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Is This The Way to Equal Representation in Business?

By Guest on August 16, 2016 • ( 1 )

More can and must be done to achieve gender parity at the executive level, and the biggest companies can help accelerate our cause.

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Thank You, Sarah Silverman

By miafurtado on May 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

It is not enough to be aware of oppression, one must actively fight to end it.

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I Fund Abortions, and YOU CAN TOO

By lindsaymf on April 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

Without the National Network of Abortion Fund (NNAF), the more than 200,000 low-income women who utilize the fund would not be able to access the reproductive health services they need.

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Is This The Type of Equal Pay Progress You Expected?

By Guest on April 14, 2015 • ( 3 )

These stats will shock and appall you.

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#MyStory is NOT About My Marital Status

By Guest on October 2, 2014 • ( 5 )

“Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important.” –Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I am female. I am Black. I am… Read More ›

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Should Buying Sex Be Illegal? No.

By lindsaymf on August 25, 2014 • ( 4 )

Michelle Goldberg published a piece in this last issue of The Guardian called “Should Buying Sex Be Illegal?” Her review of the legal, political and socio-economic structures that govern the sex industry in several European countries (with a particular… Read More ›

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Are Female GOP Leaders Equal Pay’s Biggest Foes?

By Maureen on April 8, 2014 • ( 3 )

Today is Equal Pay Day, an opportunity to raise awareness of the gender pay gap. This gap affects women in every single state in nearly every occupation; there’s no escaping it. And if you’re a woman of color, you’re even worse off…. Read More ›

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A #BanBossy Lovefest

By Maureen on March 11, 2014 • ( 3 )

File this under my new favorite thing: Ban Bossy, a new campaign that encourages girls to become leaders. A project of Lean In and the Girl Scouts, Ban Bossy aims to close the confidence gap in girls, which according to… Read More ›

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Sex Work, Student Debt and the Minimum Wage

By Maureen on February 21, 2014 • ( 2 )

This article originally appeared on The Beauty Bean. Republished with permission. This week, a Duke University freshman was “outed” as a porn star. Spotted and confronted by a male classmate, she confessed and swore him to secrecy. Naturally, he blabbed… Read More ›

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Unlucky, lazy, or just female? Why there aren’t more women in the top 100

By lindsaymf on January 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

by Kate McInturff First appeared on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives blog, behindthenumbers.ca, republished with permission. Imagine finding $7.96 million in your stocking on Christmas morning. For Canada’s top 100 CEOs, that happy day has arrived. These 100 Canadians earn… Read More ›