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 »
Fighting the (Port) Authority
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Women and Work, tagged Equal Pay Act, pay equity, pay gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage gap on December 2, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that accused the Port Authority of pay discrimination against its female employees. The Port Authority, a two-state agency that runs several of the largest transportation hubs in the Northeast, is accused of [...]
The Importance of Women Helping Women
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Belle Wheelan, mentoring, mentors, pay gap, WAHE on October 1, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
As a graduate student studying higher education administration, I’m learning the importance of mentor relationships for new professionals and the necessity of everyone in the field networking and committing to lifelong learning. Recently, I learned even more about these ideas at the annual conference of Women Administrators in Higher Education, Advancing Women and Narrowing the [...]
Making Ends Meet
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged budget, Caregivers, paid sick days, pay equity, pay gap, single mothers, wage gap on May 26, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Budgeting is hard. From the fist-time job holder or the family of four to the country as a whole, all of us must weigh our choices and make difficult decisions. In the economic recession that we are starting to recover from, we have had to decide how to invest in our futures while we pay [...]
The Best Mother’s Day Gifts
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged $10622, Equal Pay, Mom's Rising, Mother's Day, pay equity, pay gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage gap on May 6, 2010, | 2 Comments »
Mother’s Day is just a few days away — the card aisle in every drugstore in America is packed with pink, flowery cards; florists are already starting to make their deliveries; and phone companies are gearing up for one of the busiest days of the year. Since my mom lives in the suburbs of Chicago, [...]
Wonder Bread for the New Breadwinners: Steps Toward the Ideal
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged gender discrimination, pay equity, pay gap, pay inequity, Sex Discrimination, women in the workforce on January 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
We have not yet found the magic bullet to end the gender discrimination and inequality that pervade our society. The inequalities are apparent in the ways we socialize our children, care for our sick, and pay our workers. Sometimes it can seem abstract; there is often no data to bring forth charges, no facts to [...]
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