NOW also reaffirms Walmart as a “Merchant of Shame” as part of its Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign. NOW chapters continue to lead countless community demonstrations at Walmart stores around the country to educate shoppers about Walmart’s exploitation of women.
NOW President Terry O’Neill is quoted in this article about women working in the White House by Peter Wallsten and Anne E. Kornblut writing for the Washington Post.
David Crary writing for the Associated Press:”The poverty rate, pegged at 15.1 percent, is the highest of any major industrialized nation, and many experts believe it could get worse before it abates. The numbers are daunting — but they also can seem abs…
Martha Burk writing for the Huffington Post: “‘Walmart Launches Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative; Effort Includes Goal to Source $20 Billion from Women-Owned Businesses in the U.S.’ read the headline on Walmart’s press release announcing a new ‘gender washing’ initiative.”
Bianca Bosker writing for the Huffington Post: “[Ruchi] Sanghvi’s story illustrates that despite all the talk of equality between the sexes, women often grapple with a unique set of difficulties when it comes to finding role models in the engineering field and making inroads into what she called ‘the boys’ club.’”