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NAWRB Co-Hosts InnovateHER with SBA: Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Jennifer Stewart-Tai, President and Founder of City Girl Prepper, for winning the InnovateHER Challenge co-hosted by NAWRB and the Small Business Administration (SBA)! This morning, NAWRB co-sponsored the InnovateHER Innovating for Women Challenge 2017 at the Lutron Electronics Training Center in Irvine, CA. This competition is inspired by the need for innovative products…
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Putting Tools in the Hands of Women Entrepreneurs
At the Small Business Administration, we recognize that helping small women-owned businesses is critical to our economy. Women-owned businesses are one of the fastest growing segments. In fact, from 2002 to 2007, the growth of women-owned firms outpaced firms owned by men at a rate of 4-to-1. The impact women-owned businesses have on our economy…
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Newsletter: Best Cities for Working Moms – National Bike Month – InnovateHER Challenge Deadline May 22
Best and Worst States for Working Moms in 2017 A new report from WalletHub analyzes the best and worst states for working mothers by comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three factors: 1) Child Care, 2) Professional Opportunities and 3) Work-Life Balance. Using 13 metrics-ranging from gender wage gap to parental leave policies-the…
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Newsletter: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month – InnovateHER Challenge & Roaring Thirty Awards Deadline
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2017 May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, dedicated to the celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. In 1978, the first 10 days of May were selected to honor Asian/Pacific American history; in 1992, Congress expanded the observance to the entire month…
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Newsletter: CFPB Diversity and Inclusion Strategies – NWBC Women’s Entrepreneurship Report
CFPB Releases Report Promoting Diversity and Inclusion The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a report summarizing strategies for the promotion of diversity and inclusion (D&I) by mortgage industry professionals. Addressing diversity practices, such as establishing engagement from top leadership, the report comes from the CFPB’s collaboration with the financial services industry. “The…
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Newsletter: Cybersecurity Still an Issue within Banks – Six of the 10 Lowest-Paying College Majors are Female-Dominated
Cybersecurity Still an Issue within Banks A recent Accenture report surveying hundreds of senior banking security executives around the world, Building Confidence: Solving Banking’s Cybersecurity Conundrum, reveals that cybersecurity threats for banks and other financial services institutions remain a pervasive problem despite general bank confidence. Cyberattacks 78 percent of banking respondents expressed confidence in their…
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First Lady Melania Trump and State Department Honor Courageous Women
Earlier today, First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon honored incredible women from around the world with the 2017 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award. The award annually “recognizes women around the globe who have demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice,…
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Who is the Most Influential Woman in Your Life?
In honor of Women’s History Month, we went around NAWRB headquarters and asked some of our team who the most influential woman in their life is. From mothers to idols and peers, the NAWRB team provided some powerful responses about the incredible women in their lives.
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Volume 6, Issue 1 – Technological Impact
NAWRB International Magazine Volume 6, Issue 1 – Technological Impact sheCENTER(FOLD) Marcia Davies, COO of MBA A New Jersey farm girl at heart, Marcia Davies chronicles her amazing story, from walking away at the height of her career to her proudest accomplishment in rebranding MBA. She provides a look at the life of a C-suite…