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Guest Opinion: Change a bad situation with diplomacy

In the fifth installment of her six-part series about how her experience waiting tables has served her well throughout her career, Andrea Hansen talks about how accountability and diplomacy can often turn a bad situation …
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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VIDEO: What works for women at work – part 2


Joan C. Williams, professor of law at the University of California and co-author of “What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know,” recently kicked off a video series shared at…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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Negotiation: You haven’t started until you hear ‘no’

In the past six months, negotiation consultant Katie Donovan had three people contact her looking for help negotiating their compensation packages — all after they accepted their jobs. You can’t do that, she writes for…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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Programs to help women entrepreneurs find funding

  It’s not always easy being a female entrepreneur, especially when you are trying to raise funds for your business. Data suggest that getting financing can be especially difficult for women business owners, but there…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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Event Sept. 23: GROW Conference for young women returns to Iowa

  Host: FarmHER, an organization focusing on women in agriculture. About: Young women ages 15 to 23 will be informed, inspired and encouraged to pursue their passion for agriculture through their future careers as professionals…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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Drake prof Johnson receives 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award

Shontavia Johnson, professor of law at Drake Law School, has been selected as a recipient of INSIGHT Into Diversity’s 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award. INSIGHT Into Diversity, a magazine and website in higher education,…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Simply showing up speaks volumes

  BY JESSICA DUNKER | President, Iowa Restaurant Association   Last month a friend of mine invited me to an event she hosted to promote her business. I am not actually one of her customers,…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016
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2016 Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame inductees announced


Four women are to be inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame, the Iowa Department of Human Rights and the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women announced.

The 2016 inductees are (pictured at…
By LIFT IOWA STAFF | Jun 27, 2016
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Iowa’s women-led households struggle financially


More than 70 percent of female-headed households in Iowa are struggling to achieve economic self-sufficiency, according to a new report.

That was among several findings released in the 2016 She Matters report, which focuses on…
By MEGAN VERHELST | Jun 27, 2016
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VIDEO: What works for women at work – part 2


Joan C. Williams, professor of law at the University of California and co-author of “What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know,” recently kicked off a video series shared at…
By BPC Staff | Jun 27, 2016