LX Presents LX Presents: Women's Rights In this special presentation, NBCLX takes a closer look at issues that affect women’s equality: pay parity and access to menstrual products.
amber ruffin What's It Like Being a Black Woman in TV? Amber Ruffin Shares the Sometimes-Funny Reality Amber Ruffin is finally the boss. The writer and comedian is now behind the desk of her own Peacock and NBC variety show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” and helping to break some boundaries in a genre that’s been dominated by white men since the days of Ed Sullivan. Ruffin talked to NBCLX about working her way up in television as...
Women In the Workplace ‘We've Had It': Women Are Begging the Biden Administration for Help as Job Losses Become a Crisis Since the pandemic began, more than 2 million women have left the workforce —at more than four times the rate of men — as they have been forced to shoulder the burden of child care and home schooling. Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani spearheaded a public letter in The New York Times signed by 50 prominent women including Gabrielle...
Women In the Workplace Job Losses by Young Women and Women of Color During the Pandemic Will Have a Long-Term Impact Young women and women of color are being disproportionately hit by job losses during the pandemic as more mothers are forced to stay home with their children, and as women-heavy sectors, like the service industry, have been forced to lay off workers. C. Nicole Mason, CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, explains the long-term impact of these losses...
Women In the Workplace One in Four Women Are Considering Downshifting or Leaving the Workforce: How to Stop This Alarming Trend According to the 2020 Women in the Workplace study, one in four women are now considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce entirely. Alexis Krivkovich, one of the co-authors of the report, joins LX News to explain how the pandemic is causing burnout and how to stop this disturbing trend.
