Yikes, Inc. is hoping to change ... |
| Apr 22, 2018 | Let’s make equal pay a reality in Hawaii | PIXABAY
Surprisingly, some people living in Hawaii are still unaware of the gender pay gap, and the fact that women in the state on average earn 83 percent of what a man in Hawaii earns.
Did you know that Equal Pay Day was April 10 in Hawai... |
| Apr 10, 2018 | One map shows how much more money men make than women in every US state | Chris Crisman Photography
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Overall, American women make 80.5% o... |
| Mar 15, 2018 | To achieve more equity in the tech industry, we must reframe diversity | By Patricia Baum Salgado, Fielding Graduate University
There is a lot of fear among men in the tech industry about speaking out and trying to overcome declining female participation and sexual harassment, according to my ongoing research.
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| Mar 8, 2018 | The Gender Inequality Issue and What to do About it | The Chinese say ‘may you live in interesting times’. If you’ve been following world events lately, it has been nothing but.
2017 was a watershed year for women, with marches, the #MeToo movement, #TimesUp campaign and many women coming forw... |
| Jan 23, 2018 | How to identify workplace harassment | If you’ve been paying attention to the news or social media lately, chances are you’ve seen some of the heartbreaking stories and backlash from sexual harassment in industries like entertainment, news, and politics. #Metoo has become an ine... |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Speaking Up About Sexual Misconduct at Work Is Only the Start | In October, after reading the New York Times’ report of allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein, a Canadian writer posed an important question on Twitter: “When did you meet YOUR Harvey Weinstein?” The writer, Anne T. Dona... |
| Jun 26, 2017 | If you weren’t raised in the Internet age, you may need to worry about workplace age discrimination | |
| Jun 22, 2017 | Bigger debt, lower wages hamper female college graduates | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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Women attending colleges and universities have come a long way. The go... |
| Jun 10, 2017 | AI won’t help female entrepreneurs bridge the gender gap | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Female... |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Tech companies prove the old boys’ club is alive and well | More On: sexual harassment
Hochul is a more 'collaborative' leader compared to Cuomo: poll Washington Football Team’s Tanya Snyder claims comments 'taken out of context' amid outrage Stranger tells teens their bikini-clad beach bodies are '... |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Tech companies prove the old boys’ club is alive and well | More On: sexual harassment
Activision beats back shareholder lawsuit over sex bias claims Ex-Air Force officer claims female boss at consulting firm sexually harassed him Lawyer claims he was fired from state job for cooperating with Andrew... |
| Apr 4, 2017 | In tech, the wage gender gap worsens for women over time, and it’s worst for black women | According to a new study involving more than 120,000 job offers transacted on Hired, a jobs marketplace for tech workers, the average female candidate is still making less than her male peers for the same work, and sometimes far less.
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| Mar 31, 2017 | Women in tech are still an undervalued pipeline for innovation | Allyson Kapin Contributor
Allyson Kapin is the founder of Women Who Tech.
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Craig Newmark is the founder of craigslist. His latest venture, craigconnects, helps drive peer-to-peer, grassroots civic engagement and phi... |
| Sep 22, 2016 | Only 136 More Years Until the Pay Gap Closes | Women may have to wait another 136 years for equal pay, according to a new report.
The American Association of University Women released its Fall 2016 report on the gender pay gap on Thursday, and it doesn’t offer much optimism for women, p... |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Women Do Ask for Raises—They Just Don't Receive Them, Study Says | Researchers have long argued that one of the reasons men make more money in the workplace is that women hesitate to negotiate their pay. However, a new study published this month shows that women do, in fact, ask. They just do not receive.
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| Jul 17, 2016 | How generation Z females could be the answer to tech’s gender diversity problem | Taha Bawa Contributor
Taha Bawa is the CEO of Goodwall, a social network for high school students to tell their stories, discover opportunities, win scholarships and get recognized by universities.
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| Mar 8, 2016 | Spotlighting Women at SXSW on International Women’s Day | Women@Austin has put together a list of events of interest to women at South by Southwest this year. |
| Mar 2, 2016 | This App Will Make Sure Men Pay More When Splitting The Bill | Lauren Keating, Tech Times 02 March 2016, 12:03 pm
There are a few payment apps that allow users to spilt the bill among friends evenly. But is it really even if there is a white male who can afford to splurge on the steak at the dinner tab... |
| Oct 28, 2015 | How a self-taught developer dropped out of Uni and started his own coding school | Share this article:
Frank Tamre is a man of many titles — Mentor, Coach, Founder, Applications Engineer, Performer, Developer, Photographer among many others. He describes himself as a “Design Engineer who believes in limitless boundaries o... |
| Oct 6, 2015 | What fewer women in STEM means for their mental health | “You’re in engineering!?! Wow, you must be super-smart…”
It has been over 10 years since I was a first-year engineering undergraduate student; but when I remember the time a fellow female student made this comment, I can still feel a viscer... |
| Jul 13, 2015 | Tech companies spend big money on bias training—but it hasn’t improved diversity numbers | Facebook recently redoubled its efforts on bias training when its diversity numbers barely budged from last year, now at 16% female, 3% Hispanic and 1% black among its tech workers. The company reworked its Managing Bias course to be “harde... |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Are female entrepreneurs set up to fail? | It’s no secret that men and women are treated differently. Studies show that in the classroom, teachers acknowledge and reward boys more, while in the workplace, males are promoted 15% more than women (as well as that pesky 18.8% pay gap).
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| Jun 7, 2015 | Mentorships aim at stopping the declining numbers of women in tech jobs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
With prominent executives like Marissa Mayer and ... |
| Jun 7, 2015 | Mentorships aim at stopping the declining numbers of women in tech jobs | With prominent executives like Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg in the headlines, it’s easy to assume that women are closing the gender gap in the tech industry. In reality, the number of computing jobs held by women is down, from 35 perce... |
| Mar 21, 2015 | Why An Open Salary Policy Always Beats Secrecy | Dane Atkinson Contributor
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| Dec 15, 2014 | 3 reasons men are paid more in health IT jobs | Positions
Not all positions are created equal when it comes to pay. According to the HealthITJobs.com survey, job position is one of the top influencers of salary. Project managers earn the highest salaries, taking home an average annual sa... |
| Oct 14, 2014 | Facebook And Apple Offer To Pay For Female Employees To Freeze Their Eggs | Facebook and Apple are making it easier for female employees to delay having kids and focus on their careers instead. Both companies have now offered to pay to freeze their eggs.
Many tech companies offer wild perks such as unlimited vacati... |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Microsoft Chief Nadella Will Be Back For More Next Year At Women’s Tech Conference | When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told thousands of women at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women In Computing that people should rely on the corporate system and karma for raises and promotions, the audience was understandably confused.
S... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | Microsoft's CEO Tells Women It's Bad Karma to Ask For a Raise | Updated Friday, Oct. 10
Gender pay gap got you down? Take a crash course from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s Etiquette Academy For Polite Young Ladies: Smile pretty and don’t be so unbecoming as to ask for a salary bump. After all, a raise i... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to Women: Don’t Ask For A Raise, Trust Karma | Proffering career advice more analogous to The Secret than Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Women Work, and the Will to Lead, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told women in the tech industry that asking for what you’re worth isn’t the best way to get ... |
| Aug 23, 2014 | Women In Tech: It’s Not Just A Pipeline Problem | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| Jul 15, 2012 | Cheerleaders urge girls to love science | Girls are more likely to lose interest in science than boys, and that’s contributing to the nation’s weakening pool of college graduates with science degrees. The Science Cheerleaders are trying to do something about that.
The cheerleaders ... |
| The student debt forgiveness debate highlights the gender gap in what borrowers owe | Despite the current pause on federal student loan payments, student debt continues to be a major concern for tens of millions of Americans who have student loans. The majority of these borrowers are women.
According to the American Associat... |
| Factory jobs are making a surprising comeback — and they could help revitalize America's shrinking middle class | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Diversity And Inclusion In Analytics: How Startups Are Combating The Sexism Charge | Image Source
A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water – Eleanor Roosevelt.
Meg Whitman is the CEO of Hewlett-Packard and has a degree in economics and an MBA. Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of ... |
| More than 25% of U.S. workers are covered under pay transparency laws—that could soon be near 50% | Just over 1 in 4 workers is now entitled to salary transparency by law — and proposals could double that number in the next few years.
Nearly 44.8 million people, or 26.6% of the U.S. labor force, live in a state where employers are require... |
| These 8 charts show the glaring gap between men's and women's salaries in the US | US Rep. Ilhan Omar poses for a photo with fellow panelists at a town hall meeting on gender pay gap and equity on April 24, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Stringer/Getty Images
March 15, 2022 is Equal Pay Day, which refl... |
| The major blind spot in Bill Gates’s pandemic prevention plan | “Many people in rich countries were shocked by the world’s unequal response to Covid,” Bill Gates writes in his new book, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, which offers insights into how the tech billionaire and global health leader believe... |
| Biden announces $10,000 student loan forgiveness plan—here’s who qualifies | Millions of Americans will see their student debt canceled or reduced following President Joe Biden’s long-awaited announcement on student loan forgiveness Wednesday afternoon.
The Biden administration is forgiving up to $10,000 in federal ... |
| Why the U.S. government, the country’s largest employer, wants to ban the salary history question | The federal government, the largest employer in the U.S., wants to make the salary history question a thing of the past.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, OPM, introduced a proposal this week that would bar hiring managers from askin... |
| This salary phrase in job descriptions is ‘useless,’ says recruiter—here’s how to make sense of it | Pay transparency laws are on the rise nationwide, but so is the share of companies that use the ambiguous phrase “competitive salary” to describe what they’ll pay.
As of May, the phrase appeared in 3% of U.S. job postings on Indeed, up from... |
| Women with student loan debt face ‘multiple financial pressures,’ expert says. These tips may help with repayment | Nearly two-thirds of the country’s outstanding student debt is held by women.
CNBC spoke to student loan and financial experts about how women can best manage their education debt.
Nearly two-thirds of the country’s outstanding student debt... |
| Treasury Secretary Yellen says abortion restrictions will hurt the US economy — there's significant research that proves this | Abortion-rights advocates demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on May 3, 2022, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said restricting abortion rights could hurt the US economy.
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| 3 reasons men are paid more in health IT jobs | The 2014 salary report from HealthITJobs.com confirmed what many of us suspected: men are paid more in health IT.
The survey found a salary gap of more than $17,000. Men earned an average annual salary of $99,566.68, compared with $82,036.3... |
| Coalition of start-up founders and investors aims to end the gender pay gap for pre-IPO companies by 2027 | A new coalition called Organizations for Pay Equity Now, or OPEN Imperative, launched with the goal of eliminating the gender pay gap among pre-IPO start-ups by 2027.
More than 200 founders, CEOs and investors have joined the coalition, acc... |
| These 7 U.S. cities have the smallest wage gaps | Women out-earn men in just three U.S. cities, according to a new analysis of Census data from Smartasset, the personal finance site.
Women who work full-time jobs in Hollywood, Fla., earn a median of $47,500 per year, or 104.76% of what men... |
| Democrats’ $50,000 student loan forgiveness plan would make 36 million borrowers debt-free | The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democrats on Thursday put forward a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers.
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| Men and women asked for raises this year at the same rate, but men were more likely to get them | Americans say they’re handling record inflation by trying to up their income, including by asking for a raise at work. But not everyone has been equally successful at getting one.
In response to rising prices in the last 12 months, the same... |
| The average female college grad gets a $35,000 starting salary — not much more than the typical borrower's student-debt load, report finds | LPETTET/Getty Images
The American Association of University Women compared women's student-debt burdens to their income.
Black women have more student debt than white women, highlighting the racial wealth gap.
AAUW recommended simplifying r... |
| Here's who would benefit most from student loan forgiveness | Women, people of color and older Americans are among the groups paying the biggest price for the country's $1.7 trillion outstanding student loan balance.
As a result, they would be the biggest winners if President Joe Biden decides to canc... |
| President Biden says closing gender pay gap is ‘a moral imperative’ as House passes Paycheck Fairness Act | The Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims to eliminate the gender pay gap and strengthen workplace protections for women, passed the House of Representatives on Thursday in a 217-210 vote.
The bill, which was reintroduced by House Democrats in ... |
