Gender Equity in the Workforce | Nevada Week

Nevada Week | Gender Equity in the Workforce

SEASON 2: EPISODE 6 | Airdate: 9/20/19

Nevada has always been a leader in breaking gender barriers, but gender equality gaps in the workforce still exist and equity is a continuing challenge. This week we’re discussing where Nevada stands in closing key gender gaps like equal pay and equal representation in areas such as science, the arts, sports, and executive leadership.

• Nevada Commission for Women: 2019 Gender Equality Survey

• Caesars Entertainment

• Nevada Museum of Art

• UNLV: College of Education

• Make it Work Nevada

• Nevada Gender Equality in the Workplace Survey

• The Conversation: The Case for Boosting WNBA Player Salaries

• Women’s Sports Foundation: Pay Inequity in Athletics

• NPR: Researchers Explore Gender Disparities In The Art World

• Hyperallergic: What the Data Tell Us About the Challenges Facing Female Artists of Color

• National Museum of Women in the Arts: Get the Facts

• Status of Women in the States: Nevada

• Standard Charter: Art Gap

• American Progress: Global Progress Equal Pay Paid Leave

• Vox: You’ve heard that women make 80 cents to men’s dollar. It’s much worse than that.

• Caesar’s Entertainment:50/50 by 2025

• Ernst & Young: Women. Fast forward

• Ernst & Young: Women Athletes Business Network

• Nevada Legislature: 80th Session - SB166

• Nevada Equal Rights Commission

• Human Rights Campaign: Corporate Equality Index

Episode Guests

• Jan Jones Blackhurst, EVP Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility, Caesars Entertainment
• Heather Harmon, Las Vegas Deputy Director, Nevada Museum of Art
• Dr. Nancy Lough, UNLV Professor & Gender Equity Expert
• Erika Washington, Executive Director, Make it Work Nevada