Gender Divisions in Salary Significant Even in Nursing
March 24, 2015; National Public Radio, “Shots” The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report on Tuesday, March 24th, that indicated male nurses outearn female nurses by...
View ArticleThe Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 1
image / crowbot It’s 2016, a presidential election year in the USA. We elected a black man in 2008. Eight years later, maybe we’ll elect a woman. Elections make me think of values. The values of this...
View ArticleThe Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 2
DSC_5153 / Patricia Feaster I ended Part 1 of this multipart column with two stories that I shared during the commencement address at Lincoln School back in 2004. Here are two more stories that I told...
View ArticleGender Divisions in Salary Significant Even in Nursing
March 24, 2015; National Public Radio, “Shots” The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report on Tuesday, March 24th, that indicated male nurses outearn female nurses by...
View ArticleThe Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 1
image / crowbot It’s 2016, a presidential election year in the USA. We elected a black man in 2008. Eight years later, maybe we’ll elect a woman. Elections make me think of values. The values of this...
View ArticleThe Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 2
DSC_5153 / Patricia Feaster I ended Part 1 of this multipart column with two stories that I shared during the commencement address at Lincoln School back in 2004. Here are two more stories that I told...
View ArticleThe Power of One and the Power of Community: Part 3
By AKS.9955 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42464176 It’s May, and many schools are preparing to graduate their seniors. So let’s take a moment to revisit what...
View ArticleThe New Math for Women Leaders is Better but Not Equal at Pittsburgh Nonprofits
“Pile of cash.” Image courtesy 401kcalculator.com. February 10, 2017; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We can’t declare victory,” says Peggy Outon, executive director of the Bayer Center for Nonprofit...
View ArticleThe Odd Trajectory of Gender and Wages
“Gender Wage Gap Warning.” Credit: Mike Licht May 22, 2017; Boston Globe A recent study by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that the median income of American men between the ages of 18 and 34 is falling,...
View ArticleRequiring Public Disclosure of Gender Pay Disparities, Organization by...
February 7, 2018; Guardian As has been demonstrated by the #MeToo movement, sometimes only public exposure (or disclosure) will do in creating a powerful climate for change. And, yes, we are making a...
View ArticleRenowned Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Orchestra for Equal Pay
Elizabeth Rowe. (Marco Borgreve/Boston Symphony Orchestra) July 4, 2018; Boston Herald Elizabeth Rowe, a nationally prominent musician who holds the position of principal flute player in the Boston...
View ArticleWomen and Men Give Differently, Even during Retirement
Photo Credit: Michael August 8, 2018; Think Advisor The latest IUPUI Women’s Philanthropy Institute report, “How Women and Men Give Around Retirement,” discusses four key findings about changes in...
View ArticleReport Outlines Path toward Greater Gender Wealth Equality
March 20, 2019; Fast Company A new study co-published by the Asset Funders Network and the Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap Initiative examines the large gap in household wealth between households...
View ArticleGender Divisions in Salary Significant Even in Nursing
March 24, 2015; National Public Radio, “Shots”The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report on Tuesday, March 24th, that indicated male nurses outearn female nurses by...
View ArticleGender Gap Takes Center Stage at International Red Cross Federation
IFRC [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsJuly 18, 2019; DevexDevex recently reported on the gender inequality study in the 2019 Everyone Counts report from the International Federation of Red Cross...
View ArticleWomen Hardest Hit by Pandemic’s Economic Side Effects
Peter Griffin (publicdomainpictures.net). September 30, 2020, Guardian and NPR In the early weeks of the global pandemic, it was expected that, like a hurricane, earthquake, or other disaster, its...
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