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| Oct 30, 2026 | New Analysis Shows Finance Industry Has Biggest Gender Pay Gap in California | SACRAMENTO – The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) today released a new analysis of pay and demographic data, which identifies California’s finance and insurance sector as the industry with the state’s largest gender pay gap. Accordi... |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Ford Foundation Appoints Fatima Goss Graves to Board of Trustees | NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ford Foundation announced the election of Fatima Goss Graves to its board of trustees. Ms. Goss Graves is the president and chief executive officer of the National Women's Law Center a... |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Gloria Steinem lived to see a backlash against the strides she helped make for feminism | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press Writers
It was the fight for abortion rights that launched Gloria Steinem into feminism.
The idea that women couldn’t reach equality without t... |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Olivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being | Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised US$20 million (S$25.5 million) for women's well-being with a benefit show that activated her young audience.
Daisy Chain Field... |
| Aug 26, 2026 | How Dolly Parton inspired women in leadership: ‘We all owe Dolly a debt’ | There are few personalities as universally beloved as Dolly Parton.
Tributes have poured in from fellow musicians, celebrities, and current and former presidents celebrating the life and legacy of the iconic singer-songwriter, philanthropis... |
| Aug 14, 2026 | The Milwaukee Courier: Congressman Tom Tiffany Has a Disastrous Anti-Worker Record, Including Opposing Equal Pay for Women and Supporting Child Labor | The Milwaukee Courier: Congressman Tom Tiffany Has a Disastrous Anti-Worker Record, Including Opposing Equal Pay for Women and Supporting Child Labor
MADISON, Wis. — New reporting slams MAGA extremist Congressman Tom Tiffany for having “one... |
| Aug 6, 2026 | They once condemned bad behavior in the House. Now, it’s ‘not my business’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk, CQ-Roll Call
WASHINGTON — Four months ago, calls denouncing misconduct came swiftly, and all at once.
Now, it’s near silence.
Allegations surrounding two House Repu... |
| Jun 26, 2026 | The pulpit is just one front in the US war against women (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Nathalie Beasnael
This month in Orlando, the Southern Baptist Convention — the largest Protestant denomination in America — took its first formal step toward barring women from preaching. Almost... |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Women are making strides in education and employment. But an investing glass ceiling remains | Women haven’t made up ground when it comes to participation in the stock market, an idiosyncrasy that advocates tie to societal norms and ongoing pay disparities.
That’s despite progress seen by other economic and financial benchmarks.
Aviv... |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Farmworkers' Fight: A New Era of Accountability for Sexual Abuse | Women farmworkers face pervasive sexual abuse. Labor icon Dolores Huerta recently accused César Chavez of sexual violence. This revelation shakes the historic farm labor movement. It exposes deep-seated power abuses. Yet, women leaders buil... |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Women farmworkers who built their own fight against sexual assault cope with Chavez allegations | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ALEXANDRA OLSON, DORANY PINEDA and CLAIRE SAVAGE
NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two decades ago, legendary labor rights activist Dolores Huerta joined Mónica Ramírez at a Chicago event to promote the Ba... |
| Mar 21, 2026 | Women farmworkers who built their own fight against sexual assault cope with Chavez allegations | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ALEXANDRA OLSON, DORANY PINEDA and CLAIRE SAVAGE
NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two decades ago, legendary labor rights activist Dolores Huerta joined Mónica Ramírez at a Chicago event to promote the Ba... |
| Mar 9, 2026 | K-shaped economy puts pressure on women, as lower pay and higher costs reduce spending | The wage gap for women is 81 cents for every dollar a man makes, according to the National Women’s Law Center.
The extra pay boost that workers typically get when they switch jobs has declined.
A Bank of America Institute report found women... |
| Mar 6, 2026 | The gender wage gap doubles over a 30-year career, according to Glassdoor report: ‘There’s a cap on how high women can go’ | Progress to close the gender pay gap has been slow and inconsistent. In 2024, the pay gap actually widened for the second year in a row: Women made just 81 cents for every $1 paid to a man, down from 83 cents in 2023 and 84 cents in 2022.
N... |
| Mar 1, 2026 | Women's Wealth Boom: Seizing the Trillion-Dollar Investment Era | Women are poised for an unprecedented financial surge. The "Great Wealth Transfer" will channel trillions in wealth, significantly boosting their economic power. U.S. investable assets controlled by women are forecast to nearly do... |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Civil Rights agency rules against transgender Army worker who asked to use women’s bathroom | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their ge... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Women’s wealth is expected to boom: Where they are investing and how they can maximize returns | Cerulli Associates sees $105 trillion in wealth getting passed down to heirs through 2048.
Women’s investable assets in the U.S. are expected to nearly double by 2030, the consulting firm found.
Women should make sure they have the right ba... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Trump wants Americans to make more babies. Critics say his policies won’t help raise them | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Stephanie Armour, Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News
Maddy Olcott plans to start a career once she graduates from college. But the junior at the State University of New York-Purchase College is so fa... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 60% of U.S. workers don’t have a ‘quality job,’ according to new research: The results are ‘sobering’ | A majority, 60%, of U.S. workers don’t have a “quality job” that provides basic financial well-being, safety and other factors, according to new Gallup research that covers more than 18,000 workers across industries, occupations and types o... |
| Sep 11, 2025 | For the first time in over 60 years, the gender pay gap widened 2 years in a row | For the first time since data has been available going back to the 1960s, the gender pay gap widened for a second year in a row.
The average woman who worked full-time year-round in 2024 was paid just 81 cents for every $1 paid to a man; th... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Civil rights agency sued over handling of transgender worker discrimination complaints under Trump | Lucas, who is named in the lawsuit filed in Maryland U.S. District Court in Baltimore, has said that one of her priorities as Acting Chair would be “defending the biological and binary reality of sex and related rights.”
Last month she defe... |
| May 18, 2025 | The Erosion of Equity: A New Era for Nonprofits and Workers | In the landscape of American labor, a storm brews. The winds of change, once promising, now threaten to uproot the foundations of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Nonprofits that have tirelessly worked to bridge the gap i... |
| May 16, 2025 | Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers | Texas and the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, in August challenged the guidance, which the agency says serves as a tool for employers to assess compliance with anti-discrimination laws and is not legall... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price | All staff in five of the 10 regional offices were cut, along with more in the office’s headquarters in Washington. They included staff who upheld federal safety requirements for child care providers and ensured subsidies were being used eff... |
| Apr 3, 2025 | EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry | The documents followed letters that Lucas sent to 20 prominent law firms demanding information about diversity fellowships and other programs she claimed could be evidence of discriminatory practices.
A group of 10 former Democratic commiss... |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Equal Pay Day highlights stalled pay gap progress: ‘Women are never, ever going to catch up,’ researcher says | Equal Pay Day marks just how far into the new year full-time female workers have to keep working to make what their male counterparts made in just the previous year, also known as the gender pay gap.
Women in the U.S. who work full time are... |
| Mar 8, 2025 | The Tightening Grip of Rental Markets: A New Era of Competition | The rental market is a battleground. It’s fierce, competitive, and unforgiving. As we step into 2025, the landscape is shifting. Developers are racing to build, yet the demand is outpacing supply. The numbers tell a stark story. Last year, ... |
| Mar 5, 2025 | What Are You Doing to Close the Gender Pay Gap? Start With These 3 Steps. If you want to honor Equal Pay Day, start with these three actions to help close the pay gap in our workplaces. | Before you decide to post, share and give a thumbs up to honor Equal Pay Day, ask yourself this: What are you personally doing to close the gender pay gap in your organization? Each year, Equal Pay Day is a moment to raise awareness and com... |
| Feb 10, 2025 | As NCMEC Removes Any Mention of Trans Youth, the Anti-Porn Movement Shows Its True Colors With Trump’s Executive Order Against ‘Gender Ideology’ | I’ve long maintained the certitude that anti-pornography campaigners aligned with the far-right and conservative Christian movements are directly or indirectly transphobic and anti-LGBTQ.
A body of evidence in my own reporting and experienc... |
| Feb 6, 2025 | National Politics | San Jose State responds to Trump’s order banning transgender women from women’s sports | San Jose State defended itself throughout the fall, saying that all of its athletes were eligible under NCAA and Mountain West rules. An emergency court order in November seeking to prevent the San Jose State player from participating in th... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Policing: A Call for Caution | Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the shiny new tool in the toolbox of law enforcement. It promises efficiency, speed, and a reduction in paperwork. But as the saying goes, not all that glitters is gold. The recent push by companies like Axon... |
| Dec 22, 2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Kate Kelly: Biden should certify the ERA | With an incoming president who bragged about rolling back Roe v. Wade and a conservative supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court, one of Biden’s last actions in office should be to protect abortion rights by changing the actual text of the ... |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Women get less exercise than men – and this fitness gender gap is a problem | After a full Saturday shuttling her two kids to football and play-dates across Manhattan, Neha Ruch, 39, finally carved out a few precious minutes to exercise at 6.15pm. She didn’t even bother to change clothes before hopping onto her ellip... |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Rolli and National Women’s Law Center Partner to Advance Gender Justice Reporting and Elevate Public Discourse | Through this collaboration, Rolli will equip the NWLC with tools to amplify expert voices, enhance media engagement, and promote informed reporting. SANTA MONICA, CA, UNITED STATES, October 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Rolli is excited to... |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Health | If lawsuit ends federal mandates on birth control coverage, states will have the say | And that perplexity surrounding coverage may get more complicated.
An ongoing federal lawsuit aims to strike down the ACA’s preventive care coverage requirements for private insurers. If the case knocks out the mandates, state-level laws — ... |
| Jul 12, 2024 | We're Still Far From an Equal Workplace for Marginalized Communities. Employers Need to Follow These Steps for a Path to a More Equitable Future. For Black, brown and other people from marginalized groups in the workplace, there continue to be stark inequalities that hinder our success. | For Black, brown and other people from marginalized groups in the workplace, there continue to be stark inequalities that hinder our success. Take, for instance, Black women, who are estimated to lose over $900,000 over a 40-year career bec... |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Insurance wouldn't pay for his vasectomy. Such birth control coverage may become more elusive. | David Engler had been pretty sure he didn't want children. Then a frustrating school day two years ago helped seal the deal for the now 43-year-old substitute teacher.
"It was wild. I had to call the office seven times to get kids... |
| May 16, 2024 | New "Love Has No Labels" PSA Inspires Acts of Love to Combat Bias and Hate | The Ad Council's newest PSA, in partnership with R/GA, encourages individuals to act with love and combat division and hate
NEW YORK, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ad Council released the latest iteration of its Emmy-Award wi... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Report: Black girls suffer most from policing in Florida school district | When S.D. walked through the halls of her Florida high school, security guards looked at her inappropriately, gaping at her body.
“I’m a female with curves,” she said, requesting anonymity. “No one touched me, no one said anything, but the ... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Bathroom bills are back — broader and stricter — in several states | Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez | (TNS) KFF Health News
Republican lawmakers in several states have resurrected and expanded the fight over whether transgender people may use bathrooms and other facilities that do not match their sex assigned at bi... |
| Feb 27, 2024 | After Alabama’s IVF nightmare, these are the 10 worst states for women to live in | Facing unequal pay, anti-abortion legislation, and workplace bias, women are making tough decisions when deciding where to plant their roots. And now, with state-level barriers to conceiving and carrying a pregnancy to term, the pressure is... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Vote Your Voice Mississippi: Group aims to increase Black women’s voting power | It’s not by chance that Cassandra Welchlin leads an organization focused on advocating for the needs of Black women. The social worker, organizer and now executive director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable (MS BWR), learned the r... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Business | Remote options brought moms back to work. Return-to-office could push them out again | Emma Nelson | Star Tribune (TNS)
For most of her career, Felicia Krick worked from the office every day, sometimes logging 80 hours a week as a public accountant.
Then the pandemic hit, the world shut down, and she caught a glimpse of a dif... |
| Oct 10, 2023 | California Now Protects Sexual Assault Survivors From Frivolous Defamation Suits | Victoria Burke discusses a new bill to protect sexual assault survivors from defamation suits.Assembly Office of Chris Ward |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Hot girl summer is about to come to a crashing halt, and winter is coming for women | Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
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This year's hot girl summer was led by the women who propped up the US economy.
It's about to come to a crushing end as pandemic-era federal aid expires.
The aid h... |
| 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.
Retirement Pay inequity for Black women reaches all the way into retirement. Here are 4 ways they can counteract that... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | The Financial Services Sectors' Role In Closing The Gender Wealth Gap | Tamara Kostova, CEO of Velexa, empowers institutional clients through customized and embedded investing services. |
| May 11, 2023 | Most Stay-At-Home Moms Face Bias When Returning To Work, Survey Shows | A new survey shows stay-at-home moms face bias when returning to work.getty |
| Apr 16, 2023 | One chart shows how many more hours married women spend on housework than their husbands in 5 different types of opposite-sex marriages | A few hundred supporters of women's rights gathered in Union Square to celebrate International Women's Day in 2019. Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
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Pew Research Center compared the ... |
| Mar 15, 2023 | California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom Announces Cities of Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, and Fresno Become First Cities to Sign Equal Pay Pledge | On Equal Pay Day, the six cities join over 100 existing California Equal Pay Pledge signatories
SACRAMENTO – First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom today announced that Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, and Fresno ha... |
| Mar 14, 2023 | The pay gap has stalled and parenthood is a big reason why | A woman pushes a stroller in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images
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Women make about 84% of what men make based on full-time, year-round workers' median earnings for 2021.
That's the highest figure from 1960 to 202... |
| Feb 2, 2023 | How To Introduce Pay Transparency To Help Close The Gender Pay Gap | Lynne Marie Finn is President/CEO of Broadleaf, a WBENC-certified provider of value-driven talent acquisition and workforce solutions. |
| 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 4, 2023 | Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is no end-run around abortion bans | The emergency department is often called a hospital’s front door. For many people desperate for reproductive care, it is being seen as their last chance. But these days, getting treatment for pregnancy-related medical emergencies in the eme... |
| Dec 8, 2022 | December 8 is this year's Latina Equal Pay Day, or the day Latina workers finally earn what white men made in just 2021 | JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images
Latina Equal Pay Day is December 8.
That means it takes Latinas almost all of 2022 to make what non-Hispanic white men made in just 2021.
Latinas earn 54% of what white men earn per Census Bureau data.
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| Oct 27, 2022 | #MeToo Five Years Later: How The Movement Started And What Needs To Change | This month, October 2022, marks the fifth anniversary of when the #MeToo movement went viral. ... [+] (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Companies are being forced to reveal what a job pays. It’s a start. | You wouldn’t rent an apartment or even buy a pair of jeans online without knowing the price. Soon, many Americans won’t search for a job without knowing what it pays, either.
A series of local and state laws, both newly adopted and soon to ... |
| Oct 5, 2022 | 15 women who built companies on social media and booked thousands in revenue share their advice for growing a business. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Working women were among the most negatively affected when the pandemic struck.
Many turned to social media to promote their brands, find c... |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Will women rule in the 2022 California election? | In summary
While female candidates still face challenges, voters could elect a record number of women to the state Legislature in November. The roster of female lawmakers could rise to 45 of the 120 seats, according to a CalMatters analysis... |
| Sep 21, 2022 | September 21 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. It shows how far America has to go to close the gender and racial wage gap. | andreswd/Getty Images
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September 21 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day.
It would take Black women working from the start of 2021 through today to earn as much as non-Hispanic white men made in just 2021.
The pay gap affects Black... |
| Sep 20, 2022 | After Two Years Of Slowing Progress, The Global Community Must Prioritize Gender Equality | Improving access to education for girls and women is key to achieving gender equality globally. getty |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Mother's Equal Pay Day 2022: How The Pay Gap Impacts Families | Mother’s Equal Pay Day marks how far into the year mothers must work to earn what fathers did last ... [+] year alone.getty |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Democrats have yet to prioritize universal childcare and paid leave, and it's hurting mothers, children, and the economy | Childcare and paid-leave policies are popular with voters, yet they haven't been priorities for the Biden administration. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for PL+US
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| Jun 9, 2022 | Female workers are powering America's entrepreneurship boom. It's not because they want to. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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America's entrepreneurship boom is driven by women who left the workforce. During the pandemic, women lost more jobs than m... |
| Jun 4, 2022 | Women and Black Americans are finally rejoining the workforce—just in time for the recession | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
During the pandemic, women and people of color were more likely to be locked out of the labor force than other dem... |
| May 2, 2022 | The Gig Economy Opportunity: Let’s Get Women Back Into The Workplace Post-Pandemic | Camille Fetter, founder & CEO of digital business executive search firm Talentfoot, is on a mission to change lives for the better. |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Three Steps Companies Can Take To Support Women Reentering The Workforce | Sarah Travers, CEO of Workbar, helped pioneer the flexible workspace industry and is considered a thought leader on the future of work. |
| Mar 14, 2022 | What Equal Pay Day 2022 Data Is—And Is Not—Telling Us | There's a wage gap in 94% of occupations, regardless of whether a woman is working in a low-paid job ... [+] or a high-paid job getty |
| Feb 9, 2022 | 16,000 childcare providers shut down in the pandemic. It’s a really big deal | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
When thousands of childcare centers and day cares reopened after the COVID-19 lockdowns lifted in 2020, it... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Businesses argue NYC’s groundbreaking new law to require salaries in job postings will hurt the local economy | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
Employers in New York City will be required to include a salary range on all job postings beginning in May... |
| Dec 20, 2021 | The number of women doing gig work in Philly region surged during COVID-19 | Single mom Melynda Ribardo, of Gloucester County, and her sister each had a baby during the coronavirus pandemic. Ribardo, a former certified nursing assistant, said working for DoorDash allowed them to plan so that someone was always home ... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | National Women's Law Center Celebrates Tonya Robinson's Appointment to Vice Chair of Board, Recognizes Board Leadership as Organization Enters Its 50th Year | WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Women's Law Center (NWLC), a non-profit organization that has been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women and girls for nearly 50 years, recently anno... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Why no one can seem to hire workers anymore—and what workers are doing instead to pay the bills | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories delivered straight to your inbox each morning.
It’s late on a Sunday morning, the perfect time for a cup of coffee to help jump-start wrapping up the remaining weekend errands. An... |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Baltimore women report stress and discrimination at work during the COVID-19 pandemic, survey shows | Work overload. Discrimination. Job dissatisfaction.
Those are among the working conditions that Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) and Towson University found after surveying the impact of the pandemic on women in the Baltimore region.
Simil... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Financial Inclusion and Economic Challenges in the Shadow of the Pandemic: A Conversation with Tribal Leaders | I would like to join Esther George in expressing my appreciation to the leaders of tribal nations assembled here for this opportunity to listen and learn from this afternoon's conversation. I also want to thank Governor Anoatubby for h... |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Tell us your stories of salary disparities for Latina Equal Pay Day | October 21 is Latina Equal Pay Day, the day when the average Latina pay catches up to what non-Hispanic white men were paid the year before.
Insider wants our Latina readers to reflect on a time when they realized they were making less than... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Goldman Sachs : Launches Reimagined Returnship Program to Support Professionals Re-entering the Workforce During the Pandemic | + more Goldman Sachs Launches Reimagined Returnship Program to Support Professionals Re-entering the Workforce During the Pandemic
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Reimagined Returnship Creates Pathway for Professionals Displaced from the Workforce Due to COVID... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Выгорание разработчиков: почему оно начинается и что можно сделать | А вы знали, что выражение «выгореть» использовал еще Шекспир в 17 веке? Гораздо позже, в 2019 году ВОЗ дала выгоранию следующее определение: «синдром, который осмысляется как результат хронического стресса в процессе работы, который не прор... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Is ‘Big Day Care’ the solution to America’s childcare woes—or is it risky to mix profits and toddlers? | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning.
Kate Mendolia’s all-too-common childcare problems started long before the pandemic.
Mendolia, a senior sales manager for a multinational manuf... |
| Aug 15, 2021 | Richard Nixon sabotaged a generation of women, but now Congress has another chance – if it can pass Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending plan | Richard Nixon vetoed care-economy measures in 1971 after they passed the House and Senate. Getty
Joe Biden’s American Families Plan featured “care economy” measures that Congress is currently debating.
50 years ago, a similar plan actually ... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Let’s Support College Student Mothers During the Pandemic — and Beyond | Mix Tape / Shutterstock
Although the pandemic has been devastating for everyone, it’s been especially hard for college student mothers. Many were forced by school and day care closures to prioritize care and remote learning for their childr... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Otter Raises $23 Million To Tackle Broken Childcare Market And Help Stay-At-Home Parents Get Paid | Helen Mayer is the sole founder and CEO of childcare startup Otter. Courtesy of Otter. |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Colorado forced companies to disclose salaries on job listings – and now some companies won’t hire workers from the Centennial State | Colorado State Representatives Rod Pelton, left, and Kim Ransom, right, talk to each surrounded by protective plastic barriers set up at each desk in the House chambers at the Colorado State Capitol during an emergency legislative session o... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | INSPERITY, INC.
The SHEcession: Why women are withdrawing from the workforce | There's an alarming trend - some might even call it a crisis - underway in the U.S. workforce.
It's the SHEcession, the term used to describe the COVID-19-induced recession in which women have quit their jobs or scaled back their ... |
| Jun 3, 2021 | AMAZON.COM, INC.
Amazon com : Returnship program helps professionals get back to work | The 16-week paid program provides support and a clear path to return to work for those who have been unemployed for at least one year.
Whether planned or unplanned, life happens and sometimes it pauses career plans. When raising a family, c... |
| May 21, 2021 | 6 Ways to Cultivate a Diverse and Equal Workplace | May 21, 2021 8 min read
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Equality has barely moved in decades. In the 25 years since we've recognized Equal Pay Day, the wage gap has only narrowed by $0.08. Between 2015 an... |
| May 11, 2021 | How Biden’s stimulus could cause some large companies to raise wages and bring childcare to the forefront | President Joe Biden. Andrew Harnik/AP
Wages climbed modestly in April, a signal that businesses may be boosting pay to attract workers.
Some big employers are boosting pay and expanding the types of incentives they are offering.
Biden is si... |
| May 10, 2021 | Kids in universal pre-K are more likely to attend college and graduate high school, study finds | A new study finds that children who attended universal pre-K were more likely to attend college.
Universal pre-K also seems to have positive behavioral impacts on attendees across race and income.
President Biden wants to establish universa... |
| May 9, 2021 | How Biden’s American Families Plan could revolutionize American motherhood | Sen. Elizabeth Warren does a ‘Pinky Promise’ with seven year-old Zoe Rajbanshi at a campaign stop in Hollis, New Hampshire, September 27, 2019. Brian Snyder/Reuters
President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan would invest heavily in childc... |
| May 8, 2021 | How Biden’s historically diverse administration plans to improve workforce diversity and economic equity | Joe Biden holds the first Cabinet meeting of his presidency on April 1, 2021. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
President Biden vowed to appoint the most diverse Cabinet in history and fix economic inequities.
Financial support for women, communi... |
| May 7, 2021 | How returnship programs can bring women back to the office | Image: iStock/Prostock-Studio
It’s long been clear that COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the working world—ushering in a new age of remote (and now, hybrid) work, disrupting conferences and events, and creating challenges for brick-and-mortar ... |
| May 4, 2021 | Marshall Plan For Moms Launches "Moms Deserve More Flower Store" Highlighting What Moms Really Need This Mother's Day | |
| Apr 28, 2021 | If you’re a parent, here’s how Biden’s new plan will benefit you – from free pre-K to childcare | President Joe Biden greets Ret. US Marine Cpl. William Kiernan, his wife Leah, and their daughter Madison Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Official White House Phot... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan | Today, President Biden announced the American Families Plan, an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future.
In March, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which continues to provide immediate relief to ... |
| Apr 24, 2021 | The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women varies by race and ethnicity, according to a new analysis | From employment to food sufficiency, the pandemic has had devastating effects on women.
59.3% of Latinas lost income since March 2020 compared to 41.3% non-Hispanic white women, NWLC wrote.
Latina and Black women also reported higher shares... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | 17 state treasurers urge Congress to include federal paid family leave in Biden’s American Families Plan | State treasurers from 17 states sent an open letter to Congress on Wednesday urging lawmakers to pass federal paid family leave and medical leave as proposed in President Joe Biden’s soon-to-be released American Families Plan.
“We are conce... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | These Organizations Are Addressing The Shecession To Help Women | According to a recent study conducted by the National Women’s Law Center, 80 percent of all workers over the age of 20 who left the workforce in January of 2021 were women. Women are exiting their jobs at four times the rate of men and duri... |
| Apr 10, 2021 | Women saw a big increase in jobs in March but there’s still a long way to go | Women gained 315,000 jobs in March, about half of men’s monthly employment gain.
NWLC wrote it would take roughly 15 months to get back to women’s pre-pandemic employment at this rate.
Measures like raising the minimum wage and implementing... |
| Apr 8, 2021 | Millions Of Moms Left Work In 2020. Can Tech Startups Help Families At The Brink? | With new pandemic-driven family demands, the percentage of women in the workforce is the lowest it’s ... [+] been since 1988 according to the National Women’s Law Center.getty |