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Harvard Alum Finds Her Alma Mater Failing Women

By Lisa E. Paige ● Uncategorized ● April 25, 2014

Harvard’s been in the news lately and for all the wrong reasons if you’re concerned about women, bias and safety. The head of a women’s alumni group says if she had a daughter applying to school this year she would advise her to consider an all-women’s school.

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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.

San Francisco’s New Workplace Law Signals a Shift

By Elizabeth Ben-Ishai ● Employment ● October 22, 2013

The family friendly ordinance passed this month gives workers with caregiving responsibilities the right to request changes to their working conditions, including requests for predictable scheduling. A similar law was also passed in Vermont.

U.S. Voters Favor Equal Pay; 2 Sex Scandals Erupt

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● July 27, 2013

American voters overwhelmingly favor proposals that would provide women equal treatment in the workplace. But scandals surrounding two male politicians further flared up this week.

There’s Still a Gap in Who’s Minding Your Money

By Carol Khouri ● Employment ● January 30, 2013

Women’s work force participation and entrepreneurship are both roaring ahead. But while these gaps are closing, women still have a big problem with financial planning. Let’s resolve to change this in 2013.

Young Female Workers Fight Stats on Poverty, Debt

By Maggie Freleng ● Commentary ● December 10, 2012

If you’re working at Burger King, 22, and have three children, you don’t make enough. You’re part of a low-wage work force that is predominantly female and–as of a few months ago–starting to protest.

NYC Low-Wage Workers Rally for Pay, Benefits

By Maggie Freleng ● Uncategorized ● December 7, 2012

Low-wage workers from different industries gathered yesterday to demand better paychecks and more rights, continuing the recent push for such benefits.

Canada’s Nurses Win; N.C. Nixes Planned Parenthood

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● July 6, 2012

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Live-In Nanny Couldn’t Find Household to Call Home

By Kamana Shrestha ● Employment ● June 5, 2012

She worked six days a week as a live-in nanny and kept going from one household to the next for six years. By Nepalese standards her earnings were good, but her U.S. employers were so bad she had to keep moving on.

‘Glass Escalators’ Move Pink-Collar Guys Ahead

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● June 2, 2012

Strange but true: If you’re a white male and you’re moving into a female-dominant work sector, you’re lucky to get a supervisor who is a woman or member of a minority. Recent research shows they’ll speed you along your way.