According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, if economic trends continue as they are “the US will take 208 years to close its gender gap.” If we want to see this rate of change accelerated, we must commit to raising women leaders who can tell their own stories to increase the impact of their leadership. A powerful way to do this is through mentoring.
The bitter confirmation battle was behind her, and Amy Coney Barrett was the nation’s newest Supreme Court justice — a conservative protégé of the late Antonin Scalia whose antiabortion bona fides helped make her President Donald Trump’s pick to cement a 6-3 supermajority.
The disparity in Biden’s White House is slightly smaller than it was in Trump’s, but women still earn less. The biggest difference, though, is in their policies.
It’s official.
If you’re a woman, today is your last day of work.
Take the rest of the year off unless you like working for free.
This year, March 12th is Equal Pay Day.
Equal Pay Day is not a time for celebration. There will be no cake or Facebook reminders. Nor will anyone receive flowers.
Women’s History Month offers a chance to examine the gender leadership gap. According to a 2022 World Economic Forum report, just 31% of global leadership roles are held by women.
It means Donald Trump is heading for what is almost certainly going to be a November showdown with the man who beat him in the 2020 election: Democrat Joe Biden.
Following a blockade — raised in protest for judicial reform — lawmakers are poised to hold judicial elections, beginning this week, now that a judicial reform bill has reached the Senate floor.
Campaigning formally starts on Friday for the biggest election in Mexico’s history. Voters will choose the president, along with the winners of 628 seats in Congress and tens of thousands of local positions.
Remote work allowed Alyson Velasquez to juggle her demanding roles as a Wells Fargo talent recruiter and as mother of two young children, including a son with special needs. The flexibility made sense both for her job, working with hiring managers across the country, and for her kids, ensuring she would be available for medical appointments and pickups. Remote work “is wonderful for working moms,” she says.
They are leaders and entrepreneurs, activists and trailblazers in our communities. They are women who make a difference every day – in every state.
Introducing USA TODAY’s 2024 Women of the Year, 60 women across the country using their voices and determination to push for change and equality, and even joy.