Despite availing schemes such as the PMJDY, women from low-income households are hesitant to save formally with banks. What can help their outlook change?
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India is home to over 350 million working-age women, of which 128 million live in urban areas. Yet only 20% of working-age urban women are participating in the workforce. Increasing…
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Britney Spears has been locked in a court battle 13 years in the making. While her father was suspended as conservator of her estate on Sep. 29, 2021, her conservatorship…
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In my testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress this past summer, I presented some of the findings from my 2020 report, “The “Double Gap” and the Bottom…
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For more than 25 years Black Women for Wellness (BWW) has been committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls through health education, empowerment, and advocacy. We…
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Whether you’re assessing your existing portfolio or devising a new gender and climate investment strategy, there are several key questions to ask regardless of theme or sector. How and where…
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Changes in the workplace spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic have given many of us more flexibility in our place of work. Lockdowns and social distancing often meant holding work meetings from whatever…
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The majority of women in the workforce earn less than men for performing the same work — and a new report found that for health and care workers, the discrepancy…
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Click here for more.What will it take to make lasting change for women’s rights? The gut punch of last summer’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and the subsequent wave of state anti-abortion bans — on…
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Our generation is set to inherit a complicated world with challenges we did not create; now is the time to start listening to us. We have a few ideas about how to build a better, more inclusive future for women in STEM.
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Access to paid leave in three states was associated with a significant decrease in the likelihood of women leaving their jobs following a spouse’s health shock.
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The impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls is disproportionate and devastating. The familiar patterns of gender inequality embedded in the world’s political, social and economic systems have only…