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Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit

Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or lose their jobs   NurPhoto via Getty Images Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Twitter might lose even more employees following the mass layoffs that halved its workforce and shortly after the company fired engineers who publicly called out its new owner. According to The Washington … Continue reading Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit

How to Help Women in Business Get Past Gender Barriers to Management

How to Help Women in Business Get Past Gender Barriers to Management Due / 13 Oct 2022   According to a recent Women in the Workplace study from Lean In and McKinsey, the most significant barrier women face in business these days isn’t the glass ceiling. Instead, it’s the floor—the barrier to entry-level management positions. Although women now own 4 out … Continue reading How to Help Women in Business Get Past Gender Barriers to Management

Global Gender Gap 2022: These 10 countries are closest to parity (America doesn’t make the top 25)

By Michael Grothaus July 12, 2022 The World Economic Forum has released its 2022 report on the global gender gap. The annual report examines four main metrics of gender parity: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. The more parity between males and females in these areas results in a higher … Continue reading Global Gender Gap 2022: These 10 countries are closest to parity (America doesn’t make the top 25)

MarTech Salary and Career: The meritocracy myth vs. the real gender pay gap

Woman in martech earn an average of 0.70?for every $1 a man earns. Constantine von Hoffman on June 15, 2022 One of the myths about the tech sector is that it’s a meritocracy, where people are primarily judged and rewarded on ability. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. The gender pay gap is just one example. … Continue reading MarTech Salary and Career: The meritocracy myth vs. the real gender pay gap

Former PlayStation employee files new gender discrimination lawsuit against company

Nine women accuse Sony of systemic sexism in a potential class-action lawsuit Today, eight women joined the ongoing suit and shared their stories with the court. J. Conditt @JessConditt March 10th, 2022 Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images In November, former PlayStation IT security analyst Emma Majo filed a lawsuit against Sony, claiming the company discriminated … Continue reading Former PlayStation employee files new gender discrimination lawsuit against company

Marketers Begin To Tackle Very Complex Message — Youth And Gender Identity

Marketers Begin To Tackle Very Complex Message — Youth And Gender Identity by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, May 24, 2022 Kids believe their generation has a much clearer understanding of gender compared with older generations — with 80% of kids and teens trusting people their age to understand who they are and their gender, including how … Continue reading Marketers Begin To Tackle Very Complex Message — Youth And Gender Identity

Innovating an Inclusive Workspace: Data Tools Can Help Recruiters Address their Gender Biases

Ryan Ayers — October 8, 2019 Follow @TheBizTechGuru HR professionals can promote diversity and inclusion by leveraging technology that eliminates hiring bias. The technological revolution is still in play. However, it’s already sparking a new kind of revolution – diversity and inclusion. At the beginning of the tech industry diversity revolution, social advocates pointed out … Continue reading Innovating an Inclusive Workspace: Data Tools Can Help Recruiters Address their Gender Biases

Facebook Delivers Ads Based On Race And Gender Stereotypes, Researchers Say

Facebook Delivers Ads Based On Race And Gender Stereotypes, Researchers Say by Wendy Davis , Staff Writer @wendyndavis, April 4, 2019 Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook with violating civil rights laws that prohibit discriminatory housing ads. The government’s complaint included the allegation, which is familiar by now, that Facebook’s … Continue reading Facebook Delivers Ads Based On Race And Gender Stereotypes, Researchers Say