By Marianne Cooper, PhD – Sociologist, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University Last week, Ellen Pao announced that she was dropping the appeal of her legal case for gender discrimination and retaliation against Kleiner-Perkins. Observers have noted that Pao’s story brings to life some of the obstacles women can face in the [...]
Overworked? Overwhelmed? You're not alone. By Erin L. Kelly, Professor, Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan and Phyllis Moen, Professor, University of Minnesota Overworked? Overwhelmed? You're not alone. Seventy percent of employed Americans say work interferes with their non-work lives. Over half feel they don't have enough time with their children or spouses. [...]
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Hone Your Ability to Grow From Adversity By Pat Martel, ICMA-CM, and Jan Perkins, ICMA-CM Everyone who pursues a fulfilling career will eventually encounter challenges that will help define his or her future. Sometimes the challenge is personal: a potentially transformative project you introduce that fails to gain traction or a clash of wills with [...]
During Women's History Month we will be posting articles from some of our members related to a variety of women's issues they are passionate about. Today we are posting an article from Daly City, CA Police Captain Pat Hensley on ending violence against ALL women. Throwaway Victims By Patrick Hensley, Captain - Daly City, CA Police [...]
A new report reveals wider pay gaps and poor workplace treatment for the female workers of southern states. By Aria Bendix The gender pay gap is a worldwide problem, but women in some places have it worse than others. A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) reveals that working women in [...]
"The current conversation about feminism, women, work and leadership must change if we are to truly get to equality," writes Megan Dalla-Camina. By Megan Dalla-Camina It's International Women's Day this week, a day where we celebrate the wonderful achievements of women and girls throughout the world. It's also a day where we remind ourselves just how [...]
We're raising our girls to be perfect, and we're raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani has taken up the charge to socialize young girls to take risks and learn to program — two skills they need to move society forward. To truly innovate, we cannot [...]
#PledgeForParity #Gender Balance #13Percent Reprinted from InternationalWomensDay.com International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating Gender Parity. International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since in [...]
By Andi Welsh, City Manager - Lemoore, CA Don't Get Your Hopes Up- this isn't an article on Girls Gone Wild or anything that racy. Many men AND women often refer to women in the workplace as girls ("Girls' Night Out" is still ok in my book!). When I first arrived in my organization, many [...]