Gender Equality Principles

12/04/2019

Check out the latest Women in the Workplace report, the largest studies on the state of women in corporate America. They surveyed around 600 companies and more than a quarter of a million people! Find out how many companies turn commitment into action:

11/15/2019

"Few organizations make gender equality in leadership a formal business priority, but those that do outperform."

Find out how and why in IBM's NEW report: Women, Leadership and the Priority Paradox

10/31/2019

Congratulations to domestic workers in Philadelphia for passing the ensuring work-life balance and basic rights such as mandatory meals+rest breaks, anti-discrimination laws, and more!

“The has passed unanimously!! Congratulations to all the domestic worker leaders in Philly who made this amazing victory happen!! https://t.co/8i3wEd6ZNg”

10/29/2019

Since the 80's, women have successfully completed all assigned spacewalks without any difficulties related to their gender. This history continues, as Koch and Meir finish the 1st all-women spacewalk. Read about how women part of NASA are making their mark and are expanding opportunities:

Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir complete the first spacewalk with an all-women team.

09/18/2019

Most families are dual-career couples these days. Companies can do more to support these employees, like:
1. Providing supportive managers and ensuring equitable growth opportunities especially for lower-level workers
2. Encouraging ambition by making top positions seem feasible by providing flexibility and valuing quality over quantity (of effort/hours) for executive-level roles
3. Ensuring consistent access to sustainable sponsorship

When both you and your partner have demanding jobs, it’s challenging to strike the right work–life balance. Can companies help dual-career couples juggle it all?

09/12/2019

Women in leadership face pushback that men don’t. Because of age-old gender stereotypes, we can all fall into the trap of judging women leaders more harshly than men. But voters actually are ready for a woman president. Learn more and find comebacks to challenge biased reactions to women candidates—and to check your own snap judgments!

How outdated notions are shaping the presidential race.

08/21/2019

Organizations must focus on diversity and inclusion efforts that take on an intersectional approach.

Some ideas on how organizations can do that include disaggregating pay data by gender and race, and ensuring that target goals improve both gender representation and racial representation.

08/19/2019

"When women embrace feminine stereotypes like the office mom, they reinforce both the descriptive stereotype that women are naturally nurturing and communal, and the prescriptive stereotype that they should be. But sometimes what women need to do to survive and thrive in the world is exactly the opposite of what they need to do to change it."

How do you address the likability trap facing women in the workplace?

Powerful women know how to flip feminine stereotypes to their advantage.

08/16/2019

Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), in collaboration with Hugo, a software company, has released their Future of Women 2019 report.

Data was gathered from 580 companies to examine gender equity in the workplace and develop strategies to help organizations change.

AWIP is a non profit organization that empower next generation women and men product leaders

08/13/2019

From Harvard Business Review:
"This data continues to reinforce our observations from our previous research — women make highly competent leaders, according to those who work most closely with them — and what’s holding them back is not lack of capability but a dearth of opportunity...Leaders need to take a hard look at what gets in the way of promoting women in their organizations. Clearly, the unconscious bias that women don’t belong in senior level positions plays a big role. It’s imperative that organizations change the way they make hiring and promotion decisions and ensure that eligible women are given serious consideration."

08/07/2019

Learn how to be an advocate for coworkers experiencing sexual harassment.

These resources will help you become an "upstander" instead of a bystander.

Sexual Assault Survivors’ GuideProject Callisto’s guide for survivors of sexual assault, r**e & professional sexual coercion.

08/05/2019

LinkedIn's new report finds that the words used during the hiring process, and at work, can impact men and women in different ways. For example, if a role or workplace was described as aggressive in a job description, 44% of women and 33% of men would be discouraged from applying. Click through to learn more and find resources.

The words used during the hiring process, and at work, can impact men and women in different ways. Here are some of the key findings: