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Why Wall Street isn't going to have a Harvey Weinstein moment

by Kai Ryssdal and Paulina Velasco
Mar 2, 2018
Sexual harassment and discrimination in the financial industry is more subtle — and harder to address.
"The Fearless Girl" statues stands across from the iconic Wall Street charging bull statue wearing a pink hat associated with the Women's March of 2017.
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Stitch Fix's CEO says there should be more seats at the table, not in investors' hot tubs

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 14, 2018
Katrina Lake on sexism in Silicon Valley.
Molly Wood (left) interviewing Katrina Lake (right) of Stitch Fix at the Makers conference in Los Angeles. 
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Unilever threatens to pull ads from Google and Facebook

by Andy Uhler
Feb 13, 2018
Unilever’s head of marketing, Keith Weed, told an advertising conference in California that digital platforms had become “swamps” of fake news, racism and sexism. What will this mean for advertising on social media? Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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What will it take to change Silicon Valley's bro culture?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 7, 2018
Emily Chang details how Silicon Valley came to be a hostile work environment for women in her new book, "Brotopia."
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Despite some progress, corporate America remains a man's world

by Reema Khrais
Oct 10, 2017
A new survey from McKinsey and LeanIn.Org finds that women continue to have a steep climb in corporate America, and many companies don't see the scale of the problem.
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That sexist memo could cost Google employees

by Ben Johnson and Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 9, 2017
Google needs to prioritize diversity, the same way it's prioritized AI and driverless cars, a diversity consultant tells us.
The Justice Department claims Google abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers.
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'She persisted': Women pack tattoo shop for solidarity in ink

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 24, 2017
Soon after Sen. Elizabeth Warren was silenced on the Senate floor Minneapolis women took words from Sen. Mitch McConnell and turned them on their head, using 'nevertheless, she persisted' as a rallying cry for proponents of women's rights.
Kyle Mack tattoos the phrase "she persisted" on to the arm of Lindsay Wenner inside the Brass Knuckle Tattoo Shop in Minneapolis Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Evan Frost, MPR News
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Female CEOs get blamed more often than male ones

by Adam Allington
Nov 1, 2016
Women running companies face higher scrutiny from board members and the media.
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