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Black Women as Providers: She Belongs On a $10 Bill

By Anita Johnson & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● August 11, 2015

What better way to honor the unsung financial contributions of these women? It would also send a signal to black women to make financial health a critical part of their everyday lives and foster the necessary push for financial mentoring.

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Tech Women in India’s Startup Boom Reach Out

By Gagandeep Kaur ● Employment ● August 10, 2015

Neeru Sharma says it took passion and conviction to start her online retail outlet. That’s a message more women in India’s male-dominated and high-powered startup environment need to hear.

My Mom Taught Me Why Minimum Wage is Women’s Issue

By Jeannie Rickey & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● August 4, 2015

She woke up every morning at 4:30 a.m., made lunches, cooked a hot breakfast for the family (I’m talking bacon and eggs) and then drove an hour north of where we lived to work in an enclosed room with no ventilation, applying airplane glue to seams on rainwear.

Pro Mujer CEO: Client Safety Our ‘Secret Sauce’

By Liza Gross ● Employment ● July 30, 2015

Rosario Pérez helms a social enterprise for women that has disbursed more than $1 billion in small loans to women in Latin America. Here she talks about her organization, herself and a client base that has a strong drive for financial independence.

For Wealth, Black Women Need Jobs with Benefits

By Katherine Giscombe & Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● July 21, 2015

Low wages, a predatory mortgage crisis and other historical factors have caused a gaping wealth gap between black and white women. The good news: jobs with benefits can tackle that disparity.

Obama’s Overtime Regs Huge News for Women of Color

By Anita Renee Johnson & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● July 14, 2015

Time-and-a-half for managers making $23,600 to $50,440 a year? That means crucial extra income for lots of women of color who run fast food chains and retail stores. For single moms it could be the difference between poverty and finally earning enough.

2 Million Homecare Workers Need Court to OK Raise

By Maggie Freleng ● Employment ● July 10, 2015

These workers, predominantly female, are still excluded from the basic minimum wage and overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Labor Department is waiting for a district court ruling to change that.

Black Women Hailed as Labor’s Untapped Leaders

By Miranda S. Spivack & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● June 26, 2015

When women of color take the lead in organizing co-workers into labor unions, they are extremely successful, a 2007 study found. A new “love letter” to black women picks up on that data and urges that they rise in the labor’s ranks to benefit all U.S. workers.

Caretakers Everywhere: $15 Shows We Care Too

By Elizabeth Johnsen & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● June 14, 2015

The hard and intimate work of personal care assistants allows those with a disability or illness to live an active life. While $15 an hour doesn’t come close to compensating for all their work, it’s a start.

Filipina in Hong Kong Makes a Call, Finds Rescue

By Iris Gonzoles ● Employment ● June 1, 2015

Her employer, a Chinese businesswoman, yelled at her, made death threats and cut her position without warning. In a haze of desperation she remembered a card in her wallet that another Filipina domestic helper had given her to call in an emergency.