Of course, the situation varies globally. The U.S., for example, is expected to reach economic gender equality in 2059, according to the  Institute for Women’s Policy Research . America ranks 28th out of the 145 nations on the WEF’s Gender Gap Index, putting it below [...]

Of course, the situation varies globally. The U.S., for example, is expected to reach economic gender equality in 2059, according to the  Institute for Women’s Policy Research . America ranks 28th out of the 145 nations on the WEF’s Gender Gap Index, putting it below [...]

There is another way to look at this: There may be no more difficult way for a would-be terrorist to enter the United States than to pose as a Syrian refugee. And if that was true last week, it is exponentially more difficult after the [...]

Conventional wisdom, the kind that climbs bestseller lists, suggests women in pay talks should be kinder, gentler, a team player. “But the emphasis should be on the employer,” said economist Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. “Women shouldn’t have to contort [...]

How does the gender wage gap impact women? Women are the primary or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of households with children under 18. When they make less than men, their families pay a price. In fact, research shows that if unmarried women with kids made as [...]