From The Wall Street Journal authored by Alexandra Bruell: “Food and soda vending machines made some major technological advances over the years. Some allow mobile payments. Others can customize soda flavors. Sanitary napkin and tampon dispensers, however, have been stuck in time. Most of the dispensers found in women’s bathrooms in department stores, offices and […]
Monthly Archives: May 2019
West Point is about to graduate its largest class of black women
From CNN authored by Tony Marco: “Thirty-four black women are expected to graduate from West Point next week. That will be the largest class of African-American women to graduate together in the military academy’s lengthy history, West Point spokesman Frank Demaro said. “Last year’s graduating class had 27,” said Demaro. “And the expectation is next […]
GETTING TO GENDER EQUALITY WITH ECONOMICS AND PURCHASING POWER
From W2.0 authored by W2.0 Staff: “In 2014, Donna Miller was on vacation with her sisters, Dr. Karen Nern and Dr. Freddi Pennington. All former business executives, with five daughters and three granddaughters between them, they started talking about their frustration with the lack of women in senior leadership positions and the fact that one […]
After men in Spain got paternity leave, they wanted fewer kids
From Quartz authored by Corrine Purtill and Dan Kopf: “In March 2007, Spain introduced a national policy granting most new fathers two weeks of fully paid paternity leave. The policy proved exceptionally popular, with 55% of men eligible in the first year opting to take the paid time. The amount of leave covered by the […]
Hollywood working moms and the brutal conflict between family and career
From The Los Angeles Times authored by Meredith Blake: “Nearly every mother in Hollywood has a horror story. There was the time screenwriter and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna was 8½ months pregnant and a studio executive joked, “I guess today would be a bad day to punch you in the stomach.” There was the time Nisha Ganatra, […]
What Do You Do When You Become The Statistic You Desperately Hoped To Avoid?
From Above the Law authored by Amy D. Cubbage: “When I got out of law school, freshly minted as an attorney, I was prepared to change the world for women lawyers. My law school class in the mid-1990s was only 30 percent women, and we felt it. We were told in ways both subtle and […]
Moms Are Fighting To Use Campaign Funds For Child Care
From The Huffington Post authored by Molly Redden: “Josie Raymond only campaigned once with her daughter before she realized she had to hire a babysitter. She was in the thick of a competitive race for a Kentucky House seat, and she could easily spend all day canvassing suburban Louisville — but her toddler couldn’t. “We […]
Tech companies step in to stop date rape
From Axios authored by Alexi McCammond: “In the U.S., 37 states require schools to teach abstinence as part of sex-education. Zero states mandate that they address drug-facilitated sexual assault, otherwise known as date rape. Why it matters: This isn’t like getting struck by lightning. Having a tasteless, colorless rohypnol — a “roofie” — dropped in your Merlot […]
COULD AN APP HELP YOU STOP FIGHTING ABOUT CHORES?
From Mel Magazine authored by Tracy Moore: “Men typically excel at both playing and inventing pointless competitive games, but one man has potentially done civilization a solid and applied his gamification skills toward something that actually kind of matters: household chores. Manhattan civil engineer Bob Ford, a mid-30s father and husband, has developed an app called Labor […]
What’s Keeping More Women From Board Seats: Little Turnover
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Vanessa Fuhrmans: “A stubborn paradox reigns across U.S. boardrooms: Companies are appointing more women to board seats than ever, yet the overall share of female directors is barely budging. The reason isn’t the pipeline, say recruiters and researchers. It is that board seats rarely become available in the […]
