If you have a partner, have a quick chat about the gap. This is a dialogue, not a one-and-done conversation, but you can get the ball rolling. A recent survey showed that while men increasingly expect and encourage women to work outside the home (great)…they still don’t pick up the work inside of it (um,…
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Today, as we celebrate our third anniversary, and observe International Women’s Day 2020 on March 8, I’m reflecting on the most important lesson I’ve learned since starting this work: By the time we’re talking about women’s anything, we’re too late. Our top priority needs to be investing in girls. And we can start by taking…
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Before you ask, Dick’s Sporting Goods will not be changing its name to appeal to female customers, but it is investing millions of dollars into women’s sports and expanding its selection of products for girls and women. On February 4, the largest U.S. sporting-goods chain revealed their multi-tiered plan to win over women—you know, over…
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UPDATE: On Friday evening (June 29), following the U.S. Women’s soccer team’s victory over France in the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invited U.S. co-captain Megan Rapinoe and her fellow teammates to the House of Representatives for a tour. “It may not be the White House, but we’d be happy to welcome…
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Lucy Flores once encouraged me to come forward after a man acted inappropriately toward me. Your experience matters, she explained. Let him know he was inappropriate—and help women in the same situations feel less alone. I chose not to come forward, for some of the same reasons that so many women stay silent. But I…
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Ivanka Trump has faced criticism for staying silent amid some of her father’s most controversial moments, despite positioning herself as an advocate for women’s rights and for families in America. But in a rare interview on Good Morning America on Friday morning, she essentially told people not to expect her to speak out against some…
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