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In this April 7, 2014 file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet speaks during a ceremonial swearing in as Administrator of the Small Business Administration, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. A group of investors led by a Contreras-Sweet offered to acquire Weinstein Co., rebrand it and install a female-led board of directors. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo, File)
Money

Are female-led companies the answer to sexual misconduct?

Promoting more women to boards and the C-Suite is considered a critical step, but critics caution it is not enough, particularly when it comes to turning around a company.

8 years ago

Adam Moore, national director of equal employment opportunity and diversity for SAG-AFTRA
Arts & Entertainment

Actors union presents guidelines on preventing sexual harassment

After deliberating for months, SAG-AFTRA produces a set of harassment-prevention guidelines. Philadelphia hosted the first discussion of the recommendations.

8 years ago

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Rob Porter, White House Staff Secretary, left, speaks to President Donald Trump
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Is Trump putting misogyny on the midterm ballot?

The misogynist-in-chief isn't consciously trying to alienate women on the eve of a midterm election season. Trump simply can't help himself.

8 years ago

Chadwick Boseman is shown in a scene from
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Make movies great again: The ‘alt-right’ cinematic backlash

You may have heard about a Facebook group dedicated to undermining 'Black Panther,' the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first nonwhite superhero movie.

8 years ago

** FILE ** Turkish author Elif Shafak is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 file photo.  A Turkish court on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, acquitted Elif Shafak, one of Turkey's leading authors, saying there was no evidence that she
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve”

ELIF SHAFAK is an award-winning Turkish novelist who writes about women’s and min ...

8 years ago

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James Franco at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Can award season provide a path to justice in Hollywood?

Given the way the ceremony ended, when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty ...

8 years ago

Lotte Snyder, 3, shows off her cape at the 2018 Women's March on Philadelphia
Speak Easy
Community

The world won’t change until women of privilege make room for all women

It’s one thing to stand for inclusivity and racial justice; it’s something else to walk those values every day.

8 years ago

BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London on Jan. 8. She has resigned her position in Beijing in protest over what she called a failure to sufficiently address a gap in compensation between men and women at the public broadcaster.
(Dominic Lipinski/AP)
NPR
Money

After revelations of gender pay gap at BBC, 4 male hosts agree to salary cut

Last July, the BBC revealed the salaries of all employees earning more than $200,000 a year. Two thirds were men.

8 years ago

The entire USA Gymnastics board will resign, the group says. Rachael Denhollander (center) listens as Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse over decades of his involvement with the program.
NPR
Courts & Law

USOC Tells USA Gymnastics’ Board To Resign Within 6 Days

USA Gymnastics' board must resign, the U.S. Olympic Committee says, or it will lose its certification as a national governing body

8 years ago

Members of the Interact Theater Company (from left), Lexie Braverman, Bi Jean Ngo, Brett Ashley Robinson, and Emily Lynn, rehearse
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

‘Sensitive Guys’ a comedy about no laughing matter

A Philadelphia theater company is premiering a new play this week, dealing with sexual assault on a college campus.

8 years ago

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State Rep. Stephanie Bolden talks at a press conference in Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware.
(Courtesy Jen Rini/Del. House Dems)
Politics & Policy

Changing the perspective: Female lawmakers talk politics, disparity, sexism

Men outnumber women 49-13 in the Delaware General Assembly. Some of those women are speaking out about about why it's so important that women hold elected office.

8 years ago

In this July 26, 2017 photo,
MPR
Community

Investigation finds pattern of behavior by former public radio host Garrison Keillor

8 years ago

Larry Nassar appears in court last Wednesday in Lansing, Mich., to listen to victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing. He is accused of molesting more than 100 girls while he was a physician for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.
NPR
Courts & Law

3 USA Gymnastics board members resign, as fallout from abuse scandal continues

The tumult continues at the sport's governing body as the sentencing hearing continues for former team doctor Larry Nassar, who has admitted to the sexual assault of minors.

8 years ago

Rutgers University archivist Stephanie Crawford
Community

Rutgers archivist collecting Women’s March signs and memorabilia

Rutgers University is collecting Women's March signs and memorabilia to document the feminism and grassroots activism of the historic movement.

8 years ago

NPR
Health

Before ‘Roe v. Wade,’ the women of ‘Jane’ provided abortions for the women of Chicago

Ultimately, Roe vs. Wade brought an end to Jane because women then had access to legal abortion providers.

8 years ago

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