By N’dea Yancey-Bragg

Although women make up roughly half the workforce, complete gender equity in the workplace is still a long way off. If current trends persist, on average women won’t receive equal pay until 2059, and that progress is even slower for women of color.

Even with the rise of sites like Glassdoor and Monster, many women are still left wondering exactly how prospective employers handle gender-specific issues in the workplace like family leave and pay equity.

To find out, female job seekers are turning to Fairygodboss, a job review site exclusively for women. The site provides crowd-sourced intel on how female-friendly company policy is at thousands of businesses.

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