Women In Numbers: March 2016
Facts and figures on females from throughout the world.
5,000
The number of tips received by fairygodboss.com, an online community being hailed as the Yelp for maternity leave. Started by a working expectant mother and her co-worker, Fairy Godboss provides a searchable database of maternity-leave policies for at least 550 companies. Through the website, female employees can anonymously share experiences and specific information about a company’s maternity leave policy, which is often undisclosed or uncomfortable to ask about during a job search. The site provides additional resources, employer reviews and compensation data, and continues to grow. Thanks, fairy godmothers!
50 percent
How much less capital female entrepreneurs start with, compared with their male counterparts, according to the National Women’s Business Council. Despite that gap in funding, women are growing in the entrepreneurial sector. In 2012, women owned 36 percent of all businesses, a 30 percent jump since 2007. Additionally, women-owned or -led businesses currently account for 13 percent of middle-market companies (revenues between $10 million and $1 billion), and continue to enter that market at a fast pace. From 2008 to 2014, middle-market firms grew by only 4 percent, while those firms run by women grew by 32 percent in the same time. It looks like the entrepreneurial force is growing stronger with women.
4
The number of filters used to identify the objectification of women in advertising by an awareness campaign called #WomenNotObjects. Launched by Madonna Badger of advertising agency Badger & Winters in New York City, the #WomenNotObjects movement illustrates the harmful ways in which women are portrayed in advertising and how this negatively impacts self-esteem and self-confidence in young girls. Discover the four filters at womennotobjects. tumblr.com.
12 seasons
The time in football years that Kathryn Smith worked for the New York Jets before becoming the National Football League’s first full-time female coach. Smith, who worked under Head Coach Rex Ryan for seven years (six years at the New York Jets and last year at the Buffalo Bills), was promoted to special teams quality-control coach for the Bills in January. Praise has come in from Ryan, Bills players and other members of the Bills organization, including co-owner Kim Pegula, who noted Smith “earned this position because she has shown she is qualified, dedicated and puts in the work needed for this role.” We know who we’ll be rooting for next football season.
13 years old
The age of a young Mongolian girl preserving her culture’s heritage. In Mongolia, eagle hunting has been a skill passed on from fathers to sons for generations. The practice, in which eagles are tamed and used for hunting smaller animals, is dwindling, in part, because of the absence of young men. Thirteen-year-old Ashol Pan is the daughter of an experienced eagle hunter and learned the skill after her brother was drafted into the army. Captured by photographer Asher Svidensky, Pan’s first training session took place in the presence of the majestic Mongolian mountains and, of course, included a grand eagle perched on her arm.
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