Title of Abstract
Discrimination of Women in the Workplace
Poster Number
49
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Mass Communication
Faculty Mentor
Dr. William Schulte
Abstract
Working women have faced discrimination through the wage gap, the lack of paid maternity leave, harassment, and an overall patriarchal environment. This is an issue all women face and because they are a large portion of the population, research is necessary to find a solution. Though the problem is gradually improving, it still exists. The scope of this project is a generalized approach to the discrimination women face in the workforce. The first step for this research was locating government documents and finding court cases with women in general and women who experienced intersectional discrimination. The second step was conducting an interview with a woman who was one of two women in a corporate setting. I was able to take this information and find that there are not specific laws for women who have multiple intersections with their womanhood. I found that workplace discrimination is an ongoing problem that the government is slowly tackling. Courts have been able to get around gender-based discrimination in the workplace because there are not specific laws to all the different intersections that can occur. Organizations like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforce policies with guidelines to prevent discrimination based on sex and gender
Course Assignment
Multimedia Reporting of Public Institutions and Issues; MCOM 441; William Schulte
Start Date
22-4-2016 2:15 PM
End Date
22-4-2016 4:15 PM
Discrimination of Women in the Workplace
Richardson Ballroom
Working women have faced discrimination through the wage gap, the lack of paid maternity leave, harassment, and an overall patriarchal environment. This is an issue all women face and because they are a large portion of the population, research is necessary to find a solution. Though the problem is gradually improving, it still exists. The scope of this project is a generalized approach to the discrimination women face in the workforce. The first step for this research was locating government documents and finding court cases with women in general and women who experienced intersectional discrimination. The second step was conducting an interview with a woman who was one of two women in a corporate setting. I was able to take this information and find that there are not specific laws for women who have multiple intersections with their womanhood. I found that workplace discrimination is an ongoing problem that the government is slowly tackling. Courts have been able to get around gender-based discrimination in the workplace because there are not specific laws to all the different intersections that can occur. Organizations like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforce policies with guidelines to prevent discrimination based on sex and gender
