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Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.Org and businesses to raise awareness about gender pay gap

By Queenie Wong “It’s about all of us taking action. Elected officials have a role to play in passing and enforcing the right laws. Businesses need to audit pay by gender and race so they can see and address pay gaps — and work to [...]

April 3, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Here’s What Getting 20% Less Than You Deserve Actually Feels Like

By Valentina Zarya While the average wage gap for U.S. women is currently at 20%, the size of the gap varies by race and ethnicity; it is far larger for women of color, according to a new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. [...]

April 3, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

NYIT Offers Scholarship to Help Close Gender Wage Gap

By Terri Williams Additional requirements: Students must be seniors in high school or high school graduates. Also, they must complete the FAFSA and apply to NYIT as a full-time student in the following disciplines: accounting, business administration, finance, hospitality management, human resources, international business, management, [...]

March 31, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Pumping Life Into the Equal Rights Amendment

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD “This bill is about equality, period,” said State Senator Pat Spearman, pointing to a raft of well-documented studies of continuing inequality. For example, the gap in earnings between women and men will not close until the year 2058, according to the [...]

March 25, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Column: How government data is crucial for everyone’s progress

By Heidi Hartmann Policy research that analyzes data through a gender or racial lens is often seen as a niche field of study (with equally niche sources of funding). In reality, research on how policies and experiences affect women differently than men, and affect women [...]

March 24, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|