Commentary
Unbearable: Trump’s Travel Ban Against Women of Child-bearing Age
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Officers are empowered with broad discretion to deny women visas to travel to the US because of their bodies and their natural ability to have babies.
Teen Voices
School Smocks Reek of Scarlet Letters for Female Tunisian Teens
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The school dress code rules in Tunisia are discriminatory, these girls say. “Why can boys feel comfortable in their casual clothes while we girls have to wear this smock?” one says.
A Day Without a Woman
‘A Day Without a Woman’ Time to Ask the Tough Questions
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As women around the U.S. and world opt out of paid and unpaid work today, we must ask ourselves questions like what are the laws and policies and small forms of gender discrimination that hurt women? Tackling the smallest forms of sexism is the only way to address discrimination in its worst forms.
Commentary
That Saudi Starbucks Incident Shouldn’t be So Shocking to American Women
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U.S. gender discrimination may be less blatant than in other places. But it shows up every time women reach into their pockets. By accepting less pay for work of equal value, we accept a diminished spending capacity for women.
Books
Self-Help Books Moved Views from Nurture to Nature
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The self-help books of the 1990s changed popular opinion and the public began believing nature is more influential than nurture for differences between men and women, Lynn Roseberry and Johan Roos say in this excerpt from “Bridging the Gender Gap.”
campus assault
Harvard Alum Finds Her Alma Mater Failing Women
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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.
gender discrimination
Sarah Stierch Emerges as Wikipedia’s ‘Go-To Woman’
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In her new post at the Wikimedia Foundation the prolific contributor and open-culture advocate welcomes the soul-searching caused by the latest scandal over the online encyclopedia’s treatment of women. “That’s how it should work,” she says.
Work
Waitress’s Wages Leave Little to Take Home
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A waitress in a family-style restaurant in Detroit says it’s a struggle to make ends meet. Most servers are women and they are subject to a sub-minimum wage that hasn’t been raised since 1991. Family members often provide a crucial safety net.
Work
Office Manager Keeps $100,000 Pay Check in Sight
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As an office manager in a St. Louis technology company, Shawntay Nicole’s work duties have steadily increased without any increase in pay or title. To let off steam, she turns her real-life frustrations into laughs at a stand-up comedy club.