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NC’s Only Female Governor: ‘We Need to Foster More Women Leaders’
On Flashpoint, Bev Purdue said both political parties are failing to mentor young women in politics
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Women In School District Leadership: Rarer Than You Think
Let’s conduct a little thought experiment. First, imagine your third-grade teacher. Hold that memory in your head. Second, call to mind your high school principal. Got it? Good. Now, conjure up the image of the…
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Here’s How to Close the Female Leadership Gap – for Good
A new study from LinkedIn shows that women hold just 32 percent of leadership positions worldwide.
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Lexington Businesswoman Would Head DHEC Board if Confirmed by Senate
Seema Shrivastava-Patel is Gov. Henry McMaster’s choice to head the state DHEC board, a politically appointed panel that hears permit appeals and helps set agency policy.
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7 Strategies for Building Strong Female Leaders
Companies with a higher percentage of women in leadership positions tend to perform better financially due to their risk-averse and sustainability-focused approach. However, women still face barriers in reaching leadership positions and strategies such as building strong networks, upskilling, breaking stereotypes, and building trust can help unlock their full potential.
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Patricia Schroeder, Congresswoman Who Wielded Barbed Wit, Dies at 82
Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat known for her barbed wit, notably coining the term “Teflon…
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Nikki Haley’s Résumé Is Perfect. It Might Not Matter.
Last month, I listened to my former colleagues on Slate’s “Political Gabfest” podcast discuss Nikki Haley after she declared her run for president. John Dickerson, also of CBS News, explained that in a pre-Donald Trump…
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Viewpoint: Protecting Women Politicians from Online Abuse
Women who break the glass ceiling in politics are often depicted as disrupting the long-standing patriarchal structures that have traditionally kept women away from the public eye. The stereotypical “ideal” politician is usually based on…
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What Is Female Leadership And Why Do We Need It?
International Women’s Day and Equal Pay Day resurface topics about the inequality between men and women in the workplace, how the mental load is not equally distributed and how little women are still on boards…
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Women in Power in 2023: New Data Shows Progress But Wide Regional Gaps
More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, according to the 2023 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. The map…