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"Every city in the world was designed and built by men"

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Nov 5, 2020
Cities were designed to serve a world with different gender roles, where men went to work and women stayed home with children, says journalist Antonia Cundy.
Rush hour in London circa 1890.
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Are smart speakers enforcing gender inequity?

by David Brancaccio , Sasa Woodruff and Rose Conlon
Aug 1, 2019
Female voice assistants could be encouraging us to issue orders to women.
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Quiz: Can you spot gendered language in job ads?

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Jun 1, 2018
Test your ability to catch masculine- or feminine-coded wording.
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How women landed the invisible work of social media labor

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Jun 1, 2018
It can start with the language used in job descriptions.
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Who’s the boss? Majority of Americans (finally) don’t care if their boss is a man or a woman

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 17, 2017
Women are less likely to prefer male bosses than before.
(L to R) Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, Larry Page, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Vice President Mike Pence listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of technology executives at Trump Tower on December 2016 in New York City.
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A third of millennials share their salary information with co-workers

by Jana Kasperkevic
Oct 18, 2017
Could sharing salary data help achieve equal pay?
"Hey girl, you are underpaid."
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Where are all the women in economics?

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 10, 2017
Only 15 percent of tenured faculty in economics are women — worse than in STEM fields. Why?
Clara Starrsjö is a second-year economics student at Cambridge University.
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Are women business owners too optimistic about equal pay?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 31, 2017
Majority of women small business owners surveyed believe that the gender wage gap will be closed over the next 20 years.
A protester at the "A Day Without A Woman" demonstration on March 8, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
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Advertising agencies get a message on diversity

by Gigi Douban
Oct 12, 2016
Corporate clients ask agencies to change their practices — or else.
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