Reem Zubaidi, Author at Women's eNews

Female College Grads Enter Lifetime of Wage Gaps

By Reem Zubaidi ● Politics ● April 18, 2014

Employers can be expected to lowball women on starting pay, says a salary negotiator. That begins a wage gap for the college-educated that widens over time and leaves a woman accumulating a $1 million deficit. Third story in the Bias Price series.

Women Hungry for Immigration Reform Stage Fasts

By Reem Zubaidi ● Uncategorized ● April 9, 2014

A month of far-flung 24-hour hunger fasts culminated on Capitol Hill April 8 with about 100 women trying to “feed courage” to lawmakers who continue to stall on actions that advocates say many women, in particular, need desperately.

WAGE Project Preps Female Grads for ‘Smart Start’

By Reem Zubaidi ● Uncategorized ● April 8, 2014

The workshops get young women who face their first jobs to think seriously about salaries. The big-picture focus is on narrowing a gender wage gap that last year left U.S. women–statistically speaking–working until April 8 of this year, Equal Pay Day, to catch up with men.

Women’s History Museum Picks Up Steam, Controversy

By Reem Zubaidi ● Uncategorized ● March 27, 2014

As the museum moves forward, after many years of legislative effort, it has also picked up criticism from scholars in an advisory body that recently parted ways with the project.

Women’s Day Already Underway in Monrovia

By Reem Zubaidi ● Uncategorized ● March 7, 2014

Female-focused events are erupting around March 8. African women are digging into land rights, safety activists are planning another Million Women Rise march in London and the Twitter hashtag #IWD2014 is booming.

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Female College Grads Enter Lifetime of Wage Gaps

Women Hungry for Immigration Reform Stage Fasts

WAGE Project Preps Female Grads for ‘Smart Start’

Women’s History Museum Picks Up Steam, Controversy

Women’s Day Already Underway in Monrovia