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Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions about the gender pay gap.

Giving women equal opportunities to pursue — and thrive in — STEM careers helps narrow the gender pay gap, enhances women’s economic security and ensures a diverse and talented STEM…

By preschool, most children start identifying gender roles. Teachers and parents consciously or unconsciously convey social cues that influence choices of what children play.

Research shows no cognitive biological differences between the genders in math, so the idea of a male “math brain” is not true.

The report examines gender, race and ethnicity among ten most highly compensated employees at each of the nation’s 130 major research institutions. The report found only 11 colleges and universities…

The way teachers view students of color affects their success in schools. Biases and prejudices lead to the fact that many Black girls encounter negative stereotype threats.

How would you like to work the same hours for half the pay? That’s the gender pay gap for Latinas.

Occupations that are dominated by men generally pay better than female-dominated ones, even when they require the same level of skill and/or education.

Workplace sexual harassment can take a toll on women’s physical and mental health, limit their job choices, reduce prospects for career development and even force them out of the workforce.

The labor force participation rate — that is those working or looking for work — for women with children under 18 was 71.5% in 2018.