Equity
Everyone deserves a fair shot at success. Let’s level the playing field for working women of all kinds.
Women have the drive, resilience, and intelligence to succeed: but the deck is stacked against us. We’re underrepresented in leadership and overrepresented in low-wage jobs and child care. Structural barriers — from a lack of paid leave to the gender pay gap — hold women back from reaching their full potential. We need to address the barriers that threaten both women’s safety and equity. Let’s go deeper.
Blog posts about equity
Refinery29: The Real Cost Of Unequal Pay For Latinas
Variety: How Women in Hollywood Are Pushing for Inclusivity On and Off Screen
Women Dropping Out of Labor Force at Alarming Rate
“Go for the Whole Thing”: In Conversation with Paula Giddings and Gloria Steinem
August Jobs Report: Recovery is Slowing Down, Especially for Women
July Jobs Report: A Women’s Recession
USA Today: Black women and Latinas struggle to buy food, build savings amid COVID-19, study says
Forbes: ‘I Am Tired’: What Black Doctors Need You To Know Right Now
May Jobs Report: A Case Study in Pervasive Racism and Sexism
STAT: My nightmare: Covid-19 meets racism meets the killing of a Black person by police
Fast Company Exclusive: Time’s Up releases guide to prioritizing diversity during COVID-19
Black Survivors and Sexual Trauma
Vox: The economic crisis exacerbates how much we undervalue women’s work
April Jobs Report: Women Are Bearing the Brunt of the Economic Crisis
Washington Post: How rethinking caregiving could play a crucial role in restarting the economy
Harvard Business Review: Why the Crisis Is Putting Companies at Risk of Losing Female Talent
The New York Times: I Never Planned to Be a Front-Line Worker at Dollar General
Essence: What Black Doctors And Nurses Want You To Know About COVID-19
The New York Times: How Millions of Women Became the Most Essential Workers in America
The New Yorker: “Some Days I Feel Like I’m Melting”: How Single Mothers in New York City Are Coping with Quarantine
On the Front Lines of Economic Pain: March Jobs Report Foreshadows What’s to Come
Know Your Rights: Get the Facts About Paid Leave
#TIMESUPPAYUP: Your Pay Gap Stories
Marie Claire: COVID-19 Exposes the Dangers of Gender Inequality
How to Fight the Pay Gap on AAPI Women’s Equal Pay Day
These Festivals Have Made the ‘CRITICAL’ Commitment
Rose Lavelle: Why My Team’s Fight Is Every Woman’s Fight
How the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Players and TIME’S UP Are Fighting to Close the Pay Gap
Philadelphia Inquirer: Rose Lavelle leads U.S. women’s soccer’s new generation of stars into activism
