Gender Fair: A Public Benefit Corporation

We spent #EqualPayDay by celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. This law helped to make equal pay laws more enforceable. We were surrounded by people celebrating this and many past achievements, but also confronting current gender pay obstacles and strategizing systems for change. We want to thank all of the participants who shared their insight and energized the group: Lilly Ledbetter, Fair Pay Icon Amy-Willard Cross, Founder, Gender Fair C. Nicole Mason, President & CEO Future Forward Women, The New York Women's Foundation Holly Corbett Corbet, Journalist, Forbes Illana Raia, Founder of Être Girls Kate Kelley, EVP, LILLY Social Action Campaign Kristin Molinari Cohen, Chief Marketing Officer, sparks & honey Uma Mehta Iyer, Chief External Affairs Officer, National Women's Law Center Women’s Law Center This event was a clear reminder that we have a long way to go but that there are so many dedicated and talented people doing the work. 💪 #WomensHistoryMonth #EqualPay #GenderEquality #IBuyGenderFair

Gender Fair founder Amy-Willard Cross makes the case for the urgent need to grow the FDP (Female Domestic Product) in her TIME article 'How Women Can Use Their Financial Power to Create Change.' Currently the FDP accounts for only a sliver of the GDP pie. But when the FDP grows, more money will go into women’s hands to create change. Read more in the article (and link in comment): https://lnkd.in/gh_yVfFJ #fdp #gdp #equality

It cost over $150,000. This ad in Sunday's New York Times is paid for by a company founded by a woman. Glossier isn't afraid to talk politics. Glossier knows what its customers hold to be important. Glossier, Inc. cares about women beyond the revenues they deliver. Things like this ad are exactly why I want to see more woman-founded (and partially woman funded ) companies prosper and grow the female domestic product. Women's dollars are women's speech thanks to Citizens United. Women's dollars can fight for women and elect women. buy poor women the reproductive care they need. As the copy says: Vote for your grandmother's legacy. Vote for you To learn more about the Female Domestic Product see my story in TIME. https://lnkd.in/ePWS6BCU? Roya Shariat Kyle Leahy Veronika Ullmer Kirsten Green Forerunner #FDP #FemaleDomesticProduct

This week, we mourned the loss of Lilly Ledbetter and vow to carry on with her work.

🍿 Lilly Ledbetter fought for fair pay for decades - at first for herself and family and then for everyone. 🍿 And this week, Advertising Week honored her with the first ever Future is Female Lifetime Achievement Award. 🎥 Writer and director, Rachel Feldman, accepted the award on Lilly's behalf and unveiled a clip at the invite-only event of her upcoming film LILLY (about Lilly!), starring Patricia Clarkson. To have Lilly's work honored by the advertising community is monumental because media has the power to change culture. As Rachel said, "Lilly is an icon and a hero because she propelled history forward. That is something that activism has in common with advertising." Gender Fair tracks equal pay and is a proud partner in the upcoming social action campaign for LILLY. 💸💸💸 Kate Kelley Amy-Willard Cross #equalpay #payequity #workersrights #lillyledbetter #lillyfilm #socialaction #genderfair #futureisfemale

We love learning about companies that are doing it right. thoughtbot sure does. It's even better that they know the value of communicating that to all their stakeholders with Gender Fair certification. Thoughtbot has high levels of women's leadership--for a tech company especially-- paid parental leave, transparent pay systems and provides material support to #femalefounders These are the kind of vendors we hope businesses support.

Congratulations to our partners at Chamber of Mothers for keeping on the pressure to deliver affordable childcare for Americans. Rep. Ro Khanna will introduce a bill to Congress this week on Childcare and TIME quotes Erin Erenberg on its importance: "Almost 70,000 Americans reported missing work last month due to childcare problems, according to the Labor Department. Working mothers, in particular, face the brunt of this burden, with data indicating they were nearly three times as likely as fathers to take time off for childcare last year. “This is a crisis in our community,” says Erin Erenberg, CEO of Chamber of Mothers. “I hear from too many mothers who are not able to afford childcare and don’t have paid leave… If we are truly pro-life and pro-family, we have to put our money where our mouth is and invest in family health and security.” Moms First MomsRising.org https://lnkd.in/gMbXCi-c

We love SEEHER's new campaign from Curiosity! Authentic representation matters and Gen Alpha girls are already driving buying behavior now and even more so in the future. How companies portray girls and women in advertising are a key metric that goes into the Gender Fair score.

Gender Fair joined this exciting Activation of Art, Climate & Women's Rights this weekend. We got to march with partners such as Vote Run Lead ERA Coalition Take The Lead Women National Organization for Women and sing along with some talented cast members from "Suffs". It's a powerful reminder that working together is how we will make progress for the planet and its earthlings and women's rights.

Gender Fair founder Amy-Willard Cross has been featured in TIME discussing a groundbreaking concept—the Female Domestic Product (#FDP). In her article, "How Women Can Use Their Financial Power to Create Change," she highlights the growing impact of women's economic influence and how it’s only a glimpse of what’s possible. The #FDP represents the full potential of women's economic power—if fully tapped, it could drive transformative change in society and beyond. Link to article in comments. #Leadership #WomenInBusiness #EconomicPower #FDP #TimeMagazine