Source: www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/business/dealbook/overcoming-the-confidence-gap-for-women.html Quotes: “…the consulting firm Zenger Folkman studied 16,000 of them – two-thirds men, one-third women – as well as their managers, subordinates and peers. … Women rated better than men on 12 out of 16 competencies. These included “takes
Guardian: Class of 2015: women are still making less than men – and prospects are poor
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/28/class-of-2015-income-inequality-jobs Excerpts: “This year, young male graduates can expect to earn on average $19.64 an hour – all of 20 cents higher than in 2000. Women, on the other hand, are likely to earn $16.56, which is more than $3
BBC: Shared Parental Leave in the UK
UK parents can now share leave following the birth or adoption of a child: BBC (5 Apr 2015): Shared parental leave law comes into effectBBC (5 Apr 2015): How the UK’s rules on parental leave work This next article compares parental
THE: UCU calls for wage audits as gender pay gap endures
THE analysis reveals progress in closing gap, but female academics still earn nearly £6K less than men. Excerpts from the article: “Female professors also lose out in the pay stakes as they are paid 5.8 per cent less than men
NYTimes: Fewer Women Run Top Companies than Men Named John
This 2 March 2015 article in The Upshot section of the New York Times by Justin Wolfers shows just how much women are outnumbered by men in many important decision-making roles in the US. The article introduces the Glass Ceiling index as a
Guardian: Academics Tackling Everyday Sexism in University Life
Source: www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/24/sexism-women-in-university-academics-feminism Quotes: “Our universities are highly sexist institutions. Women are outnumbered and relegated to junior posts. More than 60% of academics are men, and about 80% of professors. Official statistics show that more women are on temporary contracts than
Guardian: Female academics face sexist bias in student evaluations
Source: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/feb/13/female-academics-huge-sexist-bias-students Quotes: “The strength of this unconscious bias is quite astonishing – even for a relatively objective measure such as promptness, students rated a “female” professor 3.55 out of 5 and a “male” professor 4.35, despite the fact that
NYTimes: Women Doing Office Housework
In a NYTimes article (6 Feb 2015), Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant write on women doing “office housework”. Quotes from the article: “Women help more but benefit less from it. … When a man offers to help, we shower him
McSweeney’s: Not Promoted Unrelated to Gender
Reasons You Were Not Promoted That are Totally Unrelated to Gender.by Homa Mojtabai. (January 27, 2015) This is a satirical piece published on the Internet Portal of McSweeney’s. “You don’t smile enough. People don’t like you.You smile too much. People
NYTimes: Speaking While Female (Why Women Stay Quiet At Work)
Source: www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/speaking-while-female.html Quotes: “When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she’s barely heard or she’s judged as too aggressive. When a man says virtually the same thing, heads nod in appreciation for his fine