'Who Run The World'
Triumphs and trials of women in leadership
What America Lost as Women Entered the Workforce
Civic organizations were built on the voluntary labor of women. As the demands on women's time increase, communities are suffering.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters When Women Lead Soldiers Into Battle
The age of the female combat officer is coming.
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Rick Lord / Shutterstock At Work in Two Genders
Observations from accomplished trans women about power and leadership in the office
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters The Myth of the 'Female' Foreign Policy
As more women become heads of state, will the world actually change?
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Bebeto Matthews / AP A Labor Movement That’s More About Women
America’s most significant worker protections are failing to protect millions of female employees. As unions decline, can smaller advocacy groups change that?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Janet Napolitano: Risk, Resolve, and Running a Major University System
The former Homeland Security secretary sits down for a Q&A; on women and leadership
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Would Electing More Women Fix Congress?
A new study examines how female legislators embrace compromise—and men don’t.
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The 'Obvious' Career Choices
Another reader, Kate, responds to my callout about the cultural norms and pressures that might be affecting the way women…
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Are Women Insuring Themselves Against Low-Paid Jobs?
Nanette Fondas, a contributor to The Atlantic, writes in to the hello@ address about the concept of women picking certain…
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Ignoring Cultural Norms in the Workforce
A young female welder adjusts her goggles, Groton, Connecticut, 1943. Photograph by Bernard Hoffman…
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Should Different Work Mean Different Pay?
Many readers have responded to my callout about the kind of cultural norms and pressures that might be affecting the…
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Noor Khamis / Reuters What Do Women Leaders Have in Common?
Besides being women and leaders, that is
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Era of 'The Bitch' Is Coming
A Hillary Clinton presidential victory promises to usher in a new age of public misogyny.
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Pete Souza / The White House America’s Enduring Fascination With Political Families
According to a corpus of recent search data, American voters don’t simply elect politicians. They elect husbands, wives, sons, and daughters.
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Facing a Hostile Work Environment: Your Stories
Many readers have responded to my callout last week about the kind of cultural norms and pressures that…
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The Socialization of Women and the Gender Gap
We’ve already received a lot of insightful emails from you, readers, in response to my callout last week about the…
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Aswat Nissa The Woman Pushing Women Into Tunisia's Politics
Following the country’s 2011 revolution, Ikram Ben Said decided to figure out how to get more equal representation in the new government.
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Agnes Igoye The Anti-Human-Trafficking Crusader
Agnes Igoye is building a law-enforcement system to protect Uganda’s girls.
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Tell Us: Have Cultural Pressures Led You to a Lower Paying Job?
Last week, I wrote about one of the most well-known explanations of the gender pay gap: Namely that men and…
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Scott Audette / Reuters Why the Pantsuit?
For Hillary Clinton and many of her fellow women politicians, a single outfit represents an uneasy compromise between gender and power.
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Saurabh Das / AP A Place Where 600,000 Women Look for Work That Works for Them
Sairee Chahal built a platform that connects women across India with flexible careers, allowing them to balance the competing demands of family and a job.
