Workplace Equality

Veteran financial journalist Josie Cox's groundbreaking work telling the story of how women have fought for financial freedom and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality. From WWII 'Rosies' to the investor who broke into the New York Stock Exchange boys' club, this work chronicles centuries of women's relentless struggle for money and power, while revealing challenges women still face today.

From the author of Factory Girls, a two-year investigative report revealing how globalization's promise of liberation paved the way for oppression. Follow three Egyptian women navigating between traditional culture and modernization demands.

Sara Wachter-Boettcher analyzes how forms, product copy, defaults, and tech workplace cultures exclude gendered, racialized, and embodied difference from the “normal user.”

Wei-hsin Yu compares half a century of women’s employment in Japan and Taiwan, showing why organizational arrangements, industrial policy, and life-course institutions matter beyond shared patriarchal culture.

This groundbreaking book introduces the concept of 'emotional labor' through an examination of how service workers, particularly flight attendants, are required to manage their emotions as part of their job. Hochschild explores how capitalism commercializes human feelings and the gendered implications of emotional work in the modern economy.

The true story of three African-American female mathematicians who played crucial roles in NASA's space race during the 1960s. They not only had to face racial discrimination but also overcome gender bias, ultimately making indelible contributions to America's aerospace program through their exceptional talents.

This HBO television movie stars Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, a law professor whose story of sexual harassment is worth revisiting through a post-#MeToo lens. This film dives into one of recent American history's watershed moments, chronicling the testimony given before the nation regarding the sexual harassment of women in the workplace.

Written, directed, produced, and starred in by Lake Bell, In a World... charts the efforts of a talented vocal coach with a husky cadence to break into the male-dominated world of movie trailer voice-overs.

Based on true events, this film tells the story of single mother Erin Brockovich who, through tenacious will and relentless effort, exposed corporate environmental pollution scandals and fought for justice for victims. The film demonstrates how ordinary women can display extraordinary strength in adversity.

The late Penny Marshall directed this gem about the very first female professional baseball league. Geena Davis stars as the World War II - era catcher fighting the patriarchy, and Tom Hanks plays the cranky team manager with a heart of gold. As inspirational as it is just plain entertaining, the film encourages female viewers young and old to embrace the champion stifled inside each one of us.

A classic workplace revenge comedy featuring three female employees who unite against their sexist boss, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton. This groundbreaking film profoundly reveals gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and pay inequality issues in the 1980s workplace.

Starting from billions of daily unpaid-care hours, Sharmi Surianarain argues that employers must design work around care rather than leaving employees to absorb it privately.

Tashny Sukumaran asks why women’s educational achievement does not translate automatically into equal employment, tracing attrition to care infrastructure, workplace culture, and family expectations.

Drawing on Malaysia and the wider region, Aina Salleh explains how unpaid care restricts women’s time, income, and public participation, and argues for care as a shared responsibility.

In this TEDWomen talk, sociologist Michael Kimmel makes a compelling case for why gender equality benefits not only women, but men as well. Using humor and research, he argues that equality leads to healthier relationships, better workplaces, and a more just society. Kimmel challenges men to become active participants in feminist progress.

Financial Feminist is a podcast hosted by financial expert Tori Dunlap, aimed at helping women achieve financial freedom in a world dominated by wealthy white men. With the motto 'fight the patriarchy by getting rich,' the show combines solo episodes with guest interviews to share practical strategies for earning, saving, investing, and building financial confidence. Tori is also the founder of Her First $100K, dedicated to women's financial education and empowerment. The podcast covers entrepreneurship, debt management, retirement planning, financial psychology, and more.