#working women
Female welder on the job, 1960s
I just started an Instagram account@clothesforwork Come follow me. I give much more detailed advice and guidance on how to achieve work looks over there.
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Working from home doesn’t mean you shouldn’t dress for work. There’s magic and power in getting dressed for a work day that leads to increased productivity. Clothes should be business casual, but comfy enough to not restrict a power nap. Have some coffee, then nap for about 30 minutes. I guarantee the most productive afternoon session of your life.
Who said that birds don’t belong in the workplace? You all know how much I love a bow blouse. By adding a solid print like this you make a big statement, but in a very refined and elegant way.
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A perfectly tailored suit (in pinstripe or plaid) is in season now. However, given how easy this look is to pull off, and that these suits never go out of style, I’d say this is a buy-now and wear-forever work look.
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Every year, sexual assault in the workplace affects many female New York city employees. According to the National Center for biotechnology information, as many as 58% of female employees experience sexual harassment or sexual assault in the workplace. Sexual assault is a crime in New York City, and law enforcement are responsible for investigating sexual assault crimes.
Prosecutors can bring criminal charges against the assailant. Sadly, many victims never receive justice as their assailants are not charged, not convicted, or engage in a plea deal for a less severe sentence than they deserve. What should a victim do who has been assaulted in her place of employment? Victims of sexual assault in the workplace have several options for obtaining compensation for their injuries. If you or your loved one has experienced sexual assault in the workplace, there are legal steps you can take to seek justice and protect yourself.
Contact the Police
Discussing your sexual assault with law enforcement offers can be extremely difficult. Victims of sexual assault often feel isolated and embarrassed after the assault takes place. You may be understandably worried about your co-workers finding out about the sexual assault. Sexual assault is a crime in New York, no matter where the assault happens. Survivors of sexual assault in the workplace should report the incident to law enforcement as soon as possible. If your assailant is dangerous and your safety is in jeopardy, law enforcement will work with you to ensure that you are safe. They will begin an investigation that will hopefully lead to your assailant being convicted for the sexual assault.
Please read the complete article at Women’s Rights NY Blog.
Just how difficult is it to be a working parent in the U.S. these days? huffingtonpost has this sobering chart.
The U.S. lags significantly behind other developed countries in key areas such as paid maternity or paternity leave (it’s one of just three countries with no such provision— the other two are Oman and Papau New Guinea), paid family and sick leave, and affordable early childhood education. As a result, notes reporter Laura Bassett, the percentage of women participating in the workforce is relatively low:
In 1990, the U.S. had the sixth-highest female labor participation rate among 22 of the world’s wealthiest countries. Today, the U.S. ranks 17th.
Meanwhile, the White House Council of Economic Advisors has this new report on working families, part of the Obama administration’s ongoing campaign to explore ways of using federal workplace policy to improve the lives (and incomes) of parents and children. Yesterday, the White House hosted a daylong summit on working families, where President Obama told the audience,
“Family leave, child care, workplace flexibility, a decent wage — these are not frills, they are basic needs. They shouldn’t be bonuses. They should be part of our bottom line as a society. ”
Find video of that conference here.
(Infographic by Alissa Scheller for The Huffington Post.)
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Focus on your own race
Whatever talent(s) God gave you, please ensure to cultivate and nurture them daily.
If you maintain a genuine interest (and passion) for what you’re doing, there is a strong chance of becoming successful at it.
Just be mindful that the tangible results/rewards of your hard work may look different from others.
Success is a subjective experience, and many people who appear to be living their “best lives” on social media, in private are actually struggling: be it financially, emotionally or spiritually.
Always stay focused on your own race, and run it at your own pace!
Remember, don’t ever compare yourself to someone else. Your only job is to become a better version of the person you were yesterday.
You’ve got this Sis ❤️
Author - @iameriwa
Model - @joray_smiles
Photography - @conceptart_photography
Over the last 200 years, economic progress has helped to bring about both dramatically better standards of living and the extension of individual dignity to women in the developed world. Today the same story of market-driven empowerment is repeating itself in developing countries.
Competitive markets empower women in at least two interrelated ways. First, market-driven technological and scientific innovations disproportionately benefit women. Timesaving household devices, for example, help women in particular because they typically perform the majority of housework. Healthcare advances reduce maternal and infant mortality rates, allowing for smaller family sizes and expansion of women’s life options. Second, labor market participation offers women economic independence and increased bargaining power in society. Factory work, despite its poor reputation, has proven particularly important in that regard.
In these ways, markets heighten women’s material standard of living and foster cultural change. Markets promote individual empowerment, reducing sexism and other forms of collective prejudice.
Women’s empowerment in many developing countries is in its early phases, but the right policies can set women everywhere on a path toward the same prosperity and freedom enjoyed by women in today’s advanced countries.
The new Cato 2018 Paid Leave Survey of 1,700 adults finds that nearly three-fourths (74%) of Americans support a new federal government program to provide 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents or to people to deal with their own or a family member’s serious medical condition. A quarter (25%) oppose establishing a federal paid leave program. Support slips and consensus fractures for a federal paid leave program, however, after costs are considered.
The survey found 54% of Americans would be willing to pay $200 a year in higher taxes, a low-end estimate for a 12-week federal paid leave program. However, majorities of Americans would oppose establishing a federal paid leave program if it cost them $450 a year in higher taxes (52% opposed) or $1,200 a year in higher taxes (56% opposed), the mid-range and high-range cost estimates respectively.
These low-, mid-, and high-range cost estimates are based on the most high-profile federal paid leave program proposed to date: The Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act).
The survey also did not ask questions about what paid leave policies Americans would like to see offered at private companies. Instead, the Cato 2018 Paid Leave Survey focuses on what people think about establishing a government-provided paid family leave program at the federal level.
One side of a pamphlet demanding equal pay for women, and suggesting that a judicious vote in the general election could do the trick. It encourages the voter to demand a pledge to extend equal pay to industry, and a illustrates the contrasting dress of Victorian women and those of 1969.
In 1969 we are no longer in the Dark Ages; demand equal pay for work of equal value this year. Standard Press [Front. 1969]
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“Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: African American porter posed with cleaning gear”
Bain News Service, New York City, NY
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