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Working Mothers

Find practical guidance, encouragement, and strategies for navigating work, caregiving, and career growth.

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Women in the Workplace: Women with Disabilities

Women with disabilities face compounding bias at work—higher rates of burnout, fewer advancement opportunities, and systemic exclusion. See what the data shows.

Guides

For working mothers

Learn how to avoid the motherhood penalty with strategies to address bias against working moms, increase visibility, and advance your career.

Tips

How to raise girls to be confident and empowered

Good mentorship is a two-way street. Get research-backed tips for mentors and mentees to build relationships that actually advance careers.

Tips

How to be a feminist dad

Feminist dads raise healthier, more successful kids. Get research-backed tips on being an involved father who challenges gender stereotypes at home.

Tips

How to be an equal partner

Couples who share housework and support each other's careers are happier and stronger. Get practical tips for building a truly equal partnership.

Tips

No equality at work without equality at home

Women have more power in the C-suite than ever, but housework inequality hasn't budged. See the data and what it means for workplace equality.

Tips

Celebrate the ambition of working mothers

Working mothers are more ambitious than women overall, yet maternal bias holds them back. See the data and learn how to support moms at work.

Findings

What happens when companies support Black women

Black women are among the most motivated and qualified employees, yet face the worst broken rung of any group. See the data and learn how to be a better ally.

Findings

The surprising connection between housework and fertility rates

Countries where men share housework have higher fertility rates. See what Nobel economist Claudia Goldin's research reveals about domestic labor.

Findings

“Imagine if they got support, this could be a woman’s world”

New McKinsey data reveals women face a broken rung in India, Nigeria, and Kenya. See what drives the gender gap and what companies can do to close it.

Findings

The extra step many women take to become CEO

New Lean In research reveals the extra step women take to become CEO that men don't. See the data on the leadership gap and what companies can do.