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Women near a third of C-suite roles. The management layer didn't move.
The 2024 Women in the Workplace report — tenth edition, 10 million-plus employee records — documents C-suite progress stuck above a frozen middle.
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Business News reports on companies and investors shaping working life: quarterly results and restructuring, board appointments, ownership changes, and how venture capital is distributed across founders. Public commitments are checked against disclosed spending. For readers tracking the institutions behind their own conditions.
Business News coverage from Heroines.
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How women-owned firms get certified for federal contracts under the 5 percent goal
Certification, not self-attestation, is now the gate to WOSB set-asides. What the rules require, what the 2025 update changed, and what the goal covers.
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UN Women's 2026 verdict: no country has reached legal equality for women
The agency's March 2026 global alert on failing justice systems lands next to World Bank data showing enforcement lags law by 14 points worldwide.
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Menopause benefits reached a quarter of employers, and most women still see none
Employer adoption jumped from 4 percent in 2023 to 25 percent in 2026 per benefits-industry data, while only 14 percent of women say their employer recognizes the need.
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The NWSL's pay fight moves to a grievance over the star-player rule
The players' union challenged the league's High Impact Player mechanism in January 2026, arguing the $1 million cap exemption violates the collective bargaining agreement.
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The gender gap index says 123 years to parity, and one G7 country at 118th
The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025, the current edition as of May 2026, puts the world at 68.8 percent closed — progress, at a pace measured in decades.