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Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too
Anthropologists are finding that women in modern foraging societies have played a major role in catching game.
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How We Measure Women’s Representation Matters
Originally published by Kelly Ditmar for Forbes The refrain “representation matters” is shorthand for advocacy rooted in the argument that those in positions of leadership, visibility, and power should reflect the…
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is Launching a New Program for Young Girls
Originally published by Emma Hinchliffe for Fortune For a decade, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In has encouraged women to become leaders in the workplace. But the pipeline to leadership starts much earlier…
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More Women Are Aiming to Become Church Leaders. Together, They Could Change American Christianity.
Originally published by AJ Willingham for CNN Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained and serve as faith…
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What Barbie Can Teach Us About the Gender Wage Gap
Originally published by RepresentWomen for Ms. Magazine Despite decades of efforts to boost women’s representation throughout the U.S. economy, women still face a pay gap in nearly every occupation. Only 22…
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Meta’s Threads Needs a Policy for Election Disinformation, Voting Groups Say
The new social media site Threads is less than a month old and it has already amassed tens of millions of users. Facebook parent Meta launched the Twitter-rival earlier this month and it's quickly become a place where people can follow celebrities, news organizations and politicians.
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Melinda French Gates Calls for Women’s Parity in Political Leadership
Originally published by Olivia Hampton for NPR Women make up just over half of the U.S. population, but only a quarter of federal lawmakers identify as female. Melinda…
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These Five American Women Will Appear on New Quarters in 2024
Originally published by Veronica Roseborough for The Hill The U.S. Mint has announced five new women who will be circulated on quarters in 2024 as part of the third year of…
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U.S. Soccer Supports Working Moms. Are You Watching, America?
Originally published by Macaela MacKenzie for the Washington Post Whether the U.S. women’s national soccer team continues to dominate the sport with a third-consecutive World Cup victory this summer, it’s already…
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Women’s Leadership
High emotional intelligence empowers women leaders to tap into their intuition, enabling them to make well-informed decisions.