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Student Parents are Key to Our Post-Pandemic Recovery
Student Parents are Key to Our Post-Pandemic Recovery

Student Parents are Key to Our Post-Pandemic Recovery

By Larissa M. Mercado-Lopez As students quickly shifted to remote learning with the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Ashley de Jesus shifted to another reality — parenthood. In addition to adjusting to a new learning [...]

July 8, 2021|Tags: Caregiving, Child Care, COVID-19, Pandemic, Recession, Student Parents, The Hill|

Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality
Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality

Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality

By Becky Jacobs Utah is routinely labeled as the worst state for women’s equality, and that ranking is often due to these factors in the lives of women who live here: They earn less, due [...]

July 7, 2021|Tags: Employment and Earnings Index, Gender Wage Gap, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah|

Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing
Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing

Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing

By Michayla Savitt ALBANY, N.Y. -- Before the pandemic, more women were in the workforce than ever before, and new research ranks New York state fifth in the country for women's economic standing. The report, [...]

July 5, 2021|Tags: Child Care, Employment and Earnings Index, Minimum Wage, New York, Pandemic, Public News Service|

Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap
Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap

Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap

By Emma Goldberg Carolyn Kopprasch earns $225,000 a year. Maria Thomas makes $267,890. Then comes Darcy Peters with a salary of $105,143. That information, taken in before I exchange pleasantries with these women, feels almost [...]

July 1, 2021|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Pay Transparency, The New York Times, Wage Gap|

How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women
How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women

How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women

By Bethany Biron When Rosalind Brewer was appointed as CEO of Walgreens in March, she became not just the only Black CEO of a Fortune 500 company, but also one of the few women in [...]

June 30, 2021|Tags: Business Insider, Occupation Inequality, Occupational Wage Gap, Women CEOs|

Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States
Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States

Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States

By Lindsay Aerts A new report ranking women’s wages and employment compared to other states gave Utah a C-minus grade. But one local researcher says she’s encouraged by this ranking. “Utah has a C minus. [...]

June 23, 2021|Tags: KSL News Radio, Status of Women in the States, Utah, Women in the Workforce|

Student Parents are Key to Our Post-Pandemic Recovery

Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality

Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing

Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap

How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women

Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States

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