A webinar by new americas Better Life Lab well into the 21st century achieving equality in the economy remains business worldwide, womens employment, income and opportunities lag behind building and a one of a kind database that covers hundred and 93 countries. The book equality within our lifetimes systematically analyzes how far weve come and how we have to go to close these gaps. Its a powerful call to action. How gender equality is both feasible and urgently needed to address some of the greatest challenges of our generation. Moderating todays event with research Aleta Sprague and is Haley Swenson a researcher and writer who has been part of the Better Life Lab team for the last six years. She has a ph. D. And gender studies and her research focuses on the relationship between racial and gender equality at work and, at home. Her writing has been featured in the new york times. The washington and slate, as well as dozens of other outlets, along with schultz, she has pioneered the be
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to equality within our lifetime how laws and policies can close widen gender gaps in economies worldwide. A webinar by new americas Better Life Lab well into the 21st century achieving equality in the economy remains business worldwide, womens employment, income and opportunities lag behind building and a one of a kind database that covers hundred and 93 countries. The book equality within our lifetimes systematically analyzes how far weve come and how we have to go to close these gaps. Its a powerful call to action. How gender equality is both feasible and urgently needed to address some of the greatest challenges of our generation. Moderating todays event with research Aleta Sprague and is Haley Swenson a researcher and writer who has been part of the Better Life Lab team for the last six years. She has a ph. D. And gender studies and her research focuses on the relationship between racial and gender equality at work and, at home. Her writing has bee
Children from low-income and rural families are most likely to miss out on pre-primary education. Private pre-primary schools are concentrated in urban areas with higher-income families, where schools are more easily guaranteed adequate income. In 2019, the adjusted net attendance rate in schooling of 5-year-olds in Uganda was more than 17 percent higher for children in urban areas than in rural areas, and 49 percent higher for those in the richest quintile than those in the lowest-income
Access to paid leave is a health and equity imperative
On 15 April 2024, after a public consultation that received over 100 000 comments, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued final regulations detailing employers’ obligation to provide reasonable accommodation to pregnant workers.1 These new regulations expand access to unpaid time off as a reasonable accommodation during pregnancy, for pregnancy termination, or after childbirth. A coalition of attorneys general from 17 states challenged this ruling on 25 April, focusing on provisions for pregnancy termination.2 Whether these new regulations are implemented or over-ruled by the courts will determine whether millions of pregnant and postpartum workers will get access to unpaid leave.
For readers from many countries, this may be surprising. The US is one of the few countries that has no national guarantee of paid maternal leave (the others being Papua New Guinea and five small Pacific island states).3 Moreo