Amid the push to get U.S. boardrooms to look more like companies’ customers and employees, advocates are finally seeing just how steep the task will be.
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Read More »May 5, 2022 Comments Off on As diversity rises, boards still disproportionately white
Amid the push to get U.S. boardrooms to look more like companies’ customers and employees, advocates are finally seeing just how steep the task will be.
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Read More »February 20, 2019 Comments Off on Bill allowing unspecified gender on licenses advances
A measure to enable Maryland residents to select an unspecified gender on their driver's licenses has advanced in the state Senate.Senators gave the measure preliminary approval Wednesday.
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Read More »June 13, 2017 Comments Off on Why Ginsburg prefers ‘gender’ to ‘sex’
Some attorneys might have noticed that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referred to "gender" and not "sex" bias in a recent opinion.
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Read More »September 3, 2014 Comments Off on Cantwell targets small business loan gender gap
Women still have a hard time getting small business loans. Sen. Maria Cantwell is determined to close the gap.
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Read More »April 24, 2014 Comments Off on Women in tech may find better pay parity
Good news for tech-savvy women in Maryland—the gender pay gap is smaller in tech jobs.
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Read More »October 10, 2013 Comments Off on Park technician loses employment bias suit
A federal jury has rejected a black woman’s allegations that she was fired from her job at the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission because of her race and gender.
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Read More »September 11, 2013 Comments Off on In-House Interrogatory
Does the gender gap in in-house counsel compensation surprise you?
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Read More »August 29, 2013 Comments Off on Court upholds 1st ban on gay-to-straight therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that ...
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Read More »March 28, 2013 Comments Off on DOJ assessing death of Frederick man with Down syndrome
FREDERICK — A Justice Department official says the agency is looking into the death of man with Down syndrome after he was removed from a theater by sheriff’s deputies. Down syndrome advocates met Tuesday with officials from the Justice Department’s ...
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Read More »March 24, 2013 Comments Off on Woman who tweeted about crude comments loses job
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A female developer was fired after tweeting about a group of men she said were making sexual comments at a computer programming conference, fueling an already vigorous debate about gender equality and culture in Silicon Valley. ...
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