Women’s Issues

Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, Congratulations are definitely in order. That S-1 filing for Facebook’s IPO was filled with impressive numbers: $3.7 billion in revenue last year, $1 billion in earnings, and $3.9 billion in the bank account. There was one number that really caught my eye though: Zero. Zero is the number of women listed on [...]

In high school, my classmates voted me “Most Likely to Succeed,” an honor that, seven years later, still provides a confidence boost I am grateful for. A subsequent conversation with a college classmate, however, left me wondering what my high school peers – or anyone, for that matter – meant when they predicted that I [...]

It’s 2011 and women are still fighting for their voices to be heard in the workforce. I cannot believe I just wrote that sentence. The New Zealand Herald recently reported that Avivah Wittenbert-Cox, an international expert on gender balance and best-selling author is fighting the good and all too familiar fight for female equality in [...]

Women are not just the chief purchasing officers, they are also the earners – which has enormous consequences across global economies.

I saw first-hand how woman beat around the bush when it came to asking for a raise. Why is this and how do we fix it?

Debra Eckerling shares her rules and reward system for making things happen with the women entrepreneurs of She Takes on the World

TODAY’S BITE-SIZED TO-DO: Take stock of your retirement savings options at work. If you have a limited array, look into opening up a Roth IRA on your own. Then connect with a financial advisor to walk you through next steps based on your long-term financial goals.

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