Equal Pay for Women

Six out of the eight Ivy League universities will be led by women presidents this fall. Opportunities such as this come as a result of an unparalled group effort by 16 female members of the MIT faculty to bring about change.

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Kate Zernike tells the story of a group of women scientists who brought change for women, and she discusses the future of equal opportunity for girls and women in the sciences.

The gender pay gap persists at a time when about 67 percent of the world's health and care workers are women.

"Megan is a beast. She is just so magnificent on the field and now she and the other players have equaled that magnificence off the field," Williams wrote.

The Zoom glass ceiling isn't entirely about women.

The U.S. national women's team agreed to a three-month labor contract with U.S. Soccer the same day it filed a brief to restore its equal pay claim against it.

"I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense bill to ensure a level playing field for everyone, including our top-notch U.S. Women's National Soccer Team," West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday.

Equal pay legislation proposed by House Democrats faces opposition from Republicans and business groups. They argue the bill will hinder employers and lead to unnecessary lawsuits.

Failure to act soon leaves companies open to punitive measures when state governments inevitably step in.

Congress today is considering measures that would jeopardize the progress of American women.

Despite winning the Women's World Cup last year, the women's national team will not get paid the same as the men's team based on technicalities of contracts.

Equal Pay Day falls on March 31 this year. At the current rate of progress in the U.S., women won't catch up to men when it comes to how much they are paid until 2059. Here's a by-the-numbers look at the persistent gender wage gap.

The fight for equal pay by the World Cup-winning U.S. Women's National Team seems to have hit a new block, players Megan Rapinoe and Christen Press said.

"I think that he is trying to divide so he can conquer, not unite so we can all conquer," the World Cup champ said of President Trump.

Women carry out more unpaid labor, such as caring for others.

Men were perceived as more confident whereas women were deemed more "conscientious" at work.

Only 6 percent of players at live poker tournaments are women.

Figures show pressure peaks for women aged 35-44.

The government also presented a gender equality document in November with a 10-year national strategy for ending violence against women.

Being nice at work will do nothing to narrow the gender pay gap, according to researchers.

Reducing the gender pay gap would add £150 billion to the economy by 2025, research shows.

Four in ten young people, from a poll of thousands, said they felt worn down.

The world No. 1 was responding to comments by tournament director Raymond Moore.

Two assemblywomen in California introduced a measure to make feminine hygiene products more affordable for women.

At current rate it will take until 2085 for women to reach parity with men in key leadership roles.

Although the U.S. women's national team captured soccer's most coveted trophy, they will still earn far less than the U.S. men.

Some argue the gap is due to "women's choices," but that hides key cultural and social factors.

A new report predicts women in the U.S. won't be paid on par with men until 2058.

Women are often not seen as having the skills to lead a start-up.

Books like "Lean In" do not address why ordinary working women are overlooked.