Attending a $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop at the University of Texas, Tyler, gave recent college graduate Amanda the knowledge and skills she needed to prevent herself from losing more than $250,000 over the course of her working life, the average amount women lose because of the gender wage gap. During her junior and senior [...]
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Amanda’s Experience of $tarting $mart
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, pay equity, pay gap, Start Smart, University of Texas on November 4, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Women Scientists Still Face Discrimination
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, MIT, pay equity, research, women in STEM, workplace on April 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »
While the number of women earning college degrees in science has increased in the past decade, two recent reports remind us of the hostile environment and discrimination women still face in the workplace. As AAUW research has shown, stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of academic departments in colleges and universities continue to block women’s [...]
Women Drivers
Posted in Sexism, tagged driving, pay equity on April 25, 2011, | 3 Comments »
I used to date a guy who always assumed the jerk driving in front of him was a woman. It didn’t seem to matter whether he knew it actually was a woman or not. He would simply say in a disgusted tone, “Women drivers!” and shake his head. He’s not alone. I did a search [...]
New York Women Learn Salary Negotiation
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW branches, AAUW members, gender wage gap, pay equity on April 21, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Last month, 33 Westchester Community College women participated in two $tart $mart workshops to learn concrete, pragmatic pay negotiation skills to help them avoid the still-prevalent gender pay gap. Women currently earn only 77 cents, on average, for every dollar that men earn. That translates to a lifetime pay gap of $1 million for college [...]
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