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Headliners and activists came together at an emotional time, two days after the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “We know that our lives and our stories are intertwined and connected,” said a speaker at a vigil.
The disorder is more common in women and can take a toll on career prospects since, as one researcher here says, “everybody has to interact socially.” But celebrities are starting to raise awareness and the disorder is rather treatable for those who seek help.
Supervisor David Campos introduced the legislation in the hope it will have national influence on income inequality policy. A source of San Francisco’s divide between “haves and have-nots,” he says, is the gap in how men and women are being paid.
A U.N. specialist on population told an international parliamentarians’ conference that the members had a duty to improve the status of women. In India, 254 members of a control group untested for cervical cancer died. The U.S. funded the research.
Let’s look at what the Democrats’ economic equity agenda for women can also do to curb domestic violence. Higher wages mean survivors can more easily break away from an abuser and afford such things as child care.
It’s not new moms’ imaginations, they often are treated differently after returning to work, say Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober in this excerpt from “Getting to 50/50.” One big feature of postnatal hazing is the question, “are you still committed?”
Authors of today’s AAUW study encourage employers to check their pay and promotion processes. They also advise students to pick their undergrad majors wisely.
Family caregivers who step out of their jobs would get Social Security credits. So would widows and older workers in low-wage occupations. But safety-net advocates say this sweeping Social Security reform effort is ahead of its time.
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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.