Work Life Balance
Please enjoy these two great articles from NY Magazine and Forbes with concrete suggestions for easing the often felt conflict between career and family.
A sobering look at the consequences of the gender wage gap.
The National Women’s Law Center provides an excellent resource on gender-base pay discrimination and the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Women and Girls Calling the Shots
Girls can play with Barbies, and build her dream house too!
Did you know that girls are ahead of the linguistic curve? Totally.
STEM
A disconcerting, but important, study from Yale found that a gender bias for women in Science persists.
“While women now earn more college degrees than men over all, they lag in STEM fields, particularly computer science and engineering, where they earn less than 20 percent of all undergraduate degrees.” Learn about a post-graduate mentoring program aimed at raising these dismal numbers here.
Reproductive Health and Justice
A nice opinion piece on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act can be read here.
A study in St. Louis may give us insight into the effects of the increased women’s health coverage under the Affordable Health Act.
The Power of Women’s Philanthropy
Great presentation of women’s reasons for why and where to give.