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Lift IOWA – Women In The News: 12-23-19

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IOWA

The Black Hawk Child Care Coalition, EPI’s Child Care Resource and Referral of Northeast Iowa, and Levi Architecture recently announced an innovative effort to create a nonprofit child care center for more than 270 children ages birth to 11.

Sometimes the best way to get teams out of their comfort zones is to take them out of the office and put them into the kitchen, says Nina Swan-Kohler, owner of Cooking with Nina.

NATION

A “startup slump” and a lack of access to capital are disproportionately hitting women, minority, veteran and immigrant entrepreneurs, according to Forbes.

The Launch With GS program by Goldman Sachs has invested $100 million in women-backed startups in its first year as part of an effort to improve team diversity in the corporate world, Yahoo reports.

On Dec. 12, Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump hosted the White House Summit on Child Care and Paid Leave. View a recording of the Summit.

When male scientists present their work, they are more likely than women to describe their studies using glowing terms such as “unprecedented” and “remarkable.” This could be the reason men’s studies end up getting 10% more citations.

The percentage of board seats for public companies held by women has been making slow and steady progress, up to 26% of directorships on the S&P 500. Private companies, especially startups, are much, much worse, according to new research.