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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A Closer Look: Becky Wampler

Becky Wampler was named executive director of the Wellmark Foundation in January. 

For the previous five years, she led Wellmark’s community health improvement efforts, which include the Blue Zones Project in Iowa. Wampler, who has …

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Frond Design Studios nets largest investment at Invest in She – Corridor

  SUBMITTED BY IOWA WOMEN LEAD CHANGE | @IWLCLeads
Photo courtesy of IWLC.
The winner of the largest investment at the third annual Invest in She – Corridor event, held June 14, was Frond Design…
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Guest Opinion: Paid maternity leave is the right thing

BY KRISTEN COREY | Program planner, Iowa Commission on the Status of Women

I remember the moment clearly. It was the moment I realized things were different for women in the working world than they …

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VIDEO: What works for women at work (Part 1)

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 …

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Women a growing presence at business schools globally

Between 2006 and 2015, the number of women worldwide taking the business school admission test jumped 38 percent (more than triple that for male test takers), according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council. By 2014,…
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Research: Women-led firms have more female board members

Women in positions of power have a lot less trouble than men at finding other female executives for key roles, according to an analysis of 1,000 U.S. corporate boardrooms. When women hold key leadership posts like…