h digitalfootprint web 728x90

Women’s and Gender Issues

Monica

Monica Chavez-Silva: 2024 Women of Influence Honoree

How have you helped improve organizations you’ve been a part of? 

In volunteer roles, through serving on the executive committees of local and statewide boards, I helped structure more ambitious review and compensation processes for …

Rona

Rona Berinobis: 2024 Women of Influence Honoree

How have you helped improve organizations you’ve been a part of? 

Developed and led successful employee engagement initiatives that made an impact on improved culture scores, employee hiring and retention.

What motivates you? 

Knowing I …

Healthy Birth Day logo

Bill to promote stillbirth prevention, supported by Central Iowa advocacy group, heads to Biden

The Central Iowa education and advocacy group Healthy Birth Day is celebrating the final passage of a bill to make more money available nationwide for stillbirth prevention.

Billions of dollars are distributed each year to …

Gender Survey Graphic web

How can Iowa work toward gender equity in 2024 and beyond? Fearless audience shares thoughts

DSC 6869

‘The Thread Collectors’ authors speak to Iowans about challenges facing women – and what unites us

Shaunna Edwards, left, and Alyson Richman, are the authors of the bestselling “The Thread Collectors,” a historical fiction novel set in the Civil War. Edwards and Richman spoke to a crowd on March 7 at…
Gavel Elegance: A Legal Symphony on the Tabletop,AI Generative

Reynolds pushes tax breaks for child care centers

mproving access to child care has been a bipartisan priority at the Iowa Statehouse for years. Although no single strategy will bridge the gap between the number of spaces available and what the state’s families …

ISU logo

Registration for ag business course for women closes Feb. 1

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Polk County is hosting a workshop series called Annie’s Project, an agricultural business course for women in the industry. Registration is open through Feb. 1, with the first …

chrysalis

Chrysalis Foundation awards over $100,000 to support girls and women

The Chrysalis Foundation has granted over $100,000 to support girls and women in the Greater Des Moines area. In 2024, 27 organizations were awarded Community Partner Grants to invest in the safety, security, education, and …

principal lg full

Principal to host ‘The Thread Collectors’ authors for International Women’s Day event

Principal announced it will host authors Shauna Edwards and Alyson Richman to celebrate International Women’s Day. Edwards and Richman co-wrote ‘The Thread Collectors’, a novel from the perspective of two women who sew clothes for …

West Des Moines Chamber Logo

WDM Chamber of Commerce to host seventh Mentoring for Women event

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced its seventh annual Mentoring for Women event, to be held on March 8 at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Altoona. The full-day event aims to …