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Gender Parity in Jeopardy as Women Account for 100 Percent of December Job Losses
WWD
January 13, 2021 | Read More »
By now, the general American public has grown accustomed to news that women have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic-gripped economy, but when the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals 140,000 job cuts in December, with women accounting for all of them, it becomes clear that it’s not just the economic recovery that may be backsliding, but workplace gender parity, too.
U.S. Executes Lisa Montgomery For 2004 Murder
January 13, 2021 | Read More »She was the first woman to be put to death by the federal government since 1953 and had been the only woman on federal death row.
'She Couldn't Get Out Of Bed': Why Watching Capitol Riot Was 'Triggering' For Some Women
USA TODAY
January 13, 2021 | Read More »
When an overwhelmingly white, male mob rampaged the Capitol last week armed with guns and zip ties, attacking police with metal pipes and erecting a gallows, the nation reeled in horror.
First Netflix Diversity Report Shows Gains For Women, Minorities
Bloomberg
January 13, 2021 | Read More »
Netflix Inc. has made gains in adding women and minorities to its workforce over the past three years, vaulting it past Silicon Valley peers, according to the entertainment company’s first-ever report on diversity and inclusion.
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Women and Congress
Center for Women and Politics
November 05, 2020
Record Number of Women to Serve in the 117th U.S. Congress
At least 131 (100D, 31R) women will serve in the U.S. Congress in 2021, surpassing the previous record of 127, first set in 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. A record 106 (83D, 23R) women have already been elected to the U.S. House, including 85 (75D, 10R) incumbents and 21 (8D, 13R) non-incumbents. The previous record for women in the U.S. House was 102 and was set in 2019.
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Women & the Economy; VP Debate
October 09, 2020This week on To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, our panelists discuss a drop in women in the workforce due to COVID-19, and a historic debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris. Was there a winner?
On the panel this week joining host Bonnie Erbe is: Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), Debra Carnahan, Ann Stone & Linda Chavez
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To The Contrary Host: Bonnie Erbé
Bonnie Erbé is a nonpartisan, award-winning American journalist and television host based in the Washington, D.C. area who has ...
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