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International Women’s Day 2019: The sorry state of women in America’s workplaces

AIMEE PICCHI By some calculations, the pay gap is even deeper. A broader analysis last year from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that women earn just 50 cents for every $1 men earn, once part-time workers and those who take time off for caregiving is [...]

March 8, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Some industries are still overwhelmingly male-dominated. Here’s how women can get in

By Julia Carpenter Trucking, after all, is grueling work: long shifts, night hours and lots of solitary work. It's also a traditionally male-dominated industry — according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, less than 5% of truck drivers are female. Occupations like carpentry, construction and [...]

March 8, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

International Women’s Day: IP Counsel Reflect on Gender Challenges and Progress

By Ellie Mertens Inventorship outside the US is not much better, according to a 2017 WIPO report, 30.5% of international patent applications include at least one women inventor. It says that global gender parity in inventorship remains "a distant prospect". The Institute for Women's Policy [...]

March 8, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Management Accountants Close Profession’s Gender Pay Gap Globally

By Amanda Iacone Women in the U.S. earn 85 percent of what their male peers take home—an improvement from 81 percent the prior year. But the wage gap grows as workers age. Women 50 and older earn just 80 percent of what their male colleagues make. [...]

March 7, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

The secret to closing the nation’s skills gap: moms

by Barbara Humpton It's unlikely we can close the nation's STEM gender gap without granting more degrees in these fields to moms and making college and careers work for them. Mothers of dependent children comprise only 16% of US college students, according to the Institute [...]

March 7, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|