AAUW’s 2007 Behind the Pay Gap report has been referenced by a few writers recently, especially now that Sen. Barack Obama has begun talking more about the wage disparity between men and women. In fact, the senator has used a statistic that we often cite: women earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man [...]
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The Facts on Pay Equity
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Barack Obama, Behind the Pay Gap, economic security, pay equity, pay gap, retirement, salary, wage gap on July 11, 2008, | 3 Comments »
I’m Never Getting Married
Posted in Women & Economic Security, tagged marriage, pay equity, retirement, salary, weddings on June 24, 2008, | 7 Comments »
I’m 26, so for the past few years, I’ve spent A LOT of time at weddings. I’ve been to three so far this summer, and I’m invited to another in October. I like weddings, mostly because I love free food and dancing, but I’m not really in a hurry to get married myself for a [...]
Mom’s Financial Security
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged 401(k), Mother's Day, retirement, social security on May 8, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Mothers devote much of their lives to our well-being. If your mother is retired or nearing retirement, how much do you know about her financial security? Initiating a conversation on this topic may be difficult and can appear intrusive. But just as working women recognize the existence of the pay gap, women in retirement are [...]
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