Category: News
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Happy Women’s History Month!
The month of March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the central role of women in American history. Women’s History Month began as Women’s History Week in 1981 and was observed as such until 1986. Beginning in 1987, resulting from petitions from the National Women’s History Project, Congress extended the week…
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What Are the Best and Worst States for Women?
In an effort to discover the best and worst states for women, WalletHub analyzed 50 states and the District of Columbia on 19 “key indicators” of living standards for women. Separated into two categories, Women’s Economic and Social Well-Being and Women’s Health and Safety, the indicators range from unemployment rates and cost of doctor’s…
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The Key to Maintaining Relationships with Women
Whether they are with a partner, family members, close friends or colleagues, long-term relationships are all maintained in distinct ways. If you know someone long enough, you discover what you mean to each other and what you enjoy doing together.
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The Poverty Problem Keeping Women Out of Housing
Women’s poverty—resulting from the gender wage gap, the pink tax and higher medical expenses throughout a woman’s life—is a pervasive crisis preventing women from creating stable living conditions. When you add the possibility of not having a college education or being a single mother the picture becomes all the more bleak.
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Women and Minorities Still Underrepresented in Hollywood
The recently released 2017 Hollywood Diversity Report, conducted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, reveals that women and minorities are growing in television and movies. The report reviewed 168 theatrical films released in 2015 and over 1,200 television programs during the 2014-15 season.
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Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week, February 20-24, 2017
National Entrepreneurship Week is an annual campaign dedicated to recognizing the achievements and contributions of our country’s business owners. Taking place this year from February 20-24, the weeklong celebration features resources and local events providing entrepreneurs with opportunities for bottom-line growth.
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Happy Presidents’ Day from NAWRB!
Presidents’ Day first began as a national holiday in 1885 in honor of George Washington’s birthday (February 22), but was later moved to the third Monday in February and commonly celebrates all American presidents.
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Leveraging New Social Media Trends
The Pew Research Center recently released a Social Media Fact Sheet detailing Americans’ social media trends. When the Pew Research Center began measuring social media usage in 2005, five percent of U.S. adults used at least one social media platform. Today, 69 percent of the public utilizes some form of social media.
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Trump and Trudeau Meet to Discuss Women in the Workplace
President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted a roundtable discussion focused on women in the workplace earlier this week. Trump kicked off the meeting by stating, “We must ensure our economy is a place where women can work and thrive.”
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Linda McMahon Confirmed as SBA Administrator
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Linda E. McMahon as the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). McMahon is the sixth and third consecutive woman to lead the federal agency.