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Stop Agreeing To Be On All-Male Panels -- Just Stop

(0) Comments | Posted March 15, 2016 | 1:40 PM


Hey guys! You can do something very simple to help achieve gender equality in the business world. Just say no to all-male panels.


Start immediately.


On Tuesday afternoon, a United Nations-based organization devoted to responsible business practices took a stand on the issue. The executive director of...

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Etsy's New Parental Leave Policy Is Basically Perfect

(0) Comments | Posted March 14, 2016 | 2:43 PM

Etsy just increased the amount of parental leave it offers. Starting April 1, all workers at the Brooklyn-based company known for selling hipster-precious, hand-crafted goods will be able to take 26 weeks off after the arrival of a child via birth or adoption. 

That’s a big...

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Now You Can Swipe Right To Find A New Best Friend

(0) Comments | Posted March 9, 2016 | 8:31 AM

NEW YORK -- Whitney Wolfe is just 26 years old, and she's been crazy busy. Since finishing college, she's lived in six cities and started two companies. 

Making friends has not been at the top of her mind.

"I literally have no friends," she told The Huffington Post recently, by...

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Free Tampons Should Be A Human Right

(0) Comments | Posted March 8, 2016 | 10:37 AM


Quick question: The last time you went into a public restroom or a bathroom at school or work, how much did you pay for the toilet paper you used?


Allow me to answer: You paid nothing. It would probably never occur to...

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Bernie Sanders Seems To Equate Black People With Poor People

(2) Comments | Posted March 7, 2016 | 11:41 AM

Bernie Sanders was asked to address his racial blind spots during the Democratic debate Sunday. His response was more revealing than he may have realized.

“When you’re white, you don’t know what it’s like...

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Finally, A CEO Is Taking On The Racial Pay Gap

(0) Comments | Posted March 7, 2016 | 9:45 AM


Silicon Valley stalwart Intel just embarked on a mission its own CEO is calling scary: taking a deep, methodical look at how it pays under-represented minorities -- including Hispanics, African-Americans and Native Americans -- to ensure they’re compensated fairly in relation to white and Asian-American employees. 


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Facebook、社員の満足度が「最高」のわけは?

(1) Comments | Posted March 4, 2016 | 8:05 PM

満足度は最高。ストレスレベルは、最も低い。

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J.J. Abrams Is Doing Something Real About #OscarsSoWhite

(0) Comments | Posted March 3, 2016 | 10:58 AM

Star Wars director J.J. Abrams isn’t just talking about the overwhelming whiteness of the entertainment industry, he’s doing something about changing it.

Inspired by this year’s #OscarsSoWhite movement, the 49-year-old producer will now require...

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Facebook Employees Are Insanely Happy With Their Jobs

(0) Comments | Posted March 2, 2016 | 9:19 AM


The people who work at Facebook are ridiculously happy about it, new data shows. Ninety-six percent of employees at the social media giant report high job satisfaction, according to a survey of workers at 18 major tech companies from the jobs site Payscale


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이제는 육아가 진짜 '일'이라는 걸 인정해야 할 때다

(0) Comments | Posted March 1, 2016 | 4:33 PM

마이크로소프트의 공동 설립자 빌 게이츠가 한 가장 강력한 일 중 하나는 컴퓨터나 자선 재단과는 아무 관계가 없다.

melinda gates

마이크로소프트의 CEO였을 때 게이츠는 일주일에 두 번씩 딸을 유치원까지 차로 태워다 주었다. 아내 멜린다가 그의 도움이 필요했기 때문이었다. 월요일에 나온 뉴욕 타임스 인터뷰에서 멜린다가 한 말이다.

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Here's What Happened When We Asked Elon Musk About Equal Pay For Women

(0) Comments | Posted February 29, 2016 | 11:58 AM


Elon Musk is considering reviewing employee salaries at SpaceX to ensure that women and men are paid fairly, the chief executive and founder said at a dinner at a private residence in Beverly Hills last Thursday.


Dubbed The Dinner for Equality...

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Jennifer Lawrence Calls Out The Most Damaging Myth About Feminism

(1) Comments | Posted February 26, 2016 | 11:31 AM


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Jennifer Lawrence offered a penetrating and personal take on the state of feminism during a dinner event focused on women's equality Thursday night, drawing laughs and applause.


And she did it while wearing a glittering semi-sheer top and wondering about her nipples.


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It's Time To Acknowledge That Parenting Is Real Work

(1) Comments | Posted February 23, 2016 | 1:46 PM


Arguably one of the most powerful things Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has ever done had nothing to do with computers or his charitable foundation.


Back when he was chief executive of Microsoft, Gates drove his daughter to preschool twice a week because...

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It Makes Perfect Sense That Women Over 40 Feel Invisible

(1) Comments | Posted February 22, 2016 | 11:19 AM


A lot of women will tell you that once we get past 40, we start to feel kind of invisible. In movies and TV shows, we’re often portrayed as non-sexual mom-types, or maybe ball-busting bitches in the "Devil Wears Prada"/Hillary Clinton mold. Or, more often, we're simply not seen...

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More Voters Fear Trump Than Support Him

(0) Comments | Posted February 18, 2016 | 3:23 PM


Judging by the relentless coverage he gets, you’d think Donald Trump had this whole president thing sewn up by now.


He does not.


In fact, more than twice as many voters say they’re scared of a Trump presidency than actually support the reality TV star’s bid...

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Bernie Sanders' Home State Just Passed A Paid Sick Leave Law

(3) Comments | Posted February 18, 2016 | 9:58 AM

Vermont is set to pass a paid sick leave law, joining just four other states in offering what is a standard benefit in most developed economies.

Already passed by the state's Senate and approved by its House Wednesday, the bill is expected to be signed into law by...

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Stop Saying There Are No Qualified Women Out There

(0) Comments | Posted February 16, 2016 | 10:37 AM


Let us please once and for all dismiss this overblown, outdated explanation for the dearth of women at the upper levels of corporate America: the so-called “lack of qualified female candidates.”


There are plenty of qualified women out there. Problem is, many of...

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These Texts Perfectly Demonstrate Why Female Entrepreneurs Struggle For Funding

(1) Comments | Posted February 15, 2016 | 1:26 PM

Here’s a simple explanation for why so few women get funding in the tech industry from the predominantly male venture capitalists who dole out the cash: Some of these guys have some pretty old-fashioned views about women.

For starters, when women startup founders come around looking...

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What Gloria Steinem Got Absolutely Right: Women Lose Power As They Age

(0) Comments | Posted February 11, 2016 | 10:44 AM


Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has been savaged -- perhaps, rightly so -- for glibly dismissing young women who support Bernie Sanders, claiming they’re only feeling the Bern because that’s what the “boys” are doing.


But before she insulted most of the...

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THIS Is What Diversity In Tech Should Look Like

(0) Comments | Posted February 10, 2016 | 10:30 AM


In San Francisco Tuesday night, four black female engineers from the group-messaging company Slack stood before a crowd and accepted an award on behalf of their company for fastest-rising startup of the year.


For anyone who cares about diversity in tech, it was an...

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