September 29, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
Did you know that women with Bachelor’s degrees earn an average income of $45,290 compared to $70,253 among men with Bachelor’s degrees?
According to our recently released Big Five Fact Sheet, Women and Educational Disparities—A Call to Action, women are more likely than men to attend college after high school, [...]
September 24, 2009 by Vivienne Heston-Demirel
Investing in women and girls makes sense in terms of promoting sustainable development and more equitable policies and programs both nationally and globally. As the Group of 20 meets in Pittsburgh, we take note of the very small number of women leaders at the table. Look at Jacki Zehner’s blog [...]
September 23, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
On Monday, the Women’s Economic Round Table hosted its first forum to date comprised solely of women experts. The experts represented a wide range of sectors, from Christine Cumming with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Thea Lee, Policy Director of the AFL-CIO. Barbara Krumsiek from Calvert [...]
September 22, 2009 by admin
An op-ed by NCRW’s Director of Research and Programs Shyama Venkateswar was published in the September 15 online edition of the Miami Herald. Shyama writes,
“Ensuring the health and welfare of the world’s women is a universal principle that supersedes cultural differences and which President Obama has an obligation to uphold.”
The piece, which [...]
September 17, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
According to a study released this morning by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, racial health disparities are costing the U.S. $50 billion each year. If you’re anything like me, your jaw just hit the floor. At the health reform briefing held this morning at the National [...]
