World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
All Topics Article
What Happened to Working Women?
Keywords:
Proportion of working age women that are employed- Japan at 64% passes the U.S. at 63% by 2015
10/16/2015
The U.S. has slipped from 7th to 20th place of 24 countries surveyed according to Jason Furman, chairman of president Obama's Council of Economic Advisors. Collins attributes this to poor child care resources available to working women and points out that this matters as it crimps family incomes. Japan is investing in pre kindergarden spaces and other ways to help women enter the work force as its population ages and it needs ways to boost the economy.
Grouped Articles
What Happened to Working Women?
New York Times 10/16/2015
Japan Inc. Hires More Women, but Men Still Hold Top Jobs
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2015
How Child Care Enriches Mothers, and Especially the Sons They Raise
The New York Times 04/20/2017
DW.COM 04/25/2017
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/2017
To Lift Growth, Janet Yellen Says, Make It Easier for Women to Work
The New York Times 05/05/2017
Hurting economic growth and productivity in America- the lack of paid leave for women
07/28/2014
Women earn 59% of higher education degrees in America, by one estimate. Their contribution to science and technological progress would be higher with paid leave for maternity and other reasons. Participation of women in the workforce is being addressed in Japan and Germany, with calls for better child cares facilities and family friendly workplace policies. Strangely one hears less of this in the U.S. even at a time when participation in the workforce for women is declining along with an overall drop in the labor force participation rate.
Grouped Articles
Paid Leave Encourages Female Employees to Stay
New York Times 07/28/2014
'Secular Stagnation' May Be for Real
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2014
Engage Girls With Tech Education, Leadership Early, Women CIOs Say
Wall Street Journal 12/04/2014
Paid Maternity Leave Is Good for Business
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
Can the U.S. Ever Fix Its Messed-Up Maternity Leave System
BusinessWeek 01/18/2015
Would You Rather Be a New Mom in the U.S. or Germany?
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Japan's prime minister Abe and "womenomics"
01/17/2011
Grouped Articles
Shinzo Abe: Unleashing the Power of 'Womenomics'
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2013
At Toshiba, a Pioneer for Women in Japan's Work Force
New York Times 01/17/2011
Abe Unveils Japan's New Growth Strategy
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2014
Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan
New York Times 06/24/2014
Engage Girls With Tech Education, Leadership Early, Women CIOs Say
Wall Street Journal 12/04/2014
What Happened to Working Women?
New York Times 10/16/2015
Catchup to do for the U.S.- Only 13% of working mothers have access to paid leave, and 25% of mothers go back to work in 2 weeks after delivery
08/20/2015
Only 13% of working mothers in the U.S. have access to paid leave according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is far behind European countries. The U.S. and Japan lag far behind Europe in this crucial field. For Japan which needs women to increase the size of the workforce with the demographic trend of aging population, it is critical to have more young women work full time.
Grouped Articles
The shocking number of new moms who return to work two weeks after childbirth - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/2015
What Happened to Working Women?
New York Times 10/16/2015
‘It Really Does Get Into Your Head.’ The Election, Through the Eyes of Teenage Girls.
The New York Times 11/04/2016
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/2017
To Lift Growth, Janet Yellen Says, Make It Easier for Women to Work
The New York Times 05/05/2017
How Can the U.S. Get More Women Into the Workforce? Ask Canada
WSJ 07/02/2017
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us