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Why Feminists Make Better Businesspeople
The early 2020s will go down as an interesting time in U.S. philanthropic history. As the U.S. was forced to respond to a series of unprecedented crises, including a pandemic, a war in Europe and…
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Women’s representation on boards sees best-ever growth in ‘watershed’ year
Women held 27% of all board seats in 2021, reflecting the largest ever year-over-year increase in what leadership groups Women Business Collaborative and 50/50 Women on Boards called a “watershed” achievement. The percentage…
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Many Harried Election Officials Are Eyeing the Exit. But New Workers Are Stepping Up
When Dorothy Glisson, president of Georgia’s association of election officials, scanned the room at a conference last month to highlight years of service in voting, there were only a few grizzled veterans with decades of…
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Igniting the Ecosystem for Women Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
There are more women in tech roles today than ever before—from coding to the C-suite—and many stories of brilliant women entrepreneurs who advanced quickly. But when you consider that women run 40%…
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Young Women Earn More than Young Men in Several U.S. Cities
Women have been able to close the pay gap with men in several U.S. metropolitan areas, and have surpassed their male counterparts in many cities, according to a…
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Women City Managers Face a Glass Cliff as Local Governments Are More Likely to Hire Them When Budgets Are Collapsing
In recent decades, women have made significant strides in obtaining leadership positions in local governments. While only one percent of chief administrative officers were women in the mid-1970s, the percentage increased to 20…
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Climate Justice Requires Women’s Leadership
The world is well aware that the climate crisis is one of the main stumbling blocks to sustainable development. And yet, despite the dramatic evidence of the lethal consequences of climate change, and despite possessing…
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All-women Ukrainian delegation travels to Washington with message from Kyiv
Five Ukrainian women, all members of parliament, left Kyiv this week for Washington — but only long enough to ask in person for more help before heading back into danger. Driving the news: “We are mothers.
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Germany’s New Muscular Foreign Policy ‘Lies in the Hands of Strong Women’
It was Chancellor Olaf Scholz who, three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, broke with Germany’s postwar pacifism, vowing to give his country the necessary resources and muscle…
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This Police Chief Is Hiring Female Officers to Fix ‘Toxic’ Policing
Officer Karen Wrigley’s pink nails tapped her body camera as she stepped from her cruiser into the cold. “You want to open up the door?” she…