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Gender Equality Will Add Trillions to U.S. Economy

By Women's Voices For Change

A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute, “The Power of Parity: Advancing Women’s Equality in the United States,” says that gender parity in the United States could add up to $4.3 trillion a year to the Gross Domestic Product by 2025.

Money & Careers

New Study Adds Piece to Gender-Pay-Gap Puzzle (In the News)

By Women's Voices For Change

Once upon a time, little girls went to school and were told that if they studied hard and got good grades, they would be able to pursue good careers and live in economic security ever after.

Marriage & Life Partners

A Marriage of Equals: The Rise of ‘Assortative Mating’

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Today, people tend to marry for different reasons than they did in the past. Rather than seek someone with complementary skills, a man and woman are looking for a “like-minded” person, meaning, often, someone with a similar characteristics.

Money & Careers

Gender Pay Gap: Why the Problem Persists

By Women's Voices For Change

In January, the White House proposed a new federal rule that would require companies with more than 100 employees to report salary data broken down by gender, race, and ethnicity. The collection of data would certainly shed light on the issue of pay equity, but it is surprising that this kind of data had not been collected in the past.

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In the News: Women-Owned Businesses and Federal Contracts

By Women's Voices For Change

Rule changes have made women-owned small businesses eligible for no-bid contracts with the federal government, according to the Small Business Administration.

Money & Careers

In the News: White House Unveils New Efforts on Pay Equity

By Women's Voices For Change

"We can't know what we don't know. We can't deliver on the promise of equal pay unless we have the best, most comprehensive information about what people earn," Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez said Friday.

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Women at Work: A Decades-Long Push for Equity

By Women's Voices For Change

Women have long been significant in the U.S. labor force. The value of the Rosie the Riveters in World War II is well known. But the U.S. Labor Department recognized the importance of working women long before that when it established a Women’s Bureau.

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Today’s Talk Topic: History of Sexism at ‘The New York Times’?

By Women's Voices For Change

Now, in 'Women’s enews,' Betsy Wade, The New York Times’s first female copyeditor, offers some historical context on the firing of Jill Abramson as executive editor.

Money & Careers

Jill Abramson’s Firing: The Old Double Standard at ‘The New York Times’?

By Women's Voices For Change

When Jill Abramson became executive editor of "The New York TImes" in 2011, she said the promotion was like “ascending to Valhalla.” On Wednesday she was abruptly fired, for reasons that remain murky.

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(VIDEO) The Wednesday Five: Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Hollywood’s Power Execs, New Answers on Pay Equity and Thinking Twice About Crop Tops

By Women's Voices For Change

This week, blogs marked Domestic Violence Awareness Month, shared intriguing studies on pay equity and women & development, and listed some maybe-questionable attire for women over 50.

Money & Careers

Video Pick: Fighting for Equality in Women’s Pay

By Women's Voices For Change

Claire Shipman of ABC News reports that it is important to find out what others doing similar work are paid and to negotiate for pay increases.

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Video Pick: Mika Brzezinski, Nora Ephron and Norah O’Donnell on Knowing Your Value

By Women's Voices For Change

What did Mika do when she learned she was making fourteen times less than co-host Joe Scarborough? Watch as she talks to other power women about knowing your own worth.

Books · News

Diane Vacca On the Shriver Report: Now that We Are the Labor Force, How About Some Respect?

By Diane Vacca

Eager to see what the Shriver Report has to say about women over 50, I paged through my electronic copy, wishing in my over-50 way that I had physical pages to flip and leaf through. But despite my failure to find any chapter or essay specifically dedicated to those of us who remember only too well the plight of women…

News

Fairness deferred is now in the Senate’s hands.

By Faith Childs

by Faith Childs On Friday, the House of Representatives passed two bills of importance to women. The Paycheck Fairness Act requires employers to pay equal wages to men and women who perform the same job unless there is a rational reason for the pay disparity. Also passed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which overturns the 2007 Supreme Court…

Money & Careers

Passing Pay Equity, Again; “Flying” With Jennifer Fox; Pauses Part of the Dance

By Womens Voices for Change

As Congress enters recess, House members are reminding their Senate colleagues to get serious about pay equity, in the wake of last year’s disastrous Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision by the Supreme Court. One is 15-year House veteran Lucille Roybal-Allard, who as the first Mexican-American woman to serve in Congress knows a thing or two about societal barriers: The Paycheck Fairness…

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Gender Equality Will Add Trillions to U.S. Economy

New Study Adds Piece to Gender-Pay-Gap Puzzle (In the News)

A Marriage of Equals: The Rise of ‘Assortative Mating’

Gender Pay Gap: Why the Problem Persists

In the News: Women-Owned Businesses and Federal Contracts

In the News: White House Unveils New Efforts on Pay Equity

Women at Work: A Decades-Long Push for Equity

Today’s Talk Topic: History of Sexism at ‘The New York Times’?

Jill Abramson’s Firing: The Old Double Standard at ‘The New York Times’?

(VIDEO) The Wednesday Five: Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Hollywood’s Power Execs, New Answers on Pay Equity and Thinking Twice About Crop Tops

Video Pick: Fighting for Equality in Women’s Pay

Video Pick: Mika Brzezinski, Nora Ephron and Norah O’Donnell on Knowing Your Value

Diane Vacca On the Shriver Report: Now that We Are the Labor Force, How About Some Respect?

Fairness deferred is now in the Senate’s hands.

Passing Pay Equity, Again; “Flying” With Jennifer Fox; Pauses Part of the Dance

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