General/Infographics:
http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/gender-pay-gap
http://www.fastcompany.com/3053226/strong-female-lead/what-the-gender-pay-gap-looks-like-by-industry
http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-and-discrimination
Sports:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/11/how-women-in-tennis-achieved-equal-pay-us-open
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/research/articles-and-reports/equity-issues/pay-inequity
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/basketballs-gender-wage-gap-is-even-worse-than-you-think
http://time.com/4140786/womens-soccer-team-turf/
Hollywood:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/10/13/jennifer-lawrence-speaks-out-on-making-less-than-male-co-stars/#7684f4c27095
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/12/the_growing_gender_divide_over_ghostbusters_why_movies_starring_women_get_slimed_by_male_critics/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-reboot-a-horrifying-mess/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ghostbusters-film-review-909313
http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/25/the-worlds-highest-paid-actors-2016-the-rock-leads-with-knockout-64-5-million-year/#52b96c4845da
http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/23/the-worlds-highest-paid-actresses-2016-jennifer-lawrence-banks-46-million-payday-ahead-of-melissa-mccarthy/#359773ff44d6
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/sep/02/amy-schumer-throws-sexist-heckler-out-of-stockholm-show
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anne-hathaway-to-moms-there-is-no-shame-in-gaining-weight-during-pregnancy_us_57a9d5b9e4b0b770b1a43e87
STEM:
Alex Varallo, Senior
It is also very motivational being a woman in STEM especially knowing that my involvement can make a change in the future. With the current generation of young women, there has been an increase in representation of women in this field, and it is incredible knowing that we have been given an opportunity to conduct research and
but after joining robotics, getting to know my teammates, and joining outside STEM programs such as Girls Who Code helped me open up and realize that the community is very accepting, and for the most part, people tend to focus on capabilities, originality, and teamwork rather than sex.
Because once you overcome the differences in sex, it’s really just the same idea: we are a group of people passionate in science, and we want to help contribute to an evolving future.
Yrsa Khayat, Senior
In my comp sci class, there were more guys than girls just because it was computer science. Girls could be just as good at [Computer Science] and should have the freedom to express their interest in it.
People usually tend to think that computer science is not for girls, and I like to prove them wrong.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/21/women-still-underrepresented-in-stem-fields
Click to access womeninstemagaptoinnovation8311.pdf
U.S. CTO Megan Smith has few solutions for Silicon Valley’s diversity problems
College:
https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/admissions/class-profile/
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/programs/full-time-mba/student-culture/diverse-community.aspx
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2016/01/opinion-fortune-women-corporate.html
Politics:
Click to access 2012-men-rule-report-final-web.pdf
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Essays/Assembling-Amplifying-Ascending/Women-Decade/
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/arc/classif010816.htm