Pink-collar job is a term coined in the 1970s to indicate a job that is traditionally done by a woman. However, gender barriers have weakened and the distinction between so-called typically male and typically female roles is less defined today than it used to be. Nowadays, many occupations that were
Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, co-authors of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, set out to add equality and empowerment in children’s bedtime stories. Believing that every girl can be whatever she wants to be, the authors created a two-part series of bedtime stories, shifting the focus from fictional princesses
Originally created by Alison Bechdel, the Bechdel test started as a joke in a 1985 comic strip called “Dykes to Watch Out For,” which featured two women discussing what to see at the movies. One of the women in the comic says she will only see a movie if it
Why Women Are the Tech Leaders of Today Of the Fortune 500’s 23 female CEOs, five work at tech companies, and two of them are leading top companies in Silicon Valley. In an industry known for favoring the male gender, this may come as a surprise. But when you start
