Jessica Chastain Blasts Cannes Films for Their ‘Disturbing’ Representation of Women

attends the Palme D'Or winner press conference during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 28, 2017 in Cannes, France.

MPW Jessica Chastain Blasts Cannes Films for Their ‘Disturbing’ Representation of Women Actress Jessica Chastain has emerged as a champion of women in Hollywood, speaking frequently about the entertainment industry’s wage gap and her own efforts to achieve pay parity with her

MPW ‘X-Files’ Actress Gillian Anderson Explains Why She Admires Jessica Chastain’s Equal Pay Crusade Gillian Anderson may have shot to fame in the 1990s playing FBI special agent Dana Scully on The X-Files, but she’s become even more of a feminist icon since, renowned for playing smart, complicated

Finance 10 College Majors Where Women Earn More than Men It doesn’t take long after college for the pay gap to emerge between men and women. Just five years after graduating, women earn 88 cents for every $1 a man earns, according to a new study by

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MPW ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words.’ Ivanka Trump Is Walking a Fine Line on Women’s Issues Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, his daughter Ivanka Trump met with the president of Planned Parenthood. It was an awkward situation for both. On the campaign trail, the elder Trump

MPW Britain’s Equal Pay Laws Will Survive Brexit—At Least For Awhile Like so many countries in the developed world, the U.K. is on a crusade to close its nagging gender pay gap. Between male and female full-time employees last year, the gulf was 9.4%—down from 17.4%

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International Iceland Has Become the First Country to Officially Require Gender Pay Equality While women’s rights activists marched worldwide to demand equal pay on Wednesday, Iceland celebrated International Women’s Day by becoming the first country in the world to require that

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MPW Watch This Female Lawmaker Shut Down a Male Peer Who Said Women Are ‘Weaker, Less Intelligent’In a debate in the European Parliament over the pay gap between men and women on Wednesday, Poland’s Janusz Korwin-Mikke went on a rant in which he argued that women should earn less than

Tech Chris Rock Draws Laughs, Controversy at Salesforce Sales Meeting Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff has been known to hobnob with celebrities—the company has brought in luminaries like Stevie Wonder, U2, and Will.i.am for its annual Dreamforce customer event.

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MPW Apple, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft Promise to Pay Women as Much as Men Tech companies are finally jumping on the equal pay train. More than two months after the White House first announced its Equal Pay Pledge for the private sector, Facebook fb , Apple aapl , Microsoft

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