By Denise Specht Part of the advantage is financial. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C., reports that women in labor unions are better paid and more likely to have health insurance and [...]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/business/janet-yellen-didnt-set-out-to-be-a-feminist-hero.html?_r=0 By Amy Chozick Mr. Powell, the incoming chairman, studied closely under Ms. Yellen and is largely expected to continue the economic path she has laid. “They appointed the apprentice instead of the master,” Heidi [...]

By Jillian Berman Over the past several years, colleges have been accused of failing to address students’ claims of sexual harassment or violence head on, treating the complaints as public relations problems instead of campus climate issues or ignoring [...]

By Guy Raz (Host) "Next, information asymmetry, pay secrecy, makes it easier to ignore the discrimination that's already present in the market today. In a 2011 report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the [...]

By Nicole Lyn Pesce So much for the “mother” of invention. There’s a gaping gender gap in U.S. patents filed each year, with just 8% of them counting a woman as the primary inventor, according to [...]

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A survey of nearly 100 administrators at campus child care centers found that 95 percent of centers at two- and four-year colleges maintained a waiting list with an average of 82 children, [...]