| CNBC Make It explores women's advancement in work | | | | YOU MAY ALSO LIKE | Today, women lead 167 of the country's top 3,000 companies. Though that's more than double the number of women overseeing big firms a decade ago, it's still under 6%. This lack of female representation reflects the long-standing barriers women still face on their way to the top. "Where Are All the Women CEOs?" (The Wall Street Journal)
Research shows that "books written by women [are] less likely to be reviewed or win the most prominent book awards." In an effort to raise the visibility of female writers, Canadian novelist Susan Swan teamed up with her friend in book publishing, Janice Zawerbny, to create a new annual prize for female fiction writers in the U.S. and Canada. The winner will receive $150,000 in prize money. "New Literary Prize Will Award $150,000 to a Female Novelist" (The New York Times)
Women now hold more than half of the jobs in fields where social skills and "fundamental" skills are important, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. As a result, women in these fields are seeing faster growth in their paychecks than men. "Women's salaries are growing faster than men's because they hold more of these high-skill jobs" (MarketWatch)
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