Women’s Issues
Frozen River: Oscar’s 2009 Cinderella Story
By Melissa Silverstein, Women’s Media Center Hollywood decides to tangle with a film dedicated to poverty and desperation, directed by a woman. Amazing. Courtney Hunt was sitting in her house in Columbia County outside of New York City watching the Oscar nominations. She was wishing and hoping, yet not expecting, that her debut film Frozen River,which she…
Read MoreCorporate Female Leader Stats Mirror Congress
Catalyst, the nonprofit organization working to improve inclusiveness and expand business opportunities released their report on women leaders in Fortune 500 companies. The statistics mirror the same low percentages of women in Congress. Women in Congress – 17% Women Fortune 500 Board Members – 15% Percentage of women in the U.S. labor force: 46.3% Percentage…
Read MoreSenate Passes Equal Pay Discrimination Bill
BREAKING NEWS Today, January 22, 2008, the U.S. Senate passed an equal pay discrimination bill that signals a pro-worker rights, and pro-women’s rights shift in Congress. The legislation reverses a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that narrowly defines the time period during which a worker can file a claim of wage discrimination, even if the worker…
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