Welcome! Join the League for FREE Today! The League of Women in Government (LWG) was created to serve as the umbrella organization to support local and statewide organizations that advance women in local government leadership. We want to move the needle forward on the number of women serving at the most senior and executive levels [...]
Data on Women Members in the Profession What are the number for YOUR state? To check the number for your state, click HERE. By LWG Editor n September 2012, ICMA President Bonnie Svrcek established a Task Force on Women in the Profession to evaluate the barriers facing women in the local government [...]
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Although many organizations have been hiring women aggressively for nearly a generation, the proportion in top positions has only modestly expanded. By Sally Helgesen, Strategy + Business Blogger Could differences in how women and men articulate ambition early in their careers play a role in determining what opportunities come their way? This question has been [...]
Most people can't afford to take real time off from their jobs without pay. by Jeanne Sahadi, reposted from CNNMoney Yet that's the only choice a majority of U.S. workers have when they have a baby or care for an ailing parent or spouse. Nearly 25% of women go back to work within two weeks [...]
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MEN ARE PROMOTED MORE OFTEN BASED ON “POTENTIAL” THAN WOMEN, WHO ARE STILL REWARDED SOLELY FOR “PERFORMANCE.” HOW DO WE BREAK THE CYCLE? BY GIVING OUR CAREERS A LITTLE P.R. HELP. By Romy Newman, Reposted from Ellevate Network According to a recent study conducted by Fairygodboss, over 60% of women think that [...]
The League of Women in Government is pleased to announce our first signature symposium event in collaboration with the International City/County Management Association: #13Percent to #GenderBalance......BECAUSE IT'S 2016! Join us on Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri for what we know will be an amazing event for women AND MEN in local government. [...]
You’re doing everything right at work, taking all the right advice, but you’re just not moving up. Why? Susan Colantuono shares a simple, surprising piece of advice you might not have heard before quite so plainly. This talk, while aimed at an audience of women, has universal takeaways — for men and women, new grads [...]
Kristen Griest on Course to Become First Female Army Officer Trained to Lead Troops Into Combat By Katie Rogers, Reprinted from the The New York Times Kristen Griest was among the first women to ever graduate from the Army’s elite Ranger school, and after Thursday, she will become the first woman able to lead [...]