The Wage Gap: Myths vs. Realities
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"Leave Women Alone" Act!
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A 'War on Women' at L.A. City Hall?
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Encouraging Diversity in Leadership: A New Handbook Describes Promising Practices for Mentoring
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The Next Generation: A Handbook for Mentoring Future Union Leaders
This handbook provides an overview of how to mentor union members or staff.
America's gender wage gap
"Full-time working women in America earned only 82.2% of men's [...]
Guest Blog Post: Mentoring Program Inspires Girls to Explore Careers in STEM
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Facing the Wage Gap as a Female College Grad
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New Study: Men Earn More Than Women Within Nearly All the Most Common Occupations
Tuesday, April 17 is Equal Pay Day, a day to mark the fact that women still only earn 77 percent for each dollar earned annually by men and 82 percent of each dollar earned weekly. A new fact sheet released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that the gender wage gap is a common feature of women’s working lives in nearly all of the most common occupations for women and men.
