Resources about work, labor, employment, leadership, professional development, career, and equal pay.
The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals is a member-based organization working toward the liberation of LGBTQ people in higher education.
WGEA publishes data and statistics on gender pay gaps, gender composition of the workforce, parental leave, flexible work, employee consultation and employer actions to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace on our Data Explorer.
This talk is a powerful reflection on how societal expectations shape girls’ confidence and calls for redesigning systems – not just empowering individuals – so that ambition, leadership, and innovation by women and marginalized groups become defaults rather than exceptions.
Unlocking the full potential of women and girls is a priority for the World Bank Group.
Today is Equal Pay Day, a reminder that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in our country. The date represents how far into 2025 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2024 simply to match what men were paid in 2024.
Despite pay discrimination becoming illegal over half a century ago, the pay gap between men and women persists—an inequity that continues to hurt our nation’s workers and our national economy.
Gender differences in paid and unpaid time at work are an important aspect of gender inequality.
This report seeks to deepen understanding, highlight stories and strengths, and build a collaborative community with Black women workers.
Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact mothers working in it.
WBCs provide free, to low-cost counseling and training and focus on women who want to start, grow, and expand their small business.
The gender gap in pay has slightly narrowed in the United States over the past 20 years or so.
In this TEDx talk Mahdis Gharaei reveals a compelling case that forward thinking organisations can’t afford to ignore: the immense potential of women in leadership and the competitive advantage of diversity in business.
Although gender equity is acknowledged as a global objective, existing progress parameters and interventions predominantly align with Western contexts and academic traditions, which often overlook the complex realities of the Majority World. This paper provides a critique of the dominance of such approaches and highlights the challenges of applying them universally.
Some argue that women choose not to go into particular jobs, often because of the hours required and the sacrifices that need to be made. But what is really going on?
Empowering EduNations Students Through Skills Training: A Transformative Partnership with Lighting The Path
The rapid rise in women’s labor force participation was a major development in the labor market during the second half of the 20th century.
The report, which also highlights continuing challenges in our workforce demographics, uses EEO-1 data to track employment participation from 1966 to 2013 for several demographic groups, including women.
As we celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, we should also celebrate the major strides women have made in the labor market. Their entry into paid work has been a major factor in America’s prosperity over the past century and a quarter.
The Coalition of Labor Union Women is America’s only national organization for union women. Formed in 1974, CLUW is a nonpartisan organization within the union movement.
Women face less career support and fewer opportunities to advance as companies show declining commitment to women’s progress. While women are as dedicated to their careers as men, there is a gap in their desire for promotion. That’s according to the latest Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey and LeanIn.Org.
More than a quarter century supporting women entrepreneurs in CT!
Over half of the world’s population is female, and as gender construct is a socially rather than physiologically determined concept, discrimination against them is common.[1] Employers and coworkers may be the source of discrimination in the workplace.
Research on gender based collective action.
Girls Inc. is the preeminent girls’ leadership organization equipping girls to reach their full potential.
Measures the development of high potential female entrepreneurship worldwide.
Benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity.
The World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time.
This report sets out the experiences of Gender Parity Task Forces in Mexico, Turkey, Korea, and Japan and highlights examples of impact.
The Global Gender Gap Index featured in the 2015 Report ranks economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool.
Information from the International Labor Organization (ILO) about gender gaps in the United States.
Identifies, invests in and brings visibility to extraordinary women around the world.
This report explores public attitudes about gender and leadership with a particular focus on leadership in U.S. politics and business.
Bipartisan organization that provides a dynamic forum for women who are passionate about innovation.
Examines the causes of women’s underrepresentation in leadership roles in business, politics, and education and suggests what we can do to change the status quo.
Platform where senior level women can meet and exchange, network, enlarge their horizons, and identify opportunities and ideas that are not readily available in their current environments.
Non-profit through which volunteer “catalysts” receive consulting, coaching and mentoring to develop dream projects that help raise tomorrow’s leaders.
Voice of all military women – past, present and future.
National memorial honoring all women who have defended America throughout history.
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