Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 7, 2015
Germany has committed to increasing the number of females on corporate boards, passing a law Friday that requires companies to give 30 percent of supervisory seats to women. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 6, 2015
Wages paid to female workers across the globe will lag behind males' for seven more decades if the gender pay gap continues to shrink at the current rate, the U.N. warns in a report on inequality in workplaces worldwide. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 28, 2015
Shareholders at both eBay and Wal-Mart want the companies to reveal any disparities in pay between the women and men who work for them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 23, 2015
Patricia Arquette, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Sunday night for her performance in "Boyhood," used her acceptance speech to demand equal rights and pay for all women in the United States. Watch as Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez cheer her on gleefully. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 5, 2014
As we learned last week, it's projected that we still have the better part of a century to go before women earn the same as their male counterparts. So what can we do today to address this imbalance? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigOct 30, 2014
We’ll have to wait 81 years for gender parity in the workplace, a World Economic Forum report projects. Here's more about what the WEF figures mean for women around the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 28, 2014
Scandinavian countries still have the smallest gender gaps, according to the World Economic Forum's annual gender survey, but this year they're joined at the top of the list by a few nations you may not expect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 9, 2014
Women will lose roughly half a million dollars during their working careers due to one simple fact: They "own" female genitalia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 25, 2014
When actress Emma Watson gave a strong-willed, poignant speech Saturday at the United Nations headquarters, it was reported that she received threats from users of online bulletin board 4chan for being a "feminist bitch." Turns out, the nude photo leak warning was none other than a "viral marketing hoax." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 26, 2014
In a "Last Week Tonight" clip that was posted online Monday during the show's hiatus, John Oliver delivers two of the most memorable metaphors for the wage gap to date, followed by a faux commercial for the currency every sexist boss has dreamed of. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 21, 2014
"The Colbert Report" is on a summer break, but here's a great clip you may have missed about women on U.S. currency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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