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Press releases from Women’s Agenda.
Women to watch today: media focus, language of gender pay gap and Clara Shih on tech
CNN: Sheryl Sandberg: Bring back ‘feminist’ and toss out ‘bossy’ Quick piece summarising Sandberg’s speech at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
Women to watch: women at the top, religion and sexism, Julia Gillard the international superstar
The Australian: Firms serious on gender diversity, but there’s more to be done Report on the gender balance of corporate boards in Australia.
Women to watch: Anne-Marie Slaughter’s new understanding of equality, diversity tied to income and new data about violence
Washington Post: Nurses, fathers, teachers, mothers.
Women to Watch: male panel aren’t random, paid leave works, work/life for men, female fighter pilots and yah boo sucks to sexism
The Atlantic: The Odds That a Panel Would ‘Randomly’ Be All Men Are Astronomical This is a fabulous interview with mathematician Greg Martin, who has proven that it is a statistical impossibility that all male panels can occur in truly random selection.
Women to watch: Happy birthday Alice and Hilary, Anne-Marie Slaughter’s husband, women and climate change
The Conversation: Worldwide, climate change is worse news for women We know women suffer inequitable economic and health outcomes in developing countries.
Women to watch: emotional labour, amazing pay gap film, Lena Dunham, Maya Angelou and more
Pacific Standard: Five Studies: The Price of Emotional Labor This is a great little explainer about emotional labour – the work of having a job where employees are required to display specific emotions toward customers or others.