PRO: Workplace discrimination holds women back
This isn’t a wage gap. It’s wage theft. And it’s not only stealing money from women, it’s stealing their future.
Category: Ending Sex Discrimination
PRO: Workplace discrimination holds women back
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, women who hold full-time jobs in the United States lose a combined total of more than $915 billion every year because of this wage gap.
Kept awake by worries, Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women’s rights
National Organization for Women head Toni Van Pelt wrote in an email that she welcomed Gates’ investment, saying: “The more we see women in positions of power and influence, the more it will become the norm rather than the exception.”
We’re Doing the Work; Why Aren’t We Seeing the Equity? For Women’s Equality Day, Experts Weigh In
“Black women are still not fully recognized in their authentic selves for the unique and powerful assets and experiences they can contribute,” said Christian F. Nunes, Vice President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and chair of NOW’s Racial Justice Committee.
The Paycheck Fairness Act Would Help Close the Gender Wage Gap. Why Won’t the Senate Pass It?
“The wage gap is a blatantly unfair vestige of a patriarchal labor system that haunts women’s economic potential throughout their lives. …That is why we desperately need the Paycheck Fairness Act.”