This story is part of our series, The Changing Lives of Women. Sarah Allen has been the only woman on a team of computer programmers a few times in the more than two decades she has worked in the ...

The onset of a digital-first workplace, wider acceptance of flexible work arrangements, and the sustained growth of ...

A 2025 study finds that when women and men both use AI to produce identical work product, the women are viewed as less competent than the men. This reflects a broader pattern of gender bias that ...

What holds women back at work? Bonnie Hammer, one of the most powerful women in corporate America, debunks the bad advice that too many women get--and reveals the surprising, yet straightforward ...

CFK Africa, an international nonprofit that empowers youth in 26 slums across East Africa, has launched a new initiative targeting women in Kenyan slums. The initiative dubbed, Women at Work, will ...

In 1978, a human resources executive named Marilyn Loden participated in a panel discussion at the Women’s Exposition in New York City about women’s career ambitions. While much of the conversation ...

Businesses have a vital interest in highlighting women’s contributions to society and the world—approximately half the global audience of consumers is made up of women, after all. Moreover, the ...

From a young age, women can find themselves inundated with implicit and explicit messages about success. These messages often prescribe achieving the right type and level of accomplishment in their ...

Many women are choosing flexible work arrangements like freelancing and gig work to balance career and family. Traditional employment data may not accurately reflect the number of women engaged in ...

In our book Glass Walls, we tell the story of a newspaper employee whose publisher asked her if she planned to have kids. She replied, “Someday.” The publisher responded, “That will be your career.” ...

You may have heard the expression, “Behind every successful man is a strong woman.” Over the years, there have been many versions of this expression, which ...