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Gender Equality Gets a Much Needed Lift
A few months ago Sara Blakely, the genius behind Spanx®, introduced a compression undershirt for men and now the male shapewear category is taking off. This is big news for gender equality. Men can buy the Abs Thermal Tank with a band of rubberflex to hold in their gut or the Extreme Collection Enhancer... »
What’s Best for Working Mothers
The Mama Bee says the media is failing working mothers. As evidence, she cites Working Mother’s list of Best Companies for Women. Included is Novartis, the drug company that was just ordered to pay $250 million in a sex discrimination suit. Also on the list, Goldman Sachs and Citi, both of which have been... »
Did you hear the glass ceiling was shattered?
Following a report from Bloomberg News, recent headlines have been touting the fact the glass ceiling has been shattered. That’s because Carol Bartzof Yahoo with her $47.2 million compensation package, and fifteen other women CEOS of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index averaged higher salaries than their male counterparts. That’s nice for... »
What I Want for Mother’s Day
In case anyone is wondering, here’s what I would like for Mother’s Day: - A pair of Christian Louboutin Simple 85 Pumps in Magenta - A pitchfork for my garden - Equal pay for women - Paid sick time for working mothers and fathers - Better maternity leave policies - Choice - Quality maternal... »
Gender Equality: Is it Heartbreak Hill?
Today was the 114th running of the Boston Marathon and a record number of women participated as registered runners. Out of 26,790 entrants, 11,350 were women. That’s an impressive number considering women have only been allowed to run in the Boston event for 38 years. From the start of the race in 1897 up... »
Newsweek takes on sexism
Brava to the three Newsweek writers who take on gender discrimination at their own magazine. In the March 29 issue Jessica Bennett, Jesse Ellison and Sarah Ball ask just how far women at Newsweek have come since 46 women filed a sexual discrimination suit against the magazine in 1970. They go on to describe... »
Five Ways to Celebrate International Woman’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD was started in1911 to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women worldwide. IWD is an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The theme of this year’s IWD is “Equal rights, equal opportunity:... »
Gender Parity at the Olympics? Not Yet
My five year old had the stomach bug this weekend which meant she spent most of the last two days lying on the couch, snuggling her Daddy and watching the Winter Olympics on TV. How sweet. Not really. Why? Because the Olympics are just one more piece of evidence for my little girl that women... »
Celebrating Lilly
It’s January 29 so today we are honoring two women named Lilly. The first, Lilly Ledbetter, a brave woman who fought against pay discrimination so that all women would have a better chance at earning a fair salary. Jan. 29 is the anniversary of President Obama signing the Lily Ledbetter Act into law. Thank you Ms. Ledbetter. We... »
On Ledbetter Anniversary, Paycheck Fairness Act Gets Attention
I think I owe you some good news. Don’t you? Well here it is. I just got off a conference call with Senator Dodd, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Marcia Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center, and Lilly Ledbetter. Senator Dodd announced he has support from Senator Tom Harkin, Chair of the Senate Health,... »
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