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- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
What we're reading this week
We're only a bit more than a week into 2017 and there's already a slew of articles on the topic of gender equity, in museums and beyond. Here's our weekly roundup of suggested readings. For more, check out our Resources page! Why Men Don’t Want the Jobs Done Mostly by Women While more than a fifth of American men aren’t working, they aren’t running to new service-sector jobs. Why? They require very different skills, and pay a lot less.They’re also seen as women’s work, which
- Jan 8, 2017
- 2 min
Happy New Year! Introducing GEMM: the Gender Equity in Museums Movement
Happy New Year! Welcome to the newly launched GEMM website and blog! To kick off 2017, we thought we'd put some of our words and thoughts to action and have created this website as a resource for all things related to gender equity in museums. Our story: Sometimes one thing leads to another. And common interests lead to action. Anne Ackerson and Joan Baldwin met Jessica Ferey as part of their work on their first book, Leadership Matters, because of Jessica's thesis work on wo