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Women’s and Gender Issues

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Bill proposes gender equity on corporate boards

A bill proposed in the Iowa Senate would have the state set criteria and a certification program for companies that have at least 50 percent of women on their corporate boards.


Senate File 217, introduced…
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Guest opinion: Bridging the gender divide

By Betsy McCloskey | Founder and partner, Plaid Swan Inc.

The year 2017 was a breakthrough year for women everywhere. With the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements that started in Hollywood, it has brought the gender struggle …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Researchers develop new measure of gender inequality

Researchers from the University of Missouri and University of Essex in the United Kingdom say they’ve developed a new way of measuring gender inequality that is fairer to both men and women. The new tool, …

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Report: Companies ‘highly committed’ to gender diversity, but women underrepresented at every level

While companies across the United States claim to be committed to gender diversity, a recent study by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey Co. concludes this commitment hasn’t turned into results. The 2018 Women in the Workplace study, …

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Iowa has one of nation’s larger gender pay gaps, report says

Des Moines Register: Iowa women earn $10,637 less than men on average — one of the nation’s wider gaps in pay, according to a new analysis released this week. The American Association of University Women’s annual …

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Catt Center: Iowa cities making small steps toward gender balance on public board

In the last two years, Iowa cities made measurable strides toward achieving gender balance on public board and commissions, according to Iowa State University’s Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics.

Between 2016 and …

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Little improvement in gender balance of Iowa county boards and commissions

Only four of Iowa’s 99 counties have achieved gender balance this year on all appointed boards and commissions, according to the 2018 Gender BalanceProject study conducted by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics.

This is …

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Why gender equality needs to be a core value

Recently, the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society put out a manifesto – a call for action to the G7 governments, ahead of their (now just-concluded) meeting in Quebec. It asked the G7 to …

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SPEAK UP: A new approach to combat gender bias

  An approach that helps corporations understand the biases that affect working women can help develop strategies to avoid them, write Sally D’Amato, Alexa Frank, Kelly Connors and Michelle Cho of Deloitte Consulting. This “design…
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VIDEO: How gender is shaping campaign strategy

You’ve seen the ads. Women are embracing their identities and experiences as women in campaign messaging. Christine Matthews (president, Bellwether Research; Gender Watch expert contributor) and Kelly Dittmar (CAWP scholar; Gender Watch project director) discuss …