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November 25, 2024 | Sarah Weichsel | Economy
How Millennials and Gen Z Money Worries Are Different Than Those of Older Generations

Gen Z and Millennials are helping shape the future workplace as they advocate for financial stability and purpose-driven professions.

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July 27, 2023 | Esra Biala | Economy
AI’s Threat to Gender Equality In the Workplace Is Greater Than We Think

What can we do about this potential gendered impact of AI on the workforce?

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January 24, 2023 | Natalie Olofsson | Economy
Female Bartenders Still Struggle to Overcome Sexism at Work

Understanding the hospitality industry as one where unwanted attention is assumed to be normal paints a bleak picture.

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July 26, 2022 | Regiane Folter | Economy
These Organizations Are Advocating For Diversity in the Workplace in Brazil

Many Brazilian organizations know that diversity is good business and have been fighting for minorities’ employability for years.

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May 31, 2022 | Deyci Carrillo Lopez | Economy
California's Board Diversity Law May Not Survive, But It's Done Important Work

Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, the law has already had a positive effect.

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August 09, 2021 | Lucile Cerulean | Economy
The Fight for Female Entrepreneurship

I’m aware that the road to entrepreneurship is somewhat filled with potholes for women.

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March 25, 2020 | Garnett Achieng | Economy, International
Remote work in the midst of the coronavirus exacerbates inequality

The question of who will participate in and who will be excluded from the future of work — in times of crisis and the rest — requires a thorough analysis.

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April 19, 2019 | Patricia Mupakaviri | Economy, Education, International
Zimbabwean students are being sexually exploited to pay their tuition

Zimbabwean students, both male and female, are struggling to pay for higher education. In response, a number of female Zimbabwean university students have begun to engage in transactional sex to pay their tuition and otherwise survive.

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August 06, 2018 | Claire Gor | Economy, International
The truth about the feminization of poverty

The feminization of poverty is the phenomenon in which women experience poverty at rates that are disproportionately high in comparison to men. According to UN Women, as of 2015, a majority of the 1.5 billion people who live on $1 a day or less are women. Of all the people in the world living in poverty, 70 percent are women.

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December 08, 2017 | Farha Khalidi | Economy, Feminism
The truth about women who “choose” to leave the workforce

While women are entering the workforce more than ever before, they do so in a culture that still expects them to be mothers and doesn’t give them the resources or support to do both.

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October 24, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger | Economy
Meet the woman advocating for more female firefighters

United Women Firefighters is an affinity group of women firefighters working in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).

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April 09, 2017 | Angela Liu | Economy, Feminism
#20PercentCounts: A Nation Comes Together in Support of Equal Pay
Three months and four days. This is how much longer, on average, women in the United States had to work to make what their male counterparts did over the  last year; Women in the United States had to ...
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July 26, 2016 | Sophie Kreitzberg | Economy, Feminism, Health
SHE-E-O: THINX Founder & CEO Miki Agrawal On Feminism, Entrepreneurship, & The Future
You may have seen or heard about the subway ads for the period panties THINX, featuring a super-yonic-looking grapefruit — or maybe you just followed the ridiculous controversy about those ads. Perhap...
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February 18, 2016 | Ines R | Economy, Feminism, Misogyny, Politics, Science and tech
The Real Reason Women Are Still Underrepresented In Leadership
My friend Sasha, a STEM major, is constantly asked what it's like to be "a girl in science." Her mother, who has had a successful and illustrious career in medicine, understands her daughter's struggl...
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February 14, 2016 | Saskia G | Body image and body standards, Economy, Feminism, Media
Are Diverse Barbies Really Progress?
I played with Barbies a lot as a little girl. I remember looking at the nude body of one plastic, blonde doll and marveling at her wrinkle-free knees, being baffled by her hard breasts, and wishing my...
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December 01, 2015 | Danika K | Economy, Feminism, Health, Politics
How Rehabilitating Female Prisoners Can Help Improve the Criminal Justice System
In 1971, President Nixon infamously declared a "War on Drugs." This catalyzed an aggressive spike in incarceration rates, which increased the U.S. prison population by over 500% in just a few decades....
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November 12, 2015 | Alice V | Economy, Feminism, Misogyny, Science and tech
Overlooked, Underutilized and Unappreciated: Women in Tech
Jane, a woman who specializes in modeling and texturing of props and assets for video games and film, was hired as an intern while still in school to do 3D environment for a VR (virtual reality) proje...
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October 28, 2015 | Eliza V | Economy, Feminism, Media
How 'The Intern' Fell Short of Feminist Movie Magic
*This piece contains spoilers.* I was excited to see The Intern. The cast, including Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, is impressive and the unconventional story of an inter-generational friendship s...
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October 20, 2015 | Danika K | Economy, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Science and tech
What Other Industries Can Learn From Hollywood About Fighting Workplace Inequality
The phrase “sexism is prevalent in Hollywood” feels a little bit like saying “water is wet.” Headlines abound about this unfortunate reality and industry insiders themselves are speaking out more than...
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October 15, 2015 | Chloe Hallinan | Economy, Education, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Science and tech
This Is What Happens When A Leading University Lets Misogyny Persist
College is a place where all students should feel empowered to discover their passions and prepare for their future careers. The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) was the place where I ...
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October 04, 2015 | Saskia G | Economy, Feminism, Media, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
Why We Still Need A Woman On The $20 Bill
I took a seat on a vinyl chair next to my father in the event room of the American Legion in Weehawken, New Jersey. Weehawken is an urban township across the Hudson River from New York City, and its g...
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October 01, 2015 | Cheyenne T | Economy, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
What I Learned From Hearing Angela Davis Speak
A few weeks ago, I sat in the Chapel at Vassar College, surrounded by a multitude of individuals with varying intersectional identities and causes, listening to feminist scholar Angela Davis speak. Th...
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September 29, 2015 | Daphne S | Economy, Feminism, Politics
Why We Need More Women Leaders
I recently came across a great piece of advice from the inimitable Mindy Kaling: Your image in high school, she observed, usually has very little to do with your success later in life. In fact, they’r...
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August 16, 2015 | Madison L | Economy, Feminism, Health, Politics
The Surprising Effect of Low Wage Work on Reproductive Rights and Health
Many people think a low-wage worker is a young adult making minimum wage to earn a bit of pocket money or save up for college. While these workers make up some of the low-wage workforce, the vast majo...
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August 09, 2015 | Saskia G | Arts and culture, Economy, Feminism, Media, Science and tech
Why We Need To Be Careful About Emphasizing Women's Progress in STEM
I saw it in middle school, and later in high school: If the girls in my class didn’t excel in science, no body was surprised, since girls are never expected to excel in the subject. But if they receiv...

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