The first female product manager at Google built a nonprofit to combat the sexism in tech

Women make up only 26% of the tech workforce, and in product management that number drops to 5%. So Nancy Wang cofounded a nonprofit to help women change the ratio.

Nancy Wang remembers sitting down with in a vendor meeting. “There were 12 middle-aged men of a very similar demographic and me.” Ten minutes after the meeting was supposed to start, she spoke up to ask what the holdup was. “It is because your boss isn’t here,” she recalls one of the men saying.

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What Is The Gender Commuting Gap? A New Study Found A Fascinating Insight About Women & Commute Times

What Is The Gender Commuting Gap? A New Study Found A Fascinating Insight About Women & Commute Times a min ago Mauro Grigollo/Stocksy It is a reality for many people that they will work in different cities than where they live and the commute is sometimes just a necessary evil. Delayed trains are the worst and there is nothing that makes you miss your bed more than having to stand under a stranger’s armpit on a packed tube or bus.

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This tool helps you make sure your 401(k) is supporting gender equality

Do you know if your retirement funds are supporting companies with pro-women policies (or even women on the board)? Gender Equality Funds can help you move your money to support your politics.

If you’re like most people with a 401(k), you probably don’t know which companies are in your mutual funds, let alone whether those companies have policies to support gender equality or how many women they have on their board of directors or senior management team.

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EU warns that women effectively 'working for free' from today

EU warns that women effectively 'working for free' from today Men earn an average of 16% more than women across the 28 EU countries 11:10 The European Commission is warning that European women are effectively working for free from now until the end of the year. EU Equal Pay Day highlights the ongoing gender pay gap across the continent. According to the latest figures, men earn an average of 16% more than women across the 28 EU countries – meaning women effectively work for free from today.

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Will a workaround to get more women on the keynote stage appease critics?

They’ll focus more on whole companies rather than just on the typically male bosses.

CES, the Olympics of technology conventions, took a public drubbing for not having any women delivering its biggest keynote addresses last January–or the year before. And having roles for about 300 women on panels or delivering smaller addresses did little to soothe vocal critics, led by women’s inclusion group Gender Avenger.

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