Why women’s leadership requires more than confidence, ambition, and a seat at the table ~Guest Post by Kelly Nevins, CEO of Women’s Fund of Rhode Island For decades, women have been told how to get ahead at work: Negotiate harder. Speak up more. Find a mentor. Build your confidence. Ask for that promotion. Take a
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The indigenous women of the Ecuadorian Amazon asked 19-year-old journalist Jensine Larsen to tell their story of how their children were dying from oil contamination. The mothers believed that if the outside world knew, people would help stop it. Then came the pleas of women refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing and mass rape on the Burma-Thai
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November 3, 2026, is fast approaching. Be sure to mark your calendar and do the one thing every citizen can do—vote. It’s not only our right; it’s our responsibility. The only way we can say we have a government by and for the people is if we, the people, exercise our right to vote. In
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The social media memes declaring a wave of #tradwives in opposition to #girlboss have become normalized, which means many people accept these categories as either something to aspire to or hate. This is just one of the cultural labels that pits women against each other according to the life they live instead of bringing us
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When there’s no seat at the table, you build one. That was the theme of the panel Connect4Impact Fellow Joanna Faucett joined at the 2026 Take The Lead Power Up Conference in Washington, D.C., held August 25–26. And honestly, we can’t think of anyone who embodies it better. Faucett is a graduate of the first
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From opening night to conference closing, the mood was audacious and celebratory on Women’s Equality Day at Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert and Conference in Washington, DC. Shrugging off the limitations of inequality and denial of diversity, the women and men participating expressed where they found power and hope, and ways we could all
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Women Connect4Good is excited to announce that Executive Woman Media’s 21st Annual National Business Leadership Conference (NBLC) will convene on September 17-18 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. This year’s theme, “NAVIGATE: Your Leadership Evolution Starts Here,” will once again feature top-level executive women and men who will share
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The Heritage Foundation is at it again – this time the organization is focused on eliminating women’s sports, calling Title IX a failed experiment. Never mind those four-time World Cup soccer champions, or all the CEOs and women in upper-management who played sports in school. According to the Heritage Foundation, competitive sports are contrary to
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This year’s Take The Lead Power Up Conference promises to be more exciting than ever. Returning to Washington, D.C. on Women’s Equality Day, the conference theme this year is “Audacity: Leadership in Action.” It promises to live up to its name with workshops anchored in Gloria Feldt’s Power Tool strategy and a lineup of 45
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Headlines like “80% of Autoimmune Diseases Happen to Women” may make you think being female is a health risk, especially when you look at the characteristics of autoimmune diseases. Do any of these traits describe you—or a woman you’re close to? You take care of other people’s needs before your own. You identify with duty
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