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Bringing more women into the startup ecosystem
The most recent class of Y Combinator participants is 24% women
Is it getting easier to show emotions at work?
Traditional research shows women in particular receive negative judgement when they emote.
More women should major in business or engineering to close pay gap: Study
A new study suggests that having more women getting degrees from Stanford or Harvard matters far less than having more women getting degrees in engineering or business.
Women lawyers still hit glass ceiling
Women are still underrepresented as partners at big law firms, and still make less than their male counterparts.
Women stay in jobs longer than they should
Women can feel more loyalty to companies, and more guilt when they leave. But staying with one job for too long could cost you a lot of money.
Global gender gap is closing, but U.S. lags
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Equality for women has come a long way but still has a way to go according to the 2012 Global Gender Gap report. The report ranks countries on the access women have to education, economic opportunity, healthcare and political power.
Why do women get smaller raises than men?
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A recent study showed that managers gave men more than two-thirds of the available raise pool.
Closing the gender gap in patent filing
Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on one scientifically-proven way that helps women embrace risk.

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