The Shriver Report – Driving Through the Glass Ceiling, Mom in the Office, Dad in the Kitchen, and a Viral Video That Has Nothing to Do with Anything the Fox Says
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Driving Through the Glass Ceiling, Mom in the Office, Dad in the Kitchen, and a Viral Video That Has Nothing to Do with Anything the Fox Says

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Is it just us, or is this holiday season flying by? With Christmas only two short weeks away, 2013 will be gone in the blink of an eye. (A rhyme! Look, we’re already in the spirit.)

The Shriver Report has exciting plans for 2014: we are launching our third special Report in January, hosting events with partners around the country, and, of course, sharing more dynamic stories from the front lives of your lives on ShriverReport.org. Bring it on, New Year! We’re ready for anything and hope you are, too. Now, let’s wrap up this week by looking over the news that has everyone talking.

Shifting into high gear, and driving straight through that pesky glass ceiling! Congratulations to Mary Barra who has been appointed CEO of GM – making her the first female to head a major US automaker.  Barra started working for GM at 18 as a part of a cooperative education program and has risen through the ranks. We are excited to finally see a female leader in the driver’s seat.

Full Story: CNN Money, “GM names Mary Barra as CEO – first woman to run major automaker”

2 steps forward, one step back. Girls are now more likely than boys to graduate from high school and teen birthrate is at a record low, but these progressive stats can’t cover the alarming shame of others. Across the country, the race factor inhibits the progress of our nation’s girls: by fourth grade, African American and Hispanic girls are more likely to be considered “below proficient” in reading compared to white girls, and nearly half of these girls (from 5-17 years old) are overweight and report symptoms of depression.

Full Story: Girl Scouts, “While Data Is Not Destiny, Many Girls Are Falling Behind in America”

Where are all of the women? Since Twitter was called out for lack of female board members a few months back, journalists across the web have continued to investigate male-to-female ratio at major companies. Here’s 50 (Yep, FIFTY) examples of major companies in the US with no women on their boards.

Full Story: Business Insider, “These 50 Major US Companies Have Zero Women On Their Boards”

The opposite of a “50s couple” and a sight we’re now getting used to seeing: mom in the office, dad in the kitchen. The number of women in finance with stay-at-home spouses has climbed nearly tenfold since 1980, and banks say they want to hire and retain even more. So how has family structure shifted and survived with mom dominating Wall Street? The breadwinner mom conversation continues…

Full Story: New York Times, “Wall Street Mothers, Stay-Home Fathers”

A viral video that has nothing to do with anything the fox says.  Pantene is encouraging women to avoid letting labels hold them back and instead to “be strong and shine” in their very veiwable and now viral video that captures the double standards in the perceptions of powerful men and women.

 

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