by womensdebate | Mar 29, 2017 | Economic Opportunities
An initiative of the mayor’s office, the Contract Financing Loan Fund was launched by NYC Department of Small Business Services which allows minority- and women-owned businesses to apply for low-interest contract financing loans of up to $500K with interest...
by womensdebate | Oct 25, 2016 | Economic Opportunities
The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, education, health...
by womensdebate | Sep 3, 2016 | Economic Opportunities
Why are well over a million and a half Americans over 50, people with decades of life ahead of them, unable to find work? The underlying reason isn’t personal, it’s structural. It’s the result of a network of attitudes and institutional practices that we can no longer...
by womensdebate | Aug 26, 2016 | Economic Opportunities
The White House announced that 29 new private sector companies ― including Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Target, Visa and General Motors ― have signed a pledge committing to closing the gender pay gap for their employees. Source: Huffington Post
by womensdebate | Jul 23, 2016 | Economic Opportunities
Household expenses are not covered because expense policies (and IRS codes) are still biased toward men. Most of these policies were created when men were traveling, and women were home taking care of the kids. When the male leaders of this world travel, there is an...
by womensdebate | Jul 2, 2016 | Economic Opportunities
The female working class earns a fifth less than men A focus on vocational education in working-class towns helps men find good paying local jobs as manual laborers and machinists. For women in those same blue-collar milieus, it often means lower pay or no work at...
