Apr 8, 2016 | Corporate, Economic Security, Leadership, Occupational Segregation, Talent Management, Wage Gap, Work, Workplace Diversity
“The United States could add up to $4.3 trillion in annual GDP in 2025 if women attain full gender equality. In a new report, The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in the United States, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) finds that every US state and city can add at least 5 percent to their GDP in that period by advancing the economic potential of women. Half of US states have the potential to add more than 10 percent, and the country’s 50 largest cities can increase GDP by 6 to 13 percent.
While the barriers hindering women from fully participating in the labor market make it unlikely that they will attain full gender equality within a decade, the report finds that in a best-in-class scenario—in which each US state matches the state with the fastest rate of improvement toward gender parity in work over the past decade—some $2.1 trillion of incremental GDP could be added in 2025. That is 10 percent higher than in a business-as-usual scenario.”
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Apr 7, 2016 | Corporate, Economic Security, Leadership, Occupational Segregation, Talent Management, Wage Gap, Work, Workplace Diversity
“Women are not new to leadership; think of Cleopatra or Queen Elizabeth. Think of the women who led the civil rights and education reform movements. But women are still outnumbered by men in the most prestigious positions, from Capitol Hill to the board room. Barriers and Bias: The Status of Women in Leadership examines the causes of women’s underrepresentation in leadership roles in business, politics, and education and suggests what we can do to change the status quo.”
Download the 2 page PDF infographic.
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Mar 24, 2016 | Economic Security, Occupational Segregation, Work
“The labor of caregivers—often invisible and undervalued—is crucial for economic growth and gender equality.”
“Whether it’s childcare, elder care, or self-care, caregiving plays a central role in keeping America’s economy going. As baby boomers continue to age and Millennials continue to become parents, America’s care needs are only increasing. In fact, caregiving is projected to be the largest occupation in the U.S. by 2020, with care-sector jobs growing five times faster than other large job sectors. Sixty percent of families do not have a stay-at-home parent, and almost 70 percent of mothers and over 90 percent of fathers are in the workforce.”
[x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” float=”none” href=”http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/unpaid-caregivers/474894/” title=”The Work That Makes Work Possible” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read the full article.[/x_button]
Mar 18, 2016 | Economic Security, Occupational Segregation, Salary & Compensation, STEM, Work, Workplace Diversity
“A new study from researchers at Cornell University found that the difference between the occupations and industries in which men and women work has recently become the single largest cause of the gender pay gap, accounting for more than half of it. In fact, another study shows, when women enter fields in greater numbers, pay declines — for the very same jobs that more men were doing before.”
“Once women start doing a job, “It just doesn’t look like it’s as important to the bottom line or requires as much skill,” said Paula England, a sociology professor at New York University. “Gender bias sneaks into those decisions.”
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Mar 9, 2016 | Corporate, Occupational Segregation, Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
“The business case for gender equity in the workplace is equally water-tight. In my Forbes e-book, The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace, I interviewed leaders from six countries over three continents; every one of them re-affirmed how advancing women was key to boosting their organization’s bottom lines.”
[x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” float=”none” href=”http://www.forbes.com/sites/ruchikatulshyan/2016/03/08/gender-equity-boosts-business-so-why-havent-we-reached-parity-yet/#4a44eb427bb0″ title=”Gender Equity Boosts Business. So Why Haven’t We Reached Parity Yet?” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read the full article.[/x_button]
Feb 21, 2016 | Corporate, Economic Security, Education, Mentoring, Occupational Segregation, STEM, Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
“Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing asks why there are still so few women in the critical fields of engineering and computing — and explains what we can do to make these fields open to and desirable for all employees.”
Click here for the webinar.
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