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Women’s and Gender Issues

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Restaurant group seeks nominations for its annual Women to Watch award

The Iowa Restaurant Association is seeking nominations for its annual 40 Women to Watch in Hospitality Award, which recognizes women in Iowa’s hospitality industry for their creativity, leadership and contributions. Nominations can be made by …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Black women will get no-strings-attached monthly checks in this new guaranteed income experiment

In Georgia, Black women make 63 cents for every dollar white men make. And nearly half of the remaining Black households in the neighborhood live on less than $25,000 a year, Adele Peters reports for Fast Company. The …

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Pi515 receives $200K Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs initiative

Pi515 announced Wednesday it has been awarded a multiyear $200,000 Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative. The money is available for any use and will be distributed over two …

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Iowa Women’s Foundation accepting applications for child care grant program

The Iowa Women’s Foundation is now accepting letters of interest for its upcoming Building Community Child Care Solutions grant cycle. The fund is in its sixth year and to date has awarded $190,000 to child …

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FINA votes to restrict transgender women from elite swimming competition

ESPN: Swimming’s world governing body, FINA, on Sunday voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions and create a working group to establish an “open” category for them in some events as …

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Women Lead Change announces speakers for Central Iowa conference

Women Lead Change has announced several speakers for its Central Iowa Conference, to be held in October. Headlining the event will be Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, founders of the Home Edit, a national home …

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Iowa Women’s Foundation, IEDA announce new position to address child care needs

The Iowa Women’s Foundation in partnership with the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced a new full-time position dedicated to helping Iowa businesses develop child care policies for their employees, as part of a recommendation brought forth …

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Older women are leaving Iowa’s workforce in droves

Axios Des Moines: Women age 55 and older were the biggest demographic to drop out of Iowa’s workforce since the start of the pandemic, countering the national narrative that young moms are the ones staying home …

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Women of Influence

The Business Record’s Women of Influence awards celebrate the work of Central Iowa women who have made a difference. They’ve devoted their lives to doing things most wouldn’t and to making an impact. They’ve spent …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Essay: Women’s work often goes unrewarded

“If we’re to understand why they leave and what employers can do to retain them, we must address the issue of ‘non-promotable work,’ ” Linda Babcock and Lise Vesterlund write in an essay for the Wall Street …