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There’s Another Gender Pay Gap: Stock Options

Women often don’t know what to ask for, experts say. And companies don’t tell them. Wall Street Journal By J.J. McCorvey and Julia Carpenter Brooke Harley considers herself lucky. When she sat down to talk to the then-chief financial officer of Lululemon Athletica about a [...]

September 27, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: |

WFN Announces Partnership to Name IWPR Exclusive Research Partner for Global Network

New multi-year partnership will secure research funding for gender justice funders across the globe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 23, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO — The Women’s Funding Network (WFN) and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) today announced a partnership to quantify the pandemic’s [...]

September 23, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , |

More Than 50 Companies — Including Yelp, Lyft, Ben & Jerry’s — Speak Out Against Texas Abortion Law

Forbes By Alison Durkee Topline— Dozens of companies (see full list, below) criticized Texas’ near-total ban on abortion Tuesday, saying in an open letter restrictions on reproductive care will be “bad for business” and hurt workers, customers and the state’s economy—marking the largest outcry yet from [...]

September 22, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |

Lack of abortion access will set US women back, economists warn

Financial Times By Claire Bushey Wages and education significantly affected, brief says, as Supreme Court considers latest challenge to Roe vs Wade The US debate over abortion typically focuses on politics, ethics and religion — but rarely economics. This week, more than 150 economists and [...]

September 22, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |

Business Leaders Speak Out Against SB 8 in Texas, See Abortion Access as Part of Corporate Equity Commitments

By PR Newswire More than 50 companies, with over 322,000 workers and revenue over $20 billion, sign national "Don't Ban Equality in Texas" statement; declare collective commitment to reproductive health as workplace issue NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leaders representing more than 50 companies [...]

September 21, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |