As women continue to struggle to break the glass ceiling in their professions, female clergy say some women are coming up against a stained-glass ceiling as they answer the call to work in ministry.
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Bestselling author Lisa Mininni, says that women become empowered when they pay attention to the hard-wiring that makes them unique. Lisa had to face a near-death event to wake her up to her own unique talents and accept the direction that sent her to ultimate success in business and in life. Lisa’s experience in navigating
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When something as common as getting pregnant interferes or comes into conflict with something as fundamental as having a job, we have a problem. We need protections in place for pregnant women. If we don’t, too many women are a doctor’s note away from financial ruin or disastrous health consequences.
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A new study reports that when a man asked to work from home two days a week to take care of his child, nearly 25 percent of human resources representatives found him to be “extremely likable” and less than 3 percent thought he wasn’t committed to the job. The same can’t be said for women,
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The electoral process is seldom described as pleasant. It’s a lot of hard work. The question is, does something about having to face voters contribute to the relative lack of female candidates in American elections? Women won the right to vote in 1920, but initially progress in politics was slow, limited to an occasional woman
It’s staggering to think about, but 40 percent of women with engineering degrees either leave the profession or never enter the field. Why? Because it’s generally an “old-boys club” and that’s not in just one or two companies, it’s industry-wide. This matters a great deal for our daughters, who are being widely encouraged to pursue
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Did you know that one out of every 10 women in the U.S. is starting or running a new business? It takes a lot of self-confidence to start a business. In fact, the right amount of determination and self-esteem has increased women empowerment in the U.S.: the rate of female business ownership is higher here
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When Ali Warren discovered firefighting, she thought she had found her life’s work. But other firefighters had different ideas. She had to gain self-confidence to overcome the prejudice against the one thing she could not change, being a girl. Ali told her classic story of empowerment in her book, Where Hope Lives. Empowering Women to
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Are women who own small business still far behind their male counterparts when it comes to getting loans and government contracts?
To honor the 4th of July, multimedia journalist and commentator Joanna L. Krotz featured the program, “Betting on Vets” on her live Web radio show, The Woman’s Playbook. Joanna created the show by and for women entrepreneurs: “Because being equal doesn’t mean being the same.”? Special Challenges for Women Vets Nearly 2 million U.S. veterans
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