Category: Women
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Diversity and Inclusion in the Tech Industry and Beyond
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) does not only mean employing people from different ethnic backgrounds, it also involves gender. According to a report from the Professional Diversity Network, women make up 41.5 percent of the entire national workforce and flourish in accounting and bookkeeping, legal services, education and health. Are there enough women in other sectors…
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Cultivating a Flexible Work Culture
We live in a fast-paced world that is outgrowing the era of the 9 to 5 work day spent cooped up at a desk. Millennials, who are the debutants in the workforce, have a different perspective and desire flexible schedules with the liberty of working from anywhere. Is that too much to ask for, especially…
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The Future of our Communities Lies in our Mothers’ Hands
The number of women rearing children by themselves in America has nearly tripled in the last 45 years, reaching a current estimate of 10 million single mothers in this country. The U.S. Census Bureau reports more than 1 in 4 families with children under the age of 18 are headed by a single parent and…
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NWBC Annual Report: 10 Million Strong
The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) recently released their 2015 Annual Report, 10 Million Strong: The Tipping Point for Women’s Entrepreneurship, detailing last year’s developments, the Council’s accomplishments and their insights and suggestions for the new year. In the email announcing the report’s release, NWBC executive director Amanda Brown states that this is “a time…
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NAWRB Magazine: Volume 5, Issue 1 Women’s Homeownership
Helen Hanna Casey Having launched our National Women’s Homeownership Initiative (WHI) last year, NAWRB begins 2016 with our Women’s Homeownership issue. Our profiles of Hispanic and Asian-American homebuyers illustrate the potential these groups have to bring change and revitalization to the housing market. Our sheCENTER(FOLD), Helen Hanna Casey, is a woman with decades of experience in…
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Does it Cost More to be a Woman than a Man in New York City?
Women already have a tough time getting on par with men in the corporate world, do we now have to fight against gender bias in product pricing too? From Cradle to Cane: The Cost of being a Female Consumer, A Study of Gender Pricing in New York City is a study conducted by the New…
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The Effect of Women on Boards
Here’s a fact: diverse boardrooms and executive offices return higher revenues and depict increased innovative thinking when compared to firms lacking diversity. A recent report from MSCI ESG Research surveying 4,218 companies around the world found that those with numerous female executives and board members represented a Return of Equity of 10.1 percent a year…
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Identity Theft: A National Epidemic
Identity theft has become more prevalent with the advancement in technology. Just as with any other progress we have made, there is somebody who uses it inappropriately. December is National Identity Theft Prevention and Awareness Month and we wanted to share some information on this major epidemic.
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The Power of Asian Women Entrepreneurs
A recent international study conducted by Scorpio Partnership for HSBC Private Bank examined 2,834 entrepreneurs who are actively involved in business and are worth at least one million American dollars, with the average worth of survey participants being $4.6 million. The nations covered in the study are mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the U.K., Germany,…
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Origins of Hotel Figueroa
Built in the 1920s by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), the Moroccan-inspired Hotel Figueroa has been a pinnacle of Los Angeles culture and history for nine decades; from housing tourists to hosting movie sets, the establishment has never lost relevance in downtown LA.