{"id":6542,"date":"2019-08-27T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/?p=6542"},"modified":"2019-08-27T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:37:30","slug":"womens-equality-day-supporting-women-to-advance-gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/2019\/08\/27\/womens-equality-day-supporting-women-to-advance-gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Equality Day: Supporting Women to Advance Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cWe cannot afford to be separate \u2026 We have to see that we are all in the same boat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Dorothy Height<\/em>
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Every year on August 26th, we celebrate #WomensEqualityDay <\/strong>which annually marks the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution when American women were granted the right to vote. 
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Women\u2019s Equality Day provides us with an opportunity to celebrate our wins, and show appreciation to those who have helped us achieve these results. However, today in every sector and industry, women are making huge contributions to society, and yet, there are still miles of progress to be made.  Equality doesn\u2019t happen in a day, but we can speak up and turn words into actions to support women in the community, at home, and in the workplace.
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Turn Policy into Practice <\/strong>
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It\u2019s no secret, the wage gap exists. On average, women in the US are paid 20% less than men<\/a>. According to Harvard Business Review<\/a>, women are viewed less likable when negotiating salary, and they\u2019re also less likely to receive the salary they want when up against their male counterparts. 
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Let\u2019s talk pay transparency. When companies are forthcoming and transparent with salaries there is no place to hide pay discrimination against females, or males. Women and men with the same educational backgrounds and experience should be paid equally, no questions asked. Having open discussions, honesty, and clarity during salary negotiations puts fairness as a top priority ultimately making strides towards closing the wage gap.
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Business Before Bias<\/strong>
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Female founders still face major obstacles and uphill battles when raising capital for their businesses. According to PitchBook Data<\/a>, in 2017, US-based female founded startups only received a mere 2% of all Venture Capital funding. And, on top of that, cheques written to female founders were substantially smaller, with the average deal size for women just over $5 million, meanwhile, male-led companies averaged funding deals just shy of $12 million! 
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Women tend to be judged on their past performance, while males are judged on their potential and inflated projections — an unfair bias, in spite of plenty of research to support that women startups outperform male startups over time. Bottom line, investing in women businesses isn\u2019t just good for women, but for the growth of the entire economy.
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Recruit, Retain, & Empower <\/strong>
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Companies should be changing the way they recruit, retain, and empower their talent. By embracing technology and changing the way they engage with talent they can empower more women to work on their own terms, find a balance between work and life, work remotely, and transparently.  Not only will flexible working arrangements attract more female talent that is available globally (51% of women leave the workforce due to inflexible working models!) but set the foundation for distributed teams to be built on trust, engagement, and accountability. 
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Remote work is transforming the future of work and hiring processes as we\u2019re already seeing a trend with more companies looking to outsource their jobs to top talent globally. With the power of technology to connect the dots between talent and opportunities remote workforce management is becoming the most inclusive hiring strategy out there impacting millions of people around the world. 
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Role Models for Gender Equality<\/strong>
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Children as early as three years old learn and understand gender identity and stereotypes, and research shows that between the ages of three and seven children acquire strong gender biases. This can be anything from the way boys and girls should act, what limitations we as adults put on them, and which jobs they \u201cshould\u201d<\/em> be fulfilling later in life.
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We are not born knowing bias, it\u2019s us as educators that push limitations on children based on the society \u201cnorm\u201d. Instead, we need to give younger generations strong female and male role models to break the cycle. It\u2019s imperative to be starting the conversation about equality in early childhood education, allowing children the freedom to explore their unique talents, passions, and inspiring them with stories of diverse leaders so they too can reach their full potential.
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Women\u2019s Equality Day is a celebration of how far we\u2019ve come, and a reminder that both men, and women are needed equally to break down barriers and fight for women\u2019s rights, opportunities, and ensuring equal pay today, and for generations to come. Words alone will not solve these issues, our actions will. 
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#GenderEquality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#PayTransparency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#BusinessBeforeBias<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#FemaleFounders
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\u201cWe cannot afford to be separate \u2026 We have to see that we are all in the same boat.\u201d ~Dorothy Height Every year on August 26th, we celebrate #WomensEqualityDay which annually marks the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution when American women were granted the right to vote.  Women\u2019s Equality Day provides us with an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheresheworks.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}