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After Outcry, Wahlberg Makes a Big Donation

Gives $1.5M re-shoot fee for 'All the Money in the World' to Time's Up in name of Michelle Williams

(Newser) - Following an outcry over a significant disparity in pay between co-stars, Mark Wahlberg agreed Saturday to donate the $1.5 million he earned for reshoots for All the Money in the World to the sexual misconduct defense initiative Time's Up. Wahlberg said he'll donate the money in the...

Report: Williams Got 0.07% of Male Co-Star's Pay for Reshoot

She's said to have made less than $1K for 'All the Money in the World' redo

(Newser) - The biggest controversy surrounding Ridley Scott's latest movie used to be the replacement of disgraced actor Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer. Now, new commotion surrounding All the Money in the World, with USA Today reporting a good portion of the money in the reshoot budget went to Mark Wahlberg,...

Star Calls Out E! While Being Interviewed by E! on Red Carpet

Debra Messing criticizes E! for paying Catt Sadler less than male counterpart

(Newser) - "Bravo Debra Messing for dragging E! news while appearing on E! news," People news editor Nigel Smith tweets . "I think she just set the tone for the night." The San Francisco Chronicle reports that last month Catt Sadler left E! after more than a decade while...

This Country Made It Illegal to Pay Women Less Than Men

Iceland is 1st country in world to do so

(Newser) - Iceland just made it illegal to pay women less than men for the same work, becoming the first country to do so, HuffPost reports. According to Quartz , the new law was passed following little opposition and went into effect Jan. 1. Now public and private employers with more than 25...

Firm Behind 'Fearless Girl' Pays Ironic Fine

Though it says it disagrees with allegations of a gender pay gap

(Newser) - The financial services firm behind Wall Street's "Fearless Girl" statue agreed to pay $5 million to settle federal allegations that it paid female executives less than their male counterparts, the AP reports. The agreement followed a US Department of Labor probe into Boston-based State Street Corporation. Investigators said...

Women Have It Especially Rough in These 5 Cities

Gadsden, Ala., ranks worst: 24/7 Wall St.

(Newser) - Women earn about 80% of what men do nationwide. But in some US metropolitan areas, they earn as little as 53%. The gender pay gap is just one factor that went into determining the best and worst US metropolitan areas for women, per 24/7 Wall St . Also based on life...

Contract Details Leaked for Game of Thrones Stars

Salary, bonuses for Kit Harington, Lena Headey are 'identical'

(Newser) - Contract details leaked to Mashable show there's no gender pay gap in Westeros—at least not among two of its most famous citizens. The contracts for Lena Headey and Kit Harington—two of the biggest stars on Game of Thrones—are apparently "identical" when it comes to episode...

10 Best, Worst States for Women's Equality

Hawaii and Utah are polar opposites

(Newser) - The US still has a lot of work to do when it comes to gender equality. The World Economic Forum ranks the US all the way down at 45th in the world when it comes to gender equality, pointing to gaps in wages and unequal representation in business and political...

Women Presenters to BBC: Pay Up, Now

Call for broadcaster to even their pay with men now, not 2020, after wide gaps revealed

(Newser) - Prominent women at the BBC are calling on the broadcaster to resolve its recently revealed gender pay gap immediately rather than in several years, reports the AP . TV personalities including Clare Balding, Victoria Derbyshire, and others wrote an open letter Sunday to the BBC's top manager saying that plans...

Alleged Superhero Pay Gap Has Internet Up in Arms

Henry Cavill likely wasn't paid $13.7M more than Gal Gadot, despite report

(Newser) - Elle dropped a Hollywood bombshell Tuesday: Gal Gadot made a piddly $300,000 for Wonder Woman while Henry Cavill got a staggering $14 million for Man of Steel. This striking example of the gender pay gap sent shock waves through Twitter despite being, in the words of one inside...

Experiment Finds More Data Doesn't Always Help Wage Gap

'Knowing this information doesn’t make it easier to advocate for myself'

(Newser) - For Jessica Kirkpatrick, an astrophysicist-turned-data-scientist, information helps bridge gaps. But when she tried to use it to narrow the gender wage gap in her new role as chief data scientist at Hired, she learned that more data isn't always helpful—and that's at least in part down to...

If You&#39;re 20 and a Woman, Pay Gap Will Cost You $418K
On Equal Pay Day,
Good News and Bad News
the RUNDOWN
Apr 4, 2017 12:39 PM CDT

On Equal Pay Day, Good News and Bad News

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day

(Newser) - It takes a woman until the following Tuesday to earn what a man does in a single week, and more than 15 months to earn what a man does in a year, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity. That's why Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, representing how...

10 Worst Paying Jobs for Women
10 Worst Paying
Jobs for Women
Mar 17, 2017 10:47 AM CDT

10 Worst Paying Jobs for Women

Female financial advisers make 56% of what men do: 24/7 Wall St.

(Newser) - 24/7 Wall St . is marking women's history month by drawing attention to the gender pay gap as it relates to specific jobs. It finds that women in some cases get paid about half of what men do in an average week for the same full-time wage and salary...

Iceland Will Be First Nation to Require Equal Pay

The country wants to eradicate the gender pay gap by 2022

(Newser) - Iceland will be the first country in the world to make employers prove they offer equal pay regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, or nationality, the Nordic nation's government said Wednesday—International Women's Day. The government said it will introduce legislation to parliament this month requiring all employers with...

Polish Politician Says Women Are 'Weaker, Less Intelligent'

Janusz Korwin-Mikke says this justifies women earning less than men

(Newser) - A member of the European Parliament is facing possible punishment after stating that women "must earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller, and less intelligent," the BBC reports. According to the Huffington Post , the statement was made by 74-year-old Janusz Korwin-Mikke while the parliament was discussing...

Patients of Women Doctors Live Longer
Patients of Women
Doctors Live Longer
NEW STUDY
Dec 20, 2016 11:08 AM CST

Patients of Women Doctors Live Longer

More than 30K lives could be saved if men doctors performed equally

(Newser) - Want to live longer? Get a woman doctor. That's the conclusion of a new Harvard study that found elderly patients are less likely to die if they are treated by a woman. If all doctors performed as well as women doctors, some 32,000 lives would be saved each...

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