Tag Archives: Work
Quick hit: New Catalyst study finds that women do ask
But they don’t get. At least, not at the same rates as men do. Two researchers from Catalyst, a research and consulting organization that aims to make workplaces more diverse and equitable, are writing a series for the Washington Post about gender inequity in the workplace. Their first article features research from a new Catalyst [...]
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It’s better (and worse) than we thought: UN releases 2011 Human Development Report
Given that it’s a new year, it’s the perfect time to highlight the previous year’s human development news. Human development is about expanding people’s choices and building sustainable societies on shared natural resources. Recently released, the 2011 Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Fund focuses on linking the challenge of sustainable development to the [...]
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The Wednesday Weigh-in: Mentoring Edition
According to a new study by LinkedIn, one in five professional women in the U.S. has never had a mentor. The survey of nearly 1,000 women found that 52% of women without mentors said they’d just never found “someone appropriate” and 67% of women who had never been mentors said it was because they’d never [...]
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On Being a Chef, a Woman, and the Need for Safe Spaces
Every once in a while I come across an article on the internet about female chefs. A quick Google search for ‘female chef’ pulls up sparse results, usually a year or more between each entry. If you search ‘female pastry chef’ (more relevant to me because I AM one), you find still less. The articles [...]
Also tagged Deep Thoughts, Feminism, Harassment, Sexism Comments closed
Class-action discrimination lawsuits after Wal-Mart