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Study Finds That Throughout Their Careers Women Continue to Face Age Discrimination
Researchers surveyed 913 women leaders in higher education, faith-based nonprofits, law, and healthcare. They found that there is “no right age” for professional women. The authors conclude that “we found no age was the right age to be a woman leader. There was always an age-based excuse to not take women seriously, to discount their opinions, or to not hire or promote them.”
Gender Bias Still Persists in Industries Where Women Make Up Significant Majority of Workers
The study examined the experiences of women in four industries in which women are a majority of all workers: law, higher education, faith-based nonprofits, and health care. The results showed that women continue to face bias in all four fields, but women were the least likely to face bias in higher education.
Six Women Scholars Receive Notable Awards
The winners are Hannah Sanghee Park of USC, Kathy Lee Heuston of Austin Peay State, Alicia Dewey of Biola University, Sylvia Barack Fishman of Brandeis, Donna Shalala of the University of Miami, and Diana Lados of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
