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Guest Blogger: Karen Daly on #13Percent in Texas
By Karen Daly - City Manager, City of Hutto, TX Summer has passed, but things are still heating up in Texas! Texas Women Leading Government started earlier this year by holding four lunch meetings across the State. [...]
Guest Blogger: Tammy Letourneau on Work/Life Balance – Yes We Can Do It!
By Tamara Letourneau - Assistant Chief Executive Officer, City of Costa Mesa CA Work/life balance is a topic that women discuss and think about often. It is the subject of discussion at many water coolers, [...]
Guest Blogger: Mayor Sly James on Kansas City’s (WE) Women’s Empowerment Initiative
By Mayor Sly James - Kansas City, MO As Mayor, I attend meetings all across the City and when I do, I often find myself surrounded by men. It’s not enough to point that fact out. [...]
Guest Blogger: Bonnie Svrcek on Planting Seeds with Local Elected Officials
By Bonnie Svrcek - Deputy City Manager, City of Lynchburg, VA Last week I had the opportunity and privilege of presenting to the Virginia Municipal League's Women in Municipal Government breakfast on the Status of Women [...]
Gender Bias – The Big, Ugly, Hard-to-FIx Issue
By Emily Peck, Huffpost Business Things are improving so slowly for women in America that we aren’t going to achieve gender equality at the top for another 100 years, according to a report released by [...]
9 Things You Can Do TODAY to Increase the Number of Women in Senior Executive Roles
"Women are still underrepresented at every level in the corporate pipeline. Many people assume this is because women are leaving companies at higher rates than men or due to difficulties balancing work and family. However, [...]