Roughly one out of four therapists in the U.S. are men currently. But the numbers for younger therapists are even more uneven, with men making up only 5% of psychologists under the age of 30 as of 2020. And this gap is not likely to improve as roughly 80% of people enrolled in master’s degree programs in psychology are women.
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This founder is connecting Black women across ages and stages to help them ‘build the network to thrive’
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"The vision is to be able to connect tens of thousands of women all over the world."
‘Am I useless now?’ Aging women in the workforce face a crisis of confidence and experts say they simply deserve more
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Menopause affects women’s mental and physical health, leading many to fear for their jobs if they can’t perform to the same caliber expected of them. Its far-reaching and complex impact on women’s lives stems from not only the stigma around it, but the ageism affecting older women more directly.
These 5 gender equity events impacted the U.S. economy in 2022. Addressing them in 2023 could unlock a $3.1 trillion opportunity
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Before we rush into another year, let’s reflect on five major gender equity events from 2022 and see how each of them cut straight through the economy.
Black women and the glass cliff: ‘I was supposed to bring some kind of Black Girl Magic’
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China updates gender law to tell women to ‘obey family values’ in growing push to adopt domestic roles
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“Women should respect and obey national laws, respect social morals, professional ethics and family values,” according to the law’s opening chapter.
Workers don’t think their employers are doing enough in response to ‘Roe’—and it could lead to more quits
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Workers, especially younger employees, believe companies aren't doing enough around abortion access.
Wall Street could finally be forced to change its sexist culture as two long-simmering lawsuits head to trial
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The upcoming litigation is one of two major Wall Street cases over harassment and discrimination scheduled for trial in the first half of next year. And it could usher a #MeToo reckoning “in an industry that uses every tactic available to keep these issues from ever seeing the light of day,” Chen-Oster’s attorney told Fortune's Maria Aspan."
Melinda French Gates is investing $1 billion of her own money for women in the United States. Here’s an inside look at her game plan
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The rollback of reproductive rights in the U.S. is sharpening French Gates's focus on gender equity—and shaping the goals of Pivotal, her ambitious investment company.
35-year-old Canva founder Melanie Perkins got rejected by 100 VCs. Now her $26 billion design startup is ready to take on Microsoft and Google
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Perkins, who is Australian, founded the design platform with zero Silicon Valley connections. It's now the world's most valuable startup founded and led by a woman.
The program meant to help pregnant people safely find prescriptions to take has stalled
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People who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant face an invisible barrier that substantially impacts both their quality of life and their ability to make informed decisions about their own health: They’re what are known as “drug orphans.” That means there’s little evidence about the safety and efficacy of medications during pregnancy and even after it.