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Women’s and Gender Issues

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On Leadership: Let’s keep making history: 10 ways women are advancing in the workplace and in the boardroom

When I was growing up, I had a “working mother.” That is what women who worked outside the home were called in the ’60s and ’70s. For a mom to have a career was not …

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Wells Fargo provides $1.5 million grant to How Women Lead for venture fund

Wells Fargo today announced new resources designed to help increase the growth of female-owned small businesses, including a $1.5 million grant to How Women Lead. The San Francisco-based banking company said the initiative is “aimed …

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Iowans sharply divided on banning transgender girls from female sports, Iowa Poll finds

Des Moines Register: Iowans’ opinions are split nearly evenly on a new state law that bans transgender girls and women from competing in female sports offered by Iowa’s schools, colleges and universities. Forty-six percent of Iowans …

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March 6-12 to be proclaimed Women in Construction Week in Iowa

Next week, March 6-12, will be designated as Women in Construction Week in Iowa following a signature from Gov. Kim Reynolds on March 8, the National Association of Women in Construction announced. Though women make …

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Ban on transgender girls in Iowa girls sports approved

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Transgender girls and women would no longer be allowed to play sports at Iowa schools, colleges and universities with other girls and women under a proposal that is one step from becoming law. …

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We want your thoughts on gender equality

Progress on gender equality can often seem as though it’s moving at a snail’s pace. Significant gains have been made in recent years, but setbacks often accompany them. Case in point: Iowa is led by …

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Registration open for SBA’s 2022 Women’s Business Summit

In honor of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Small Business Administration will hold its 2022 Women’s Business Summit on March 28-30. The summit will include virtual panels, “Ask an Expert” workshops, and fireside chats to help women-owned …

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Top three finishers of Iowa Farm Bureau award all women

For the first time in its three-year history, the top three finishers of the Iowa Farm Bureau’s Grow Your Future Award this year were all women. The award offers cash prizes to Iowans between the ages of …

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12 Iowa advisers named to Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors

Twelve Iowa women wealth advisers were featured recently among Forbes’ sixth annual Top Women Wealth Advisors on the Best-in-State list for Iowa. Deniz Franke, franchise owner of Franke Miller Group, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise …

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Grant applications open for Iowa Women’s Foundations Core Grants

The Iowa Women’s Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2023 Core Grants through April 29. The organization is awarding six $25,000 grants to organizations tackling barriers to women’s economic self-sufficiency, which are identified as …