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Women are not financially illiterate. They need more than condescending advice
Debate about recent and upcoming changes to superannuation, including the early release scheme and the proposed rise to the superannuation guarantee, has been running hot for a few months now. Likewise, the fact that women have been disproportionately hit by the...
What works for women microentrepreneurs?
A meta-analysis of recent evaluations to support female entrepreneurship Around the globe, women participate less in paid economic activities than men. The gender gap in labor force participation is around 14 percent in the median OECD country, 26 percent in the...
How The World’s Most Powerful Women Are Reacting To The Death Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It felt like the grief came instantaneously. Within minutes of the Supreme Court’s announcement Friday night that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away at the age of 87 , tributes in her honor poured across social media, in text messages between family and...
Meet the Women Leading Today’s Labor Movement
By Hilary Weaver This Labor Day, the U.S. is battling a pandemic that has resulted in the deaths of more than 187,000 U.S. residents and millions of lost jobs. The crisis has necessitated those deemed “essential workers” to continue to risk their lives every day, but...
With pandemic, more women are choosing feeling good over looking good
It's not that we women have stopped caring about beauty. We just care more about our well-being. By Elizabeth Wellington Recurring beauty appointments were once staples in our planners. We set firm dates for colors, cuts and weave maintenance. We penciled in times to...
Will The Coronavirus Exacerbate Inequality For Women Entrepreneurs?
It is a hard time to be a small business in America. Payroll subsidies for businesses have ended at the same time that unemployment payments are decreasing for workers, leaving business owners hard-pressed to pay employees and consumers less likely to make purchases....
Older Not Old…An Icon at 93 and Living Life
An Icon at 93. Living Life...Happy Birthday Persis! An Icon...Iris Apfel, Betty White, Gloria Steinem, Maya Angelou, Jane Fonda and Persis Laverack. Just a few iconic women in their 70's, 80's and 90's. Women who have not let the number make them old. Maybe older, but...
She’s Not Stopping Anytime Soon. Meet Persis An Icon At 93
Meet Persis Laverack ... An icon at 93. And she's not stopping anytime soon. She's taking her daily 2 mile walk! Persis drives her new 2020 pearl white Subaru to wherever she wants to go, pops the hatchback, pulls out her walker and off she goes!
UN Calls for Action to Increase Women in Peacekeeping
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday calling on the United Nations and its 193 member nations to step up action to increase the number of women in military and civilian positions at all levels in the U.N.’s far-flung...
Women Scientists Have the Evidence About Sexism
Centuries of bias have impeded the advance of human knowledge. In the war against the coronavirus, leading women scientists are among the generals. For instance, Kimberly Prather of UC San Diego, has been a leader in establishing the role that airborne transmission...
