Stories Tagged as
Gender disparity
In the “girl” era, are women really splurging for fun?
by
Jordan Mangi
Feb 29, 2024
Economic disadvantages like the wealth gap persist, despite talk of the “she-conomy."
Many jobs still have demographically skewed workforces, new data shows
by
Amy Scott
and Sofia Terenzio
Feb 14, 2024
The WSJ’s Lauren Weber talks about "how we sort ourselves into different occupations and how in some ways we are sorted."
August 15th is Mothers' Equal Pay Day this year
Aug 14, 2023
In other words, it takes eight extra months for working mothers to finally catch up to what fathers made in 2022.
In Mexico City, a plastics ban prompts debate over women's access to tampons
Apr 20, 2021
Women's rights advocates say the plastics ban leaves low-income women with few options.
Training program drives more women to become auto mechanics
Feb 9, 2021
One Tennessee high school is persevering with its automotive program, even during the pandemic
Networking differences may play a role in workplace gender gaps, study finds
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Rose Conlon
Aug 25, 2020
Women connect more closely with fewer people. Men tend to have looser, sparser networks.
Making a video game about your life
by
Sean McHenry
Mar 7, 2019
Catt Small's newest game puts the player in very familiar shoes — her own.
For public good, not for profit.
How "Murphy Brown" paved the way for women in television
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 26, 2018
Writer Joy Press explains how the show changed TV history at a time when "there were very limited ways to be a woman on television."
What does the gender wage gap sound like?
Feb 16, 2018
In the U.S., on average, women earn 80 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor.