Headline Roundup • March 8th, 2023
Reflections on International Women's Day Mark Successes, Inequalities
Summary from the AllSides News Team
March 8 is International Women's Day, which started in 1911 to recognize the achievements of female leaders and advocates.
For Context: According to a 2022 U.S. Census Bureau study, women-owned business generate almost $1.9 billion in sales and employ nearly 10 million workers in the U.S. To mark International Women's Day this year, millions of people around the world plan to attend conferences, enjoy artistic events, and participate in demonstrations to bring attention to the gender pay gap. According to Pew Research (Center bias), "American women typically earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men," compared to 80 cents in 2002.
Key Quotes: U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said Monday that the goal of gender equality is "vanishing before our eyes." A writer for National Review (Right bias) said "In the West, there has perhaps never been a better time to be a woman," highlighting freedoms such as the right to "vote for over 100 years" and to "marry whomever we’d like."
How the Media Covered it: Sources across the spectrum covered International Women's Day. Lean Right-rated Fox Business highlighted large women-owned businesses in the U.S.; Lean Left-rated Associated Press noted repression of women in countries such as Iran and Afghanistan. Editor's Note: an earlier version of this summary incorrectly summarized the Pew data.
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Millions of people around the world planned to demonstrate, attend conferences and enjoy artistic events Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day, an annual observance established to recognize women and to demand equality for half of the planet’s population.
While activists in some nations noted advances, repression in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran, and the large numbers of women and girls who experience sexual assaults and domestic violence worldwide highlighted the ongoing struggle to secure women’s rights.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted this week that women’s rights were “abused,...
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On this International Women’s Day in 2023, the “glass ceiling” is alive and well, blocking women from advancement across the corporate world. This is true at Fortune 500 companies, where they experience slower career climbs than their male peers, among executives in general—where more are excluded from informal networks and mentors—and among MBA graduates’ careers, where women end up paid less. That’s all despite having similar qualifications, skills and experience.
Smart, savvy businesses should hire more women for those top jobs, for reasons that go beyond even fairness. That’s because a wealth of research suggests that hiring women for the top perch...
Since International Women's Day was first celebrated over a century ago, the number of female-owned and operated companies has grown, with many women acting in top-level corporate positions in various industries.
However, female ownership still represents a visible minority of overall business owners in the United States and across the globe. The U.S. Census Bureau released a study in 2022 that showed women-owned companies generate approximately $1.9 trillion in sales and are responsible for employing nearly 10 million workers nationwide.
For centuries, the business environment restricted women to the traditional role of a wife...
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