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How to enforce gender equality? Iceland tests the waters

Sara Miller Llana

January 10, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

Although Iceland has ranked the most gender equal nation in the world by The Word Economic Forum, there is still a gender pay gap. A new law might change that. Iceland has become the first, and only country to punish companies that pay women less than men.

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Iceland hopes to get rid of the gender pay gap with a revolutionary new law

Marco Werman

January 08, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Iceland

Iceland is hoping to become the first country to eliminate the pay gap between men and women after it imposed a law that mandates companies get an equal pay certification or face a fine.”This law is thought to be the first of its kind.”

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Rana Plaza

Tulip Mazumdar

December 26, 2017 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Bangladesh, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District

As large cracks appeared in the walls of Rana Plaza, workers’ safety concerns were ignored until the building collapsed, killing 1,134 and injuring many more. New regulations and organizations are improving worker safety in Bangladesh, but factories are picking up the bill more than retailers and customers. This puts increased production pressure on workers, who also cite low wages and gender disparities in leadership positions as continuing problems.

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Unions Are Gaining a Foothold at Digital Media Companies

Matthew Sedacca

December 26, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Employees at digital media companies are pursuing the same means which employees at traditional print media businesses securing their rights: unions. A wave of digital media companies have seen their employees unionize in order to gain protections regarding fair pay, due process related to termination, and severance.

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Lessons for Hollywood's women from tomato pickers in Florida

Deepa Fernandes

December 17, 2017 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Florida

In Florida, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers found a way to end sexual harassment on the tomato fields. Through organizing, they convinced big companies like McDonald’s and Walmart to only buy tomatoes from “fields that were part of the Fair Food Program, which basically meant the tomatoes they would sell or cook came from fields where workers are treated justly.” That’s just one of the methods the coalition took to create “real world consequences.”

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How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry

Jasmine Garsd Andrea Crossan

December 05, 2017 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In 1995 El Monte, a US sweatshop in California that housed workers without paying them, was raided. “The El Monte raid changed the garment industry.” After the raid, former president Bill Clinton created a sweatshop taskforce. “The El Monte raid was a very important point in the history of labor standards in this country.”

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How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap

William Kremer

October 17, 2017 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

Iceland may be "the best country in the world for gender equality" but women get paid 30 percent less than men. Trade unions and businesses united to fix the problem. They reevaluated people's salaries through a point system, regardless of their gender. Now, the government has decided all companies in Iceland will have to implement the system, or pay a fine.

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If GoDaddy Can Turn the Corner on Sexism, Who Can't?

Charles Duhigg

July 23, 2017 |

The New York Times Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Scottsdale, Arizona

After years of building a reputation for sexism in their office culture and commercials, GoDaddy has taken steps to address these issues and change course. Initiatives include changes in the hiring process, evaluation, and identifying often hidden biases in their internal operations.

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An unlikely big player in digital media: unions

Gary Weiss

June 21, 2017 |

Columbia Journalism Review |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As a relatively new field, digital media companies were without the “building blocks” that formed the infrastructure of traditional media companies. Unionizing efforts at digital media companies are an effort to put this infrastructure in place and they touch upon issues of pay and editorial independence.

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How ban-the-box rules help ex-offenders, hurt women, young people

Jane M. Von Bergen

March 22, 2017 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Ban-the-box legislation can help people with criminal records receive fair consideration as job applicants. However, the employment prospects of other applicants, particularly African American women and young workers, can decrease if employers use alternative methods of weeding out people who may have criminal records, such as prejudging names that signal African American or Hispanic backgrounds and adding educational and experience requirements to job descriptions.

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