Archives: Women’s Issues & Social Causes

In case you haven’t heard, today, April 17, is Equal Pay Day. Why the 17th of April? It’s based on a calculation women would have to work until today to earn what their male counterparts did in 2011. Depending on which media outlets you visit, you’ll hear several contrasting opinions on Equal Pay Day. Kristin [...]

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Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, Congratulations are definitely in order. That S-1 filing for Facebook’s IPO was filled with impressive numbers: $3.7 billion in revenue last year, $1 billion in earnings, and $3.9 billion in the bank account. There was one number that really caught my eye though: Zero. Zero is the number of women listed on [...]

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What Does it Mean to Succeed?

By Nathalie Alonso

In high school, my classmates voted me “Most Likely to Succeed,” an honor that, seven years later, still provides a confidence boost I am grateful for. A subsequent conversation with a college classmate, however, left me wondering what my high school peers – or anyone, for that matter – meant when they predicted that I [...]

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Women are not just the chief purchasing officers, they are also the earners – which has enormous consequences across global economies.

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I saw first-hand how woman beat around the bush when it came to asking for a raise. Why is this and how do we fix it?

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Debra Eckerling shares her rules and reward system for making things happen with the women entrepreneurs of She Takes on the World

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TODAY’S BITE-SIZED TO-DO: Take stock of your retirement savings options at work. If you have a limited array, look into opening up a Roth IRA on your own. Then connect with a financial advisor to walk you through next steps based on your long-term financial goals.

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Hillary Clinton disappeared from one of the most historic scenes in recent American history and most people would not know it happened. Editors of the Hasidic weekly Der Tzitung photoshopped the US Secretary of State and another woman out of the scene in which Mrs. Clinton, seated near President Obama, was watching the progress of the assassination of Osama Bin Laden.

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