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| Updated: Jan. 8, 2021, 7:19 p.m.
The gender wage gap is closing at a slower rate in Utah and other states considered to be more religious than in more secular states.
But there are ways to fix that, researchers say, and the remedies start by being aware that piety can affect pay.
Each of the six major world religions Buddhism, Christianity, Folk, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism promotes differentiated gender roles for men and women, which shape social norms, including in the workplace, according to “The Hidden Cost of Prayer: Religiosity and the Gender Wage Gap,” published in October in the Academy of Management Journal.
RALEIGH â The North Carolina Department of Administrationâs Council for Women Advisory Board released a report on the impact of COVID-19 on women in North Carolina. âThe Exploited Inequity: A Pandemicâs Gendered and Racial Toll on the Women and Families of North Carolinaâ report presents findings on health and safety, economy and education, and civic and political life of women in North Carolina. The report is supplementary to previous Status of Women in North Carolina reports published by the NC Council for Women and Youth Involvement in partnership with the Institute for Womenâs Policy Research.
While the majority of the Status of Women reports pre-date the pandemic, this report features interviews with North Carolina women on how the pandemic has impacted their lives and includes a national conversation on race and equity.