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NEWS ABOUT: gender in business

gender in business stories: 3 news summaries

 Women Gain as 
 Recession Batters 
 Male-Dominated Fields 

Men have lost 3 times as many jobs as women since Dec. 2007

Sep 3, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US job market is closer than ever to gender equality because the recession has most heavily affected male-dominated industries, USA Today reports. Women held 49.83% of the nation’s jobs as of June. Since the recession began in December 2007, 74% of the 6.4 million jobs lost... More »

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women • employment • income • recession • gender in business • job • recession depression

Salary Gender Gap May Be All in Your Head

Traditional-minded men outearn supporters of equal pay

Sep 22, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only is the gender gap in pay persistent, it affects men as well as women. Men with traditional views on a woman's place in the world earn, on average, $12,000 more per year than men who believe in egalitarian business practices, the Washington Post reports. Traditionally minded women... More »

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wages • salary gap • gender roles • gender bias • psychological research • gender in business

Norway
Shatters Its
Glass Ceiling

Nation requires 40%
of big companies' boards to be female

Mar 6, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A state-mandated shattering of Norway's glass ceiling is drastically changing gender balance in boardrooms there—and not without some resistance, the Guardian reports. A law that 40% of non-executive board directorships at larger firms must go to women went into effect Feb. 22—and though a dozen Norwegian companies failed... More »

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CEO • business • Norway • gender discrimination • gender gap • board of directors • sex ratio • glass ceiling • gender in business

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