by dankeelan | Mar 16, 2021 | Africa, Featured, Gender
The gig economy in Africa has grown significantly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, serving as a stopgap for consumers when businesses shut down during lockdowns, and offering employment for those shut out from formal and even informal opportunities....
by dankeelan | Mar 9, 2021 | Career, Gender, Remote Work, Training
Best practices of companies on Working Mother’s 2020+ Top Companies for Executive Women released Dec. 1 include offering training for managers on hiring and advancing women, thus benefiting retention. About 90% of the top 10 companies also offered...
by dankeelan | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured, Gender, Gig Workers
Even in emerging job economies, a gender pay gap is evident, and new research points to women’s lower pay expectations. Amid pandemic-related job losses or furloughs, gig work has boomed. Instacart, DoorDash and UberEats have seen increases in those signing up to work...
by dankeelan | Dec 15, 2020 | Diversity, Gender, Gig Workers
When Phil Warner, Jordyn Samuels and Umar Asghar hit the road working for ride-hailing and delivery apps, they quickly found their experiences differed from those of their white male counterparts. Warner was called by a derogatory slur in a work messaging app and has...
by dankeelan | Nov 17, 2020 | Future of Work, Gender, Gig Workers, Remote Work
“The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the inextricable link between childcare and the economy — and it’s pushing businesses to confront the cost of working parents’ unpaid side gig.” Side gig, indeed. Childcare has been a significant ongoing topic in...
by dankeelan | Jul 28, 2020 | Diversity, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Gender
If you’re a woman and you’re Black, good luck getting access to funding. A 2016 Federal Reserve System survey found that Black women are more likely than non-minority entrepreneurs not only to face challenges finding financing, but also to fail to get some or all of...
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