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Patty Jenkins is an entertainment boss

by Kai Ryssdal , Sean McHenry and Liz Sanchez
Jan 28, 2019
A look inside the creative mind of the entertainment industry's highest-grossing female director.
Patty Jenkins attends the "I Am the Night" premiere at Metrograph on Jan. 22, 2019, in New York City.
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The biggest tech conference has some of the same old problems with women

by Molly Wood
Jan 11, 2019
Progress is just ... slow.
CES 2019 attendees watch an AEE drone demonstration at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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How the U.S. measures up when it comes to women's health

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 24, 2018
A sweeping new study from the Commonwealth Fund looked at more than 9,000 women in 11 developed countries and found that women in this country pay more for health care than women in the other countries but are less healthy. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Nevada’s "tampon tax" ballot initiative brings up questions about fairness and gender equality

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 1, 2018
Women voters are thinking beyond their own wallets when heading to polls this November.
Las Vegas Strip-themed "I Voted" stickers are displayed on the first day of early voting at the Meadows Mall on Oct. 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
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What happens when we're transparent about what we make and spend

by Phoebe Unterman and Kai Ryssdal
Sep 5, 2018
Refinery29's Money Diaries series aims to upend taboos around money for women.
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A brief look at the richest heiresses and self-made women in the world

by Barbara Platts
Jul 20, 2018
Gender inequality even exists in the world's three comma club.
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, one of the richest women in the world 
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China's "professional" pick-up artists

by Jennifer Pak
May 22, 2018
Services promise men can get women even if they're not tall, handsome or rich.
Dating expert Cheng Zhen talks with three of his fans who caught the bullet train just to see him.
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Did women’s jobs help them during the recession?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 9, 2018
Women work in professions that are more resistant to the business cycle and therefore more stable, one expert says.
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Silicon Valley could be two years away from having a bunch of female CEOs

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 28, 2018
Or, maybe not.
 Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks with AEI president Arthur C. Brooks during a public conversation on Facebook's work on 'breakthrough innovations that seek to open up the world' at The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on June 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. 
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More women are entering the construction trade, but job sites and equipment haven't adapted yet

by Joy Díaz
Mar 26, 2018
From harnesses to heavy-duty gloves to restrooms, construction sites are not prepared for the next generation of construction workers.
Mary Jo Emrick works with James Mescall during a welding class at Austin Community College. 
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