Politics Jul 11 Watch 5:01 Why it’s so hard to get Republican women in Congress Of the record 36 women newly elected to Congress in the 2018 midterms, only one was a Republican. The party’s continued struggle to attract female candidates hit a new setback recently when political newcomer Joan Perry lost her North Carolina…
Arts Mar 18 Watch 8:29 Shunned by country radio, female artists in Nashville are looking to break through The proportion of female voices on country radio has been dropping in recent years, amid “long-held beliefs” that male singers drive larger audiences and greater ad revenue. But not everyone in Nashville buys into that theory. Jeffrey Brown reports on… By Jeffrey Brown, Frank Carlson
Health May 10 There’s a gender gap in top medical journal bylines While women were better represented as first authors in 2014 than 20 years earlier, their numbers have plateaued in recent years, the scientists found, and have declined in some journals. By Lauren Silverman, KERA
Nation Mar 05 Twitter chat: What’s behind the tech industry’s gender gap? As of 2013, women held 57 percent of jobs in the U.S. workforce, however, they held only 26 percent of computing jobs. What's the reason for the tech industry’s gender gap? Join us for a Twitter chat on the topic… By Nora Daly
Nov 14 Don’t count on corporate gender quotas to break the glass ceiling By Simone Pathe Could increasing the percentage of women on corporate boards have a trickle-down effect on the workforce? That's not the case when quotas, and later sanctions, are used to force businesses to invite more women to the boardroom. Continue reading
Aug 06 How ‘Lehman Siblings’ might have stemmed the financial crisis By Sallie Krawcheck Former Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck calls diversification "the one free appetizer in investing." That applies not only to the stock composition of a portfolio, but to the gender makeup of a company. Bringing more women into the room, she says,… Continue reading
Aug 05 Why there aren’t enough businesswomen at the top, and what Sallie Krawcheck’s doing about it By Sallie Krawcheck Women earn nearly half of all advanced business degrees, but they're still underrepresented in executive positions. Former banking CEO Sallie Krawcheck explains how fairy tales have told women to keep their heads down and how her network encourages women to… Continue reading
Apr 08 Obama, Democrats look to take action on equal pay By Jim Kuhnhenn, Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are making a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women's wages, linking Obama executive actions with pending Senate legislation aimed at closing a compensation gender gap that favors… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Saturday, November 2, 2013 Costly generic drugs, security at the nations' airports and the global gender gap. Continue watching