Commercial bankers provide capital to fund the operations and growth of businesses. However, as these lenders evaluate entrepreneurs who apply for loans, gender bias leads to women being denied more often than their male counterparts.
Across all England's regions, a study appearing in the journal Policing & Society spotlights London's Metropolitan Police as the area where women trust the least.
At the end of her third date with a man called Jack , Kitty Ruskin tried to say goodbye and found herself seized by the throat. They were standing outside a station, and Jack held her in a shockingly violent way.
When Lauren Nelson returned home from a trip to Portugal in 2022, she was “on cloud nine.” It hadn’t been any regular holiday — she had just gotten married. She and her new husband, Darragh, as well as their young daughter, were celebrating the perfect week away when they found a lump on his bicep.
By Grant Duncan Many western countries have seen a decline of trust in government and politicians. But if you’re one of the distrustful majority, that may not be such a bad thing. In a 2021 survey, just 24.5 per cent of respondents across OECD, countries said they trust political parties.
It may be unpalatable to consider that part of what holds women back is our own nature. But if part of the problem is within us, then we have the power to fix it.
A panel discussion in Springfield Thursday night gave women advice and empowerment on achieving financial stability and success.
From the minute they set foot on campus, college students are thrown into a political cauldron. Diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, which “believe the university should be used to re-engineer American society away from color-blind meritocracy and toward equality of outcomes,” consequentially fracture student communities on the basis of politics, gender, and race. These offices […]
Our understanding of the challenges women face in the startup ecosystem is limited. Past research has focused on overt negative sexist attitudes that question women’s competence and suitability for entrepreneurship. This view overlooks the existence of more subtle, yet pervasive and socially acceptable, sexist attitudes that often go unnoticed. Given the sheer number of people interested or working in startups today, from investors to suppliers to job applicants, the effects of these...
Noncompete agreements make entrepreneurship more costly, more risky, and more penalizing for women.
The Washington Times’ Kelly Sadler is joined by America First Policy Institute chair Linda McMahon to discuss the ways policymakers and employers can collaborate to change the way America thinks about motherhood, work and culture, and specific policy ideas that support a woman and a child’s shared right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Young women from Ho and nearby communities in the Volta Region have been encouraged to draw inspiration from accomplished role models who have made significant contributions to their families, communities, and the nation. The occasion was the Ghana Grows Policy Roundtable, which convened 120 young women alongside numerous online participants. The primary objective was to […]