All States Still Show Wage Gap for Women -Study
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All U.S. states and Washington, D.C.  have narrowed the gap between wages earned by men and women,  but no state has eliminated it, according to a study released  on Tuesday.
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Businesswomen make up a growing percentage of the global workforce but are still under-represented in the boardroom.  With just 117 women among the 1,130 directors of the FTSE 100 companies, according to a recent survey (January 2007) by Cranfield University, it would need almost a fourfold increase in female representation to achieve gender equality.
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Women are better share tipsters than men, according to an analysis of 100,000 portfolios.
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While Nancy Pelosi's rise to U.S. House Speaker is a milestone for women in national politics, women are still waiting their turn at the state level.
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Though more women are getting M.B.A.'s, few reach the corner suite.
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LONDON Sept. 15, 2004 - Progress toward boosting the status of women and providing reproductive health care to all has been steady over the past decade, but billions more dollars are needed to reach goals
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Real median household income remained unchanged between 2002 and 2003 at $43,318, according to a report released today by the US Census Bureau.
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The District of Columbia ranks ahead of all 50 states in women&#39;s median wage, while Maryland is a close second and Virginia ranks eighth, according to a new state-by-state report on the status of women.
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Sex equality will take generations to achieve at the current 'painfully slow' rate of progress, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today in a final report before being wound up by the government after more than 30 years fighting gender bias across British society.
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NEW YORK  - Women are much more likely than men to search the Internet for information on health, according to research conducted by two professors from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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CONYERS, Georgia  - Just because you earn a bit above minimum wage doesn't mean you're not one step away from financial ruin, according to people on low wages in two U.S. states.
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Despite significant gains in medical science, disparities in public health persist between rich and poor countries, the World Health Organization said in a report released here on Wednesday.
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Women who live in red states helped deliver the 2004 election, but their blue-state sisters are besting them when the measure is economic, political and health equity.
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Women who went to single-sex schools have higher earnings than those from mixed classes, a study shows.
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Women have still not reached the top academic ranks in numbers anything like their growing presence in science and engineering classes would suggest.
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Women who work are healthier than women who don't have jobs, suggests a study presented Aug. 16 at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in San Francisco. The University of Pennsylvania study concluded the health benefits that women derive from working aren't diminished by longer work hours or combining longer work hours with those of a spouse.
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In surfing, the participation and performance of women have been surging, boosting industry profits. But gender equity for the sport remains a point of contention.