The USMNT broke its silence on the USWNT’s equal pay and gender discrimination lawsuit Wednesday. In a damning statement released by the players association, the men said US Soccer – both teams’ governing body – “had no intention of compensating the women fairly” because it was “trying to protect their […]
Serena Williams is doubling down on her efforts to fight gender inequality. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is working with Secret Deodorant to commission a “Gender Inequality in Sports” and pledge $US1 million to support equality programs. Williams said she was inspired by the USWNT – which is engaged in […]
The WNBA and the WNBA Players Association have agreed to a new, eight-year collective bargaining agreement. For the first time in league history, the average WNBA player will earn a six-figure salary while top players are eligible for annual compensation that could push $US500,000. Other changes include fully-paid maternity leave, […]
After scoring a goal that put the Burlington High School Seahorses ahead of the opposing team, four players took off their jerseys to reveal custom-made shirts with the message “#EQUALPAY” as they basked in the glory. The referees issued the four players yellow cards, but the crowd subsequently erupted in […]
Google engineering executive Ulku Rowe has sued the tech company alleging gender discrimination and violations of the US Equal Pay Act. Rowe accused Google of paying her less than her male peers, passing her over for a promotion in favour of a less-qualified man, and demoting her to a lower […]
Mediation talks between the United States Women’s National Team and US Soccer Federation began on Wednesday but quickly broke down. Megan Rapinoe and Christen Press appeared on several morning shows on Thursday to discuss what went wrong, citing an inability to move past the concept of equal pay as the […]
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup came to a close on July 7 – the United States beat Netherlands 2-0 for the championship. The tournament was filled with talent, but it was also a giant stage for international female footballers who are fighting for gender equality surrounding the sport – […]
The United States Women’s National Team won their second consecutive FIFA Women’s World Cup. To celebrate the victory, New York City held a ticker-tape parade on Wednesday. At the parade, some players used the team’s lawsuit for equal pay as confetti to commemorate the occasion. Follow all of our Women’s […]
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia introduced a bill that would block federal funding for the 2026 World Cup unless the US Soccer Federation provides “equitable pay” for both the men’s and women’s national teams. The US Women’s National Soccer Team won their fourth World Cup title on Sunday. […]
After the US women’s national team won its second straight World Cup, there were renewed calls for the players to receive pay equal to their male counterparts’. One of the biggest obstacles to equal pay is the difference in revenue generated by the men’s and women’s World Cups, how FIFA […]
The US women’s soccer team generated more revenue through mostly ticket sales since 2016 than the men’s team, according to The Wall Street Journal. Women’s games brought in $US50.8 million from 2016 to 2018, while men’s games made $US49.9 million in the same time frame. Female players get paid significantly […]
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones cofounded the nonprofit Just Capital in 2013 to measure what Americans want from corporations, and which of these companies are contributing to a “more just” society. Just previously ranked 890 of the companies in the Russell 1000 and has now published a report on how […]
The fight for women’s pay equality has raged among activists, celebrities, and lawmakers for nearly half a century. Despite landmark American laws, women working in the US still face major obstacles, including a gender-based pay gap that costs them thousands of dollars every year. The battle for equal pay is […]
Women have been unsung heroes of the worldwide workforce for centuries. More recently, they were vital in World War I and II, taking jobs on both sides of the Atlantic the world previously thought only men could hold such as in arms factories, steel mills, and on farms. Throughout the […]
At the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference on Thursday, Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff addressed sexual harassment and the wage gap in Silicon Valley. Benioff said he now looks at a company’s culture and how it pays employees when he’s considering an acquisition for Salesforce. Benioff spoke about the infamous […]
World Economic Forum says the global gender gap will take 108 years to close around the world. When it comes to economic gender disparities, the gap will take in excess of 200 years to eliminate. The WEF’s survey shows that Iceland has the lowest gender gap, while the highest gap […]
Match Group CEO Mandy Ginsberg was interviewed Monday at Business Insider’s IGNITION 2018, where she discussed the changing scene of online dating and the tech industry’s “bro culture.” Companies under Match Group include Tinder, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish, online dating platforms that Ginsberg said are helping the company transform […]
When Mandy Ginsberg took over as CEO of Match Group she vowed to make sure the company was welcoming to women. She knew she had to audit the company’s payrolls to make sure that women were paid equally to men. She hired an outside auditor and was so shocked when […]
As Microsoft works on closing its $US7.5 billion deal to buy GitHub, the company has been slapped with a $US20 million lawsuit from a former attorney. The lawyer is suing GitHub alleging that that the company underpaid her in stock and that her boss, Julio Avalos, then fired her for […]
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said in a recent interview with Business Insider’s Julie Bort that creating an equal workplace for women means taking a number of actions. The company can’t just say it pays women equally. It needs to audit the payroll and dish out raises, not excuses, Benioff said. […]
Women earn less than men, but sexism isn’t always to blame. Many factors – including work experience, career choice, education, and negotiation – play a role in the gender wage gap. Tuesday is Equal Pay Day. Celebrated every April, the day marks how far into the next calendar year the […]
The gender pay gap is still prevalent across American industries. Business Insider used US Census data to find and rank the jobs where women are typically earning more than men. Among the professions were automotive body repairers, proofreaders, and healthcare social workers. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. March […]
The billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones cofounded the nonprofit Just Capital in 2013 to measure what Americans want from corporations and which of these companies are contributing to a “more just” society. Just has looked at companies in the Russell 1000 that have done an internal pay equity analysis, foster […]
According to a story in The Hollywood Reporter, Michelle Williams was paid nearly ten times less than co-star Mark Wahlberg for “All the Money in the World.” Last week news surfaced that Williams got paid under $US1,000 for the reshoots needed to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer, while Wahlberg […]
Catt Sadler hosted programs on the E! channel for 12 years. She learned that co-host Jason Kennedy earned double her salary for essentially the same job. She decided not to renew her contract. Catt Sadler, a long-time E! News host, walked away from her role upon learning her co-host early […]
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[credit provider=”Flickr/mahalie” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahalie/154017705/in/photostream/”] A recent report by Natalia A. Kolesnikova and Yang Liu from the St. Louis Fed highlights the ever-shrinking gender wage gap. According to the BLS, the gender earnings gap has plummeted from 36.5 per cent in 1979 to just 16.5 per cent in 2011.The earnings gap alone […]
Women have made huge strides in the past few decades, but they still only earn 81 cents to the dollar in the U.S. And it’s worse in other countries.
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