Men’s Journal (July 1)
“For years, the U.S. has issued cautionary travel advisories to citizens heading overseas. But in a surprising twist, the roles have flipped. Several countries, including longtime allies like Australia, Canada, and the U.K., are now warning their citizens about traveling to the United States.” The warnings cite violence, mass shootings, detention, and other items. “Germany, France, Denmark, and Finland all issued warnings about new U.S. gender marker policies that may affect travelers who use ‘X’ or nonbinary identifiers.” Due in part to these warnings, the World Travel & Tourism Council is projecting a “$12.5 billion decline in international tourism revenue to the U.S. in 2025.”
Tags: $12.5 billion, Allies, Australia, Canada, Citizens, Denmark, Detention, Finland, France, Gender, Germany, Mass shootings, Nonbinary, Overseas, Travel advisories, U.K., U.S., Violence, Warnings
WARC (May 29)
“The digital revolution in India is creating a level playing field for Indians across class and gender divisions, as financial services become more accessible because of the country’s digital footprint, lower data costs, and the rise in online payments.” Not only is digital transformation leading to “positive change throughout the financial system,” it is providing “strong impetus for social betterment and inclusiveness.”
Tags: Accessible, Class, Data costs, Digital revolution, Financial services, Gender, Inclusiveness, India, Online payments, Positive change, Social betterment
Hindustan Times (May 5)
“India entered into a new age as the world’s largest country in 2023.” With a large percentage of its population falling into working age, India has “the potential to produce a ‘phenomenal’ demographic dividend to catapult India into the top three economies of the world in the next 25 years.” To do so, however, “harnessing the gender dividend is even more critical and transformational.”
Tags: Catapult, Critical, Demographic, Dividend, Economies, Gender, Harnessing, India, Phenomenal, Population, Potential, Working-age, World’s largest
Inc. (December 13)
Age discrimination may be “more prevalent in Silicon Valley than either gender or race discrimination,” at least in the eyes of the average founder, who is largely white and male. “A new survey from First Round Capital shows that “two-thirds of male founders think their companies are inclusive environments for parents, but just one-third of female founders agree.”
Tags: Age, Discrimination` Silicon Valley, Female, First Round Capital, Founder, Gender, Inclusive, Male, Race, White
LA Times (August 28)
The U.S. is undergoing de-masculinization. “Our gender turfs were once distinct—women never grabbed a grease gun, nor men a flour sifter. But they become more intermingled with each passing year.” There are now more female drivers than male drivers. Stay-at-home dads, rather than moms, are now present in over 2 million homes. And “women are now the majority of top-performing college students headed toward jobs in middle and upper management.”
Tags: De-masculinization, Drivers, Gender, Jobs, Management, Men, Stay-at-home, U.S., Women
New York Times (April 14)
“Progress in closing the gender pay gap has basically stalled over the past decade.” In the U.S., women make roughly 80% of what males receive, up from 59% in 1963 when the Equal Pay Act was signed. “The longer the gap persists, the less it can be explained away by factors other than discrimination.”
Tags: Discrimination, Equal Pay Act, Gender, Pay gap, Progress, U.S., Women
The Telegraph (October 16)
“Instead of changing a structure of employment that clearly does not work for women, Apple and Facebook are offering employees the chance to freeze their eggs and have children later.” Egg freezing and storage is the latest Silicon Valley perk designed “to attract more female employees” and “tackle the Gender Pay Gap.” But to some, this sounds surreal. “Women freeze the source of life itself? That’s not a perk, it’s an outrage.”
Tags: Apple, Children, Eggs, Employment, Facebook, Freezing, Gender, Outrage, Pay gap, Perk, Silicon Valley, Women
Financial Times (February 23)
In the UK, just 12.5% of FTSE 100 board positions are filled by women. Lord Davies is recommending the government take measures to double this figure by 2015. The measures will likely be non-binding, rather than the rigid quota systems adopted by Norway, France and Spain. The Financial Times urges companies to “take voluntary targets seriously,” calling on the chairmen of all-male boards to “explain in their annual report why they find this acceptable” and on investors to “press male, middle-aged boards.”
In the UK, just 12.5% of FTSE 100 board positions are filled by women. Lord Davies is recommending the government take measures to double this figure by 2015. The measures will likely be non-binding, rather than the rigid quota systems adopted by Norway, France and Spain. The Financial Times urges companies to “take voluntary targets seriously,” calling on the chairmen of all-male boards to “explain in their annual report why they find this acceptable” and on investors to “press male, middle-aged boards.”
