National Business Womens Week: 101 Facts on the Status of Working Women
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101 Facts on the Status of Working Women
The facts in this report tell a fascinating story about women and their role in the workplace and society. While women have made progress in several areas, some facets of the workforce are changing much too slowly. The wage gap has narrowed by only a half a penny a year for the past 40 years.The gap between median earnings of full-time, year-round workers has women’s earnings currently 77% of men’s, in 2006. At this rate, it will take another 40 years for women to reach wage parity with men, and over the course of a working lifetime, the average women loses approximately $523,000 due to the wage gap.
101 Facts on the Status of Workingwomen gathers data on the status of women in the labor force including: the wage gap; women entrepreneurs; women in the Fortune 500 & 1000; women in the government; women and higher education; women’s buying power; women and philanthropy; women and families; women and care giving; domestic violence and the workplace; women and retirement; and women’s health.
Source: Business and Professional Women/USA
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Heart of a Woman in Business
by Sheryl L. Roush.
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The book sounds like it will be an interesting read. TheGlassHammer.com is an online publication dedicated to women professionals, providing them with news, advice, and a social network. Today there was a piece entitled “Women on Corporate Boards Study Released”, and yesterday there was a piece entitled “What Am I Worth?” -which spoke about the different online salary sites there are. -It’s a recommended read.