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What the Pay Gap Means for You
Equal Pay Day is held annually in April to designate the point into a year that a woman must work to earn what a man made the previous year. This year, Equal Pay Day 20 falls on April 20. In 2008, women working full-time, year-round earned, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Even though gender wage discrimination has been illegal since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the wage gap persists. Women earned 59 cents to every dollar earned by men in 1963, but progress has slowed and the gender wage gap widened slightly from 77.8 to 77.1 percent between 2007 and 2008. Read More
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SC women must help other SC women
The late American humorist Erma Bombeck once said of women: "We've got a generation now who were born with semi-equality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attaché cases and our three-piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle." Read More
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Deb Sofield elected President of the Women's Campaign School at Yale
Sofield is a 2001 graduate of the Women's Campaign School at Yale and has served previously on the board as Vice President; she is also the public speaking trainer at the school. Read More
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Women's cancer risk may increase with just a few drinks
Attention, libation lovers: Middle-aged women who indulge in just a few alcohol-containing drinks each day may have a higher risk of cancer than those who drink less often, according to a report released Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Read More
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Teen Birth Rates Up in 26 States
The latest data on teen birth rates shows significant increases in 26 states, according to government data out today, which suggests that the rise in teens having babies is geographically broad-based and represents most regions of the USA. Read More
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Top Ten Resolutions for Minority and Women Business Owners
As 2009 begins Minority and Women Business Owners are making plans to keep their businesses alive, and hopefully even grow them, during a precarious economic time. Read More
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One Gender's Crash
Let me begin with the caveats: I like men. My husband is one, as are my two sons. I have spent most of my career surrounded by men, and I have no major complaints. But as the financial debacle unfolds, I can't help noticing that all the perpetrators of the greatest economic mess in eight decades are, well, men. Read More
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Female Majority to Control N.H. Senate
New Hampshire's state Senate will carve history for the Granite State in January when the legislative body convenes with women in 13 of the 24 seats forming the country's first female majority. Read More
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One vote's lasting power
Get-out-the-vote campaigns often make the point that every vote counts, which is true of course. Sometimes, however, the impact of a single vote goes well beyond one more ballot in the final tally; sometimes, one vote is enough to secure the rights of civic participation for thousands of disenfranchised citizens. Read More
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Political ladder proving steep for women in S.C.
Even though the S.C. Senate has never had more than a sprinkling of women, there's a real prospect that next year's 46-member, upper chamber will - for the first time in decades - once again be an all-male body. Read More
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Where Are The Women?
S.C. ranks last in percentage of female legislators. Read More
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Seeing pink elephants
A view of the RNC by Joan Brady in The State on September 12, 2008. Read More
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Women, get out of the home and into the House
S.C. ranks last in women in elected offices Read More
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Newly Elected Officers for SC Legislative Women's Caucus
New officers of the S.C. Legislative Women's Caucus are Rep. Vida Miller; Rep. Joan Brady, chairman; Rep. Shannon Erickson; and Rep. Laurie Funderburk. Read More
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Our Own Glass Ceilings
As Hillary Clinton cracks her head against what she likes to call "the highest and hardest glass ceiling," there's no doubt that she craves the presidency as much as any man does. Read More
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The Million Woman March
What female entrepreneurs are doing to help themselves - and their sisters. Read More
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Meet the Framebreaker
Simon Hobbs interviews Indra Nooyi, CEO and chairman of American giant PepsiCo Read More
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The 2008 Top 10 Companies for Executive Women and the Critical Factors that Set Them Apart
Each year the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) examines applicants for the Top Companies for Executive Women. The top companies stand out in corporate America by virtue of the cultures of success they offer women. Read More
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BUSINESS TRENDS: Women still face glass ceiling
According to job experts, things are better for women in the workplace than they were in the 1960s and 1970s. But the glass ceiling still exists, according to Gannett News Service. Read More
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Current State of Businesses Owned by Women of Color Highlighted at Research Symposium
The dynamics of the intersection of race and gender were the focus of research findings released today at the national symposium "Research to Roadmap" Read More
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South Carolina Women's Business Center client wins top national recognition!
Deborah Moore, President & CEO of AccuStat EMR, & the current US Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Person of the Year for the state of South Carolina... Read More
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Women business founders rising, but slowly
Where are the Starbucks, Nikes, Amazons, Home Depots and Genentechs founded by women? Read More
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Self-Employed Women Differ From Their Wage and Salary Earning Counterparts
Self-employed women tend to be older, are better educated, and have more managerial experience than wage and salary earners. Read More
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Microfinance's Success Sets Off a Debate in Mexico
Carlos Danel and Carlos Labarthe turned a nonprofit that lent money to Mexico's poor into one of the country's most profitable banks. Read More
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Study: Poverty rampant, especially for black women
A new study on the economic status of South Carolina women shows one in seven lives in poverty, including almost a third of the state's black women. Read More
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Women on Boards
The 2007 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors, Corporate Officers, and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 was released on December 10, 2007. The report shows that despite the flat growth in the number of women in senior leadership positions, women held a greater percentage of powerful board committee chair positions in 2007 compared to 2006. Read More
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High School Dropouts: A Problem for Girls and Boys
(Washington, D.C.) An alarmingly high number of girls are dropping out of high school and these female dropouts are at particular economic risk compared to their male counterparts, according to a report by the National Women’s Law Center. Read More
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Citi Education Series on Family Economic Security
The Citi Education Series on Family Economic Security at the National Women's Law Center covers topics that are vital to women and families. Read More
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South Carolina Women Entrepreneurs: A Status Report
The Authur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership study, South Carolina Women Entrepreneurs: A Status Report, commissioned by The Alliance for Women, serves as a foundation for the 2007-08 Alliance agenda to increase women’s economic autonomy. Read More
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National Women's Law Center Releases its National Report Card on Women's Health
The 2007 National Report Card on Women's Health, published by the National Women's Law Center and Oregon Health & Science University, ranks South Carolina as 43rd in the nation on this issue. Read More
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Key Facts about Women-Owned Businesses: The Overall Picture
Nearly 10.4 million firms are owned by women (50% or more), employing more than 12.8 million people, and generating $1.9 trillion in sales. Three quarters of all women-owned businesses are majority owned by women (51% or more), for a total of 7.7 million firms, employing more than 7.1 million people, and generating $1.1 trillion in sales. For the past two decades, majority women-owned firms have continued to grow at around two times the rate of all firms (42% vs. 24%). Women-owned firms, 50% or more owned by women, account for 41% of all privately held firms. Read More
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National Research Project to Accelerate Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color
Five cities were selected as sites for a national research study to identify obstacles to business growth faced by women business owners of color. Day-long research forums, conducted by the Center for Women's Business Research and Babson College, have been held in Philadelphia, Atlanta, and San Francisco. Read More
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South Carolina 47th in earnings gap between men and women in US
The April 2007 AAUW research report, Behind the Pay Gap, highlights the magnitude of the salary gap in South Carolina. Nationally, a dramatic pay gap emerges between women and men the year after they graduate from college and widens over the ensuing decade. Read More
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SC Commission on Women identifies HPV vaccine as Number 1 health initiative for 2007
Medical experts call the new human papillomavirus cervical cancer vaccine nothing short of a miracle. The South Carolina Commission on Women and The Alliance for Women have identified the HPV vaccine as their Number 1 women's health initiative for 2007-08. Read More
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Think Tank on Women Entrepreneurs makes recommendations to improve climate for women in SC
The Think Tank on Women Entrepreneurs completed its work in September 2006 and sent the report with recommendations to the Governor, the State Chamber, the Competitiveness Council and the SC Department of Commerce. Read More
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Alliance for Women Agenda
Increasing women's economic autonomy. A pay gap of $9800 is not acceptable! And waiting until large employers with good paying jobs move into SC is not the answer. The answer is increasing the number and growth rate of women-owned-businesses. For more information on how SC might transform the climate for women's business. Read More
You Should Know
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