11 Search results for "gender wage gap"

Serena Williams is finally the highest paid woman in sports after raking in $28.9 million in the past 12 months. All it took was a lengthy career full of wins and domination and Maria Sharapova being banned from the sport for two years, according to Time.

President Obama signed an executive order that forces federal contractors to allow employees to discuss their pay with each other. The move comes as part of the president’s “zero tolerance” policy for gender wage gaps. 

On average, women make only 77 cents for every dollar paid to men. The disparity is much worse for women of color. Black women make only 70 cents for every dollar paid to men, and just 64 cents for every dollar paid to white men.

2016 is already looking like it will be a progressive year for all. The latest news brings attention to the always-apparent, never-addressed gender pay gap in the United States.

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By Sherronda J. Brown This post contains Wonder Woman spoilers and discussion of sexual violence  The last time there was this much buzz about feminism in a popular action thriller, it was following the release of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. With a story about women fleeing sex slavery, it was not difficult to […]

By Jenn M. Jackson April 24, 2024 In recent months, Black women’s educational credentials and professional qualifications have been a central topic in the news media following the public attacks on Dr. Claudine Gay, the first Black woman to be President of Harvard University, and the ongoing political debates about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) […]

By Émelyne Museaux White women’s sovereignty has always been inextricably linked to the subjugation and exploitation of Black people. Research shows that 40% of slave owners were white women during US chattel slavery. According to history professor Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, most of these white women inherited slaves from their fathers and retained ownership of them […]

by Cosima Smith Mobility is the ability to move, both physically over land (and territorial lines) and metaphorically through social and political classes and rankings. But mobility is also so much more than that: it is the chance to explore and live and interact across dividing lines, it in itself can be a lifeline when […]

The following piece was published on Medium. It was written by President Barack Obama. By: President Barack Obama History has dubbed you the “Millennials.” You’re part of the first generation to grow up in the digital age. Some of you grew up with cell phones tucked into your book bags, while others can remember the early […]

By Aron Cobbs, BYP 100 New York City Originally posted on LambdaLegal.org Transgender Day of Remembrance Flag Throughout our country’s ongoing experiment with democracy, we’ve seen historically oppressed groups struggle for basic legal rights and the recognition of their humanity. The women’s suffrage movement won women the rights to vote and hold public office. The […]