Press Release: Dickinson to Host Lecture on Gender Equality in the Workplace
Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C., will present a lecture at Dickinson College titled, “Lifting the Floor and Achieving Gender Equality,” on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium (ATS), West Louther Street between College and Cherry streets. The event is free and open to the public.
Hartmann will discuss women’s progress in the workplace, pay gaps and the policies that are needed to achieve economic gender equality between women and men.
Hartmann is a pre-eminent economist and recipient of nine MacArthur Fellows Program awards, nicknamed the genius grant. She is a co-author of “Still A Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap,” “Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of Family and Medical Leave,” “Equal Pay for Working Families” and “Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children.” Hartmann frequently testifies before Congress and is often cited as an authority in various media outlets.
The event is sponsored by The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson College, the departments of economics, sociology, international business & management and Dickinson’s Women’s Center. For more information, visit http://clarke.dickinson.edu/heidi-hartmann/ or call 717-245-1875.
Hartmann will discuss women’s progress in the workplace, pay gaps and the policies that are needed to achieve economic gender equality between women and men.
Hartmann is a pre-eminent economist and recipient of nine MacArthur Fellows Program awards, nicknamed the genius grant. She is a co-author of “Still A Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap,” “Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of Family and Medical Leave,” “Equal Pay for Working Families” and “Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children.” Hartmann frequently testifies before Congress and is often cited as an authority in various media outlets.
The event is sponsored by The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson College, the departments of economics, sociology, international business & management and Dickinson’s Women’s Center. For more information, visit http://clarke.dickinson.edu/heidi-hartmann/ or call 717-245-1875.
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