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Women Connect4Good Empowers Women Through Convoy of Hope

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Through the years, Convoy of Hope has seen firsthand that when women are given the opportunity to generate income, it has such a huge impact that not only their families benefit, they also increase their country’s economic growth. That’s why the organization works to empower women around the world to make strategic, independent life choices through community-based training

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Change Can Create Opportunity for Women, Men and Business

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The COVID-19 crisis has not only changed the ways we live, work, and play, it has changed the way we earn, learn, and interact with one another. With states opening up, some business leaders are grappling with ways to keep everyone safe, while others are recognizing the benefits of keeping their workforce at home. As

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Women Connect4Good Challenges Young Women to Succeed

Women Connect4Good Challenges Young Women to Succeed

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Each year young women around the world take their first college classes and build the foundation for their careers and future earnings. According to the Department of Education since 1982 women have earned more bachelor’s degrees than men, more master’s degrees since 1987, and more doctoral degrees since 2006. That’s why Dr. Nancy O’Reilly has

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Gender Equality

Building Gender Equality Instead of Returning to Normal

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While the country takes steps to reopen, and the news cycles are filled with examinations of society returning to normal, Hawaii is taking steps to rebuild rather than simply return to the status quo. In fact, the state is looking to seize the opportunity “to build a system that is capable of delivering gender equality.”

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What Does Your New Normal Look Like?

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A large portion of the country is reopening, and while that can signal a return to the office – at least part time – for many, it won’t be a return to “normal”. We’re going to be leaving our homes for a very different world. And while some people can’t wait for “things to get

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Lessons from the Stay-at-Home Order

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As coronavirus cases continue to stack up worldwide, women from every walk of life are having to adapt, rethink, and learn to lead in entirely new ways. COVID-19 knows no borders and refuses to recognize the status quo. “Normal” has been suspended and we’ve traded in our commutes and corporate meetings for working from our

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Girl Up Initiative Uganda is Changing Lives

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Many young girls living in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda, struggle with a lack of educational and economic opportunities. In a culture where a male’s education is prioritized, a disproportionate number of girls do not complete school, are often forced marry early, feel like they don’t matter, and lack the skills needed to contribute

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Hey Superwoman, Where’s Your Cape?

Hey Superwoman, Where’s Your Cape?

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Shakespeare turned to poetry when the plague closed the theaters in 1593, and published his popular poem, Venus and Adonis. During another closure in 1606 he churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. However, Shakespeare didn’t have children sent home from shuttered schools clamoring for attention, emails stacking up waiting for responses, an

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How Sexism Blocks Women Candidates

How Sexism Blocks Women Candidates

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When the final two top tier Democrat presidential candidates dropped out of the presidential race, it became clear that the primary qualification they lacked was being a white man. Some may claim it was a lack of support, and others may cite a lack of momentum, but few can point to a lack of qualifications.

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