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Women’s News to Chew On: Link Love for Lunch

Posted by YWM on April 6, 2012

Successful, Equitable Workplaces

Sen Gillibrand says women will run Wall Street before the White House (SF Gate)

New LinkIn survey shows women most anxious when negotiating (PR Web)

Women find bread winning role suits them (Centre Daily)

Why successful women terrify us (Forbes)

Women fight for equal pay on Equal Pay Day (MCall)

A review of advice for wanting to succeed in the workplace, caricatures women (HBR)

Gender shouldn’t matter, but apparently it still does (HBR)

Study finds, on average, barely 6 percent of executive positions at the mid-size business level are held by women (Chron)

Pay differences between men and women attributed to several factors: industry, company size, education and experience and as well as the location of a job (SF Gate)

A survey investigates how professional lesbian women perceive their workplace experience (Pride Source)

The most pressing issue facing the transgender community is workplace discrimination (JDSUPRA)

Empowering women improves economy for all (Forbes)

Gender gap tops $1 million at lobbying firms (Bloomberg)

Empowered Workforces

What makes a good mentor; its personal (The Glass Hammer)

Value of women’s networks at work question unless they include management commitment, training and mentoring (Market Watch)

STEM

Mills College debuts new lecture series to inspire future women scientists (Market Watch)

Privilege not an indicator of women’s success in STEM careers (News.KU)

Female leaders in the tech industry said mentorship is key to increasing the numbers of women in high tech (Austin 360)

New efforts offer gateway to women to STEM careers (Star Gazette)

Health

Study suggests  a biological explanation for the racial disparity as to why black women are more likely to develop and die from cervical cancer (Washington Post)

Politics

“Where are the angry American women?”Attacks in legislatures and on the campaign trail have jolted women into action (New York Times)

Saluting Misbehavin’ Women

USC female veteran first to win Mellon Mays award (Daily Trojan)

Small Business

WISE symposium boosts women entrepreneurs (Syracuse)

Veterans/Military

Military spouses go without recognition (Camp Le Jeune Globe)

More women veterans are homeless and housing is scarce (10TV)

Female veterans have harder time finding work (KPHO)

Military wife talks about importance of going back to school for her (Bangor Daily News)

From single parenthood to stalled careers, military spouses make their own sacrifices (MSN)

Other News of Interest

IBM’s new woman CEO puts Augusta in awkward position (Business Week)

The First Lady will appear on “Colbert” Wed, April 11th to talk about her Joining Forces initiative (Inquisitr)

Only 25 percent of Time Magazine’s contenders for its  100 most influential people in the world list are women (Washington Post)

Roughly 65 to 75 percent of the space in the prestigious magazines goes to male writers (Mother Jones)

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Participate in the Equal Pay App Challenge!

Posted by egehl on February 27, 2012

Spread the word to your family, friends, and colleagues about the new Equal Pay App Challenge!

The National Equal Pay Task Force at the Department of Labor wants your help in building innovative tools to educate the public about the pay gap and promote equal pay for women.

On average women are still paid less than their male counterparts for doing comparable jobs.  This means that each time the average woman starts a new job, she’s likely to start from a lower base salary, but it also means that over time the pay gap between her and her male colleagues is likely to become increasingly wider.  This translates to a woman having less in her weekly paycheck, and thousands of dollars less over her lifetime. For women of color and women with disabilities, this disparity is much larger. 

The App Challenge is asking participants to use publicly available labor data and other online resources to come up with new ways to educate users about equal pay, and to build tools that promote closing the wage gap. 

Each submitted idea should achieve at least one or all of the following goals:

  • Provide greater access to pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity
  • Provide tools for early career coaching
  • Help inform negotiations
  • Promote online mentoring

Now is your opportunity to get your creative juices flowing and come up with innovative ways to support women tackle the ongoing wage gap.

The esteemed group of judges, including Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, will examine each entry for three main things:

How well does the application address at least one of the four goals defined for this challenge; how innovative, interesting, and unique is the application in meeting contest requirements; and does the application present information in a way that is easy for the target audiences to use and is pleasing to the eye?

There are various levels of prizes and if you are a grand prize winner you will receive a scholarship to attend an eight-week immersive program hosted by General Assembly where students will attend hands-on classes that build skills and provide an in-depth overview of topics in digital product innovation and entrepreneurship.

Submissions for the App Challenge can be from an individual or a team. Contestants must register for the contest on Challenge.gov by creating an account between January 31st, 2012, and March 31st, 2012. All entries received after March 31st, 2012 will not be considered for prizes. Registrants will receive an email to verify their account and may then enter their submissions via the “Post a Submission” tab (Submissions).

For more information about the contest and how to apply please visit the Equal Pay App Challenge website.

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Women’s News to Chew On: Link Love for Lunch

Posted by YWM on February 17, 2012

Successful, Diverse Workplaces

Why working moms make us mad, and why not dads? [Forbes]

Federal court rules that firing a woman for wanting to pump at work is not discrimination [National Partnership]

Women in government report more jobs satisfaction them men [Government Executive]

Women may earn less but they find their work more meaningful [New York Times]

Is occupational segregation the root of the gender and race wage gap? [OU Daily]

Santorum faces questions on women in the workforce [New York Times]

Glass Ceiling shows cracks yet endures [West Fair Online]

Can an app really change pay equity? [Slate]

Sex discrimination lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart in TX [The 33 TV]

Empowered Workforce

College majors that put women on an equal footing with women [New York Times]

Business schools don’t prepare women for leadership roles in the workplace [Forbes]

Saluting Misbehavin’ Women

First women president of MIT , Susan Hockfield, resigns [New York Times]

CloudNOW selects top 10 women in cloud computing for first annual awards [Sacramento Bee]

Top Boston women in Tech [Boston Globe]

Violence Against Women

Vietnam Veterans of American enraged about Fox commentator’s comments on sexual assault [Sacramento Bee]

Violence Against Women Act becomes partisan issue [Huffington Post]

New V-Day effort, “One Billion Rising,” aims to mobilize 1 billion globally against violence [Washington Post]

Veteran/Military

Soldiers don fake bellies and breast to better understand how pregnant soldiers feel [Stripes]

Administration urges states to help military spouses by easing burden of license portability [Government Executive]

Women in combat?  We have the technology [Forbes]

Female veterans face steep climb back to employment when they return from war [Star Telegram]

The untold story of female veterans [You Are Strong]

The VA budget includes $403 million for the gender-specific health care needs of women Veterans, improving their access to services and treatment facilities [Veterans for Common Sense]

VA sees spike in veteran homeless families [The Day]

Soldiers, veterans welcome changing role of women in the military [Tulsa World]

Health

Santorum supporter, “aspirin between the knees cost effective birth control.”  Andrea Mitchell was speechless [Forbes]

Women need to know heart attack symptoms [Women's Health]

400 shades of lipstick found to contain lead, FDA says [Washington Post]

Gen Y

Young women are more stressed out than anyone else [Business Insider]

Small Business

How women are hurting their fellow female entrepreneur [Forbes]

Other News of Importance

Marriage suits educated women [New York Times]

“Women Hold Up Half the Sky” asserts that the central moral challenge of the 21st century is the full emancipation of the world’s women [Huffington Post]

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State Action Need to Assist Military Spouses with Professional License Issues

Posted by sherrysaunders on February 16, 2012

I was pleased to represent BPW Foundation at the announcement of the new report on military spouse employment that First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, Secretary Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey presented at the Pentagon on Wednesday, February 15th.  The report, “Supporting our Military Families: Best Practices for Streamlining Occupational Licensing Across State Lines,” explains the hardship military spouses face as they move from state to state with their service member. As a result of the many moves associated with military life, spouses working in professions that require state licenses or certification bear a higher high financial and administrative burden, since credentials often do not transfer from one state do to another state. This burden negatively impacts the chances for employment for more than 100,000 military spouses.

The First Lady urged states to pass legislation based on the best practices already in place in several states and said she personally would be urging governors and state legislators to move quickly to put in place rules that would assist military spouses.   She along with all of the other speakers noted the importance of the family in the success of our mission and said that cutting red tape on the portability of occupational licenses would be a big step in easing the burden on military families as they move from state to state.

Eleven of 50 states have already enacted legislation that supports portability of occupational licenses for military spouses including: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Thirteen states have proposed legislation that would assist military spouses if signed into law including: Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Among the nearly 50 professions that state licensure requirements affect are teachers, nurses, speech pathologists, dental hygienists, physical therapists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians and dieticians, the release said, noting that 11 of 50 states have enacted legislation that supports portability for military spouses with occupational licenses

The report provides practical, real and concrete suggestions that states can use as they consider their own legislation.  The First Lady stressed that the report is a road map for states with ideas and suggestions and not an edict or decree.

The report is just one step in the Obama administration’s Joining Forces initiative, launched  by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden to bring together the resources of many government agencies and private sector groups to support military members, veterans and their families. This report was a joint effort of the Departments of Defense and Treasury.

This issue has been a priority for the Pentagon for sometime, having set up a Facebook page during summer to encourage military spouses to advocate for states to change their licensing rules.

BPW Foundation strongly supports this effort by the Administration to help our military families and urges you to find out what your state requirements are on portability of licenses for military spouses and if they are working to  make it easier for a military spouse transferred to your state.  Check with your state legislators.

You can also help our women veterans and military spouses by becoming a mentor.  BPW Foundations Joining Forces for Women Veterans and Military Spouses Mentoring Plus®is built on our long history of women helping women.  Join us in this effort to give back to those who have given so much.

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Support Working Women During February

Posted by YWM on February 14, 2012

Valentine’s Day is only one of this month’s highlights—since 1956, women across the country have celebrated Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation Month during February. Please join in this year’s celebration by supporting the broad-reaching projects and programs of Business and Professional Women’s Foundation.  We hope you will make a contribution this year to assist us as we continue to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to advocate on behalf of working women, women veterans, and their families.
During the past year, BPW Foundation has been actively engaged on the front lines of “hot button issues” that impact the lives of ALL working women, including:
  • BPW Foundation’s report of findings and agreements reached during our October 2010 Joining Forces for Women Veterans Summit has been widely used by government, public, and private sector organizations to support women veterans’ reintegration in the civilian workforce.
  • BPW Foundation’s partnership with Ed2Go and Military to Medicine created new scholarship opportunities for women veterans.
  • BPW Foundation CEO Deborah Frett participated in the White House announcement and launch of Joining Forces for Military Families. Our Joining Forces for Women Veterans and Military Spouses Mentoring Plus® program is a focal grassroots component of this national initiative.
  • BPW Foundation released two research-based reports for use by employers and businesses: Gen Y Women in the Workplace and Gen Y Women To Employers: What They Want in the Workplace and Why It Matters for Business.
  • BPW Foundation conducted research on broadband usage and habits among subsets of women in the workplace and released a report quantifying the impact and implications of high speed internet on their employment and career choices.
  • Career Advancement Scholarships were renewed with BPW Legacy Partners handling the application and selection process.
  • Thanks to you, our supporters, BPW Foundation garnered the most votes in the Alliant Credit Union Foundation “People Voting to Give Back on Facebook” campaign and received $14,000 to support our programs for women veterans.
  • BPW Foundation joined with other leading women’s organizations to inform and educate women about key issues in the upcoming fall election through participation in “HERvotes Blog Carnivals .” Topics have included violence against women, jobs and employment, extension of unemployment insurance benefits, sexual harassment in the workplace, and women’s perspective on the Affordable Health Care Act.
  • BPW Foundation signed letters to Congress in support of legislation including the Family Fairness Act; Healthy Families Act; and the Heart Disease Education, Analysis, Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act.
  • BPW Foundation signed on in support of the Riker vs. Quinnipiac University Amicus Brief to ensure enforcement of Title IX, and commented to the U.S. Department of Labor on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations.
  • BPW Foundation’s Joining Forces for Women Veterans and Military Spouses Mentoring Plus® was launched in January, 2012 and is connecting volunteer working women mentors with women veteran and military spouse mentees to enable their successful reintegration in the civilian workplace.

We made major strides during the last year, and your efforts on our behalf—reaching out to your personal and professional networks, making phone calls, writing emails, and ensuring your voice was heard by your elected representatives—were essential to this success. BPW Foundation thanks you, our supporters, for all of your work.

As we continue advocating for successful workplaces for all working women, including women veterans, we need your support during 2012! Please help us by making a donation today, either online at Business and Professional Women’s Foundation , or by sending a check to BPW Foundation, c/o Wells Fargo, P.O. Box 759189, Baltimore, MD 21275-9189.

Show Your Support for BPW Foundation Now!

Without your involvement, BPW Foundation could not play such a vital role in creating successful American workplaces. Please help us continue improving the lives of working women and their families by making a generous donation today.

Thank you very much!

Here is a link to BPW Foundation’s Fifty Fabulous Facts.  Please share with your friends.

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Everyone Can Lend a Hand Through Mentoring

Posted by serenity order simplicity on January 26, 2012

At a year old, Rachel can walk. However, when we saw her a month ago, she still preferred assistance. She would commandeer the closest adult. Without a word, she made her needs clear. She would lift her arms and whoever noticed knew to extend a finger or two. She grabbed on and headed off—a 2-foot-tall dynamo leading the stooped over, willing adult.

So, what does this have to do with mentoring? Rachel is not your typical business associate. While my connection with my granddaughter is certainly not professional, our interaction has aspects of mentoring.  We have a mutually agreeable relationship that includes respect, communication, and setting boundaries.

Within each of us is the capacity to mentor. And each of us has an area in which we could use mentoring by someone else. Mentoring is more about relationship than skills or knowledge. Probably the biggest “skill” a mentor needs is the desire to help. It’s a relationship built on trust and respect.  And it recognizes that at some point, our mentee will no longer need us and be able to “walk” by herself.

A mentor wants her mentee to succeed. Rachel’s ability to walk is independent of me, but my helping hands have encouraged her in the process. And you can bet I’m there to applaud every step she takes. I’m also there to pick her up when she falls; drying tears if needed.

January is National Mentoring Month, focusing on mentoring as a way to give back.  This year, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation is concentrating on women veterans and military wives.  BPW Foundation has deployed Joining Forces for Women Veterans and Military Spouses® (JFWVMS) Mentoring Plus, a program dedicated to helping women veterans and military spouses connect with working women mentors and subject matter experts (SMEs) to receive support, guidance, and career development.

There is a role for everyone to play. Our mentors and mentees are women of all ages, eras, ranks and skills. Follow this link to sign up to be a mentor, subject matter expert or mentee.

Did you ever teach someone how to use Facebook, or knit, or mix a margarita? Congratulations, you have the skills to be a subject matter expert (SME). While, Mentoring Plus is focusing on career-oriented skills, it’s not so different than teaching other things. In the new world of job seeking, there’s overlap between personal and professional roles. A SME might advise you to have a Linkedin profile or possibly edit the photos you post on social media sites.  Maybe you’d like to rehearse interview questions and a mentor or SME can help. A mentor may also share contacts on her network, point out opportunities, and open doors.

Rachel’s successes are hers to enjoy. I feel honored to accompany her as she blossoms from baby to toddler. Who knows how her life will unfold, but you can be sure of this: I’ll be there to share and shape and guide the person she becomes. You’ll recognize me by my loud cheering, whether she’s jumping off a diving board or walking across a stage to pick up her diploma. And if you are involved in a mentoring relationship, you can probably relate.

Please help us connect 10,000 women veterans and military spouses with mentors during 2012 by sharing this information on webpages, social media, and at meetings.

If you have questions or need further details, please contact us at JoiningForces@BPWFoundation.org.

For updates, follow us:

http://www.facebook.com/BPWF4WomenVets 

https://twitter.com/#!/BPWF4WomenVets

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Women’s News to Chew On: Link Love for Lunch

Posted by YWM on January 13, 2012

Empowered Workforces

Women are opting into career advancement strategies, including mentoring, and giving up work life balance [Forbes]

According to Ginny Rommety, IBM Chief Ex, women round down rather than up when assessing their skills [HBR]

Its time the U.S. adopts paid family leave [WomenseNews]

Women have a hard time taking credit for their success [Huffington Post]

As more husbands stay at home to support their wife, we see the rules changing [BusinessWeek]

During past 50 years, women have advanced in the American workforce yet still often receive lower salaries than male colleagues [IB Times]

Since 2009 recovery began, women have only added 43,000 jobs; picture’s even bleaker for female veterans, who just can’t seem to catch a break [Jezebel]

Successful, Equitable Workplaces

Corporate Boards: shifting from aging men to a new generation of women? [Forbes]

Tools and training prepare managers for workplace flexibility [SHRM]

Ball State University investigates lack of women professors [The Star Press]

Health

New York Times editorial: The Republican Party vs. Reproductive Rights [New York Times]

Odds and Ends

High hopes that 2012 will be a good year for women [New York Times]

Women are a mystery to Stephen Hawking [Reuters]

Roughly half of the planet’s visionary leaders are women and they have probably spent years wishing they could change something, or everything, about their bodies and their looks. [Business2Community

Thanking the women who paved the way [Huffington Post]

On Jan. 12, 1915, the US House of Representatives voted, 204-174, to reject a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. [New York Times]

Small Business

White House helping small businesses drive innovation [WhiteHouse.gov]

STEM

Meet a top female engineer for GM [Freep.com]

A survey by HSN showed that women outstripped men in their interest in owning electronics [Huffington Post]

Gaming keeps gaining among women [emarketer]

Gen Y

The future of work? Here area the top 10 employers of Gen Y [Forbes]

Millennial Women Battle Mentors: Article on disconnect between older mentors. [Forbes]

Saluting Misbehavin’ Women

Judy Smith recently named to the Women in Aerospace board of directors is a supporter of mentoring [Black Engineer]

Veterans/Military

Female engagement team is first for Michigan National Guard [Mlive.com]

Jobless rate for young female veterans climbed in 2011 [Stripes]

Women at War: women’s growing military roles out pace their health care [Stripes]

Joining Forces: Helping women veterans move into new careers [ICDCollege]

Mentoring programs help veterans make the transition [Career Builder.com]

Members of the US women served in the Cadet Nurse Corps are the only uniformed WWII service people not to be considered veterans. [MPNNow]

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January is National Mentoring Month

Posted by egehl on January 4, 2012

January marks National Mentoring Month in honor of all of the wonderful mentors out there working to help others reach their life goals. All of us need mentors at varying stages of life. Mentors help children to succeed in school, support colleagues with figuring out their career paths, or provide invaluable wisdom and guidance when a friend is faced with a hard decision. Mentors can play many different roles and typically they are someone that has your best interests at heart, and can provide feedback and support that you trust and value.

I am lucky to have found mentors throughout my life who have helped to guide me through a number of important decisions. In this tough job market when networking and building relationships is key to securing a new position, having a mentor can be instrumental in guiding you through that process. Mentors are also extremely helpful when you are still deciding on what type of work to pursue and how to reach your professional goals.

In my experience, mentors have been some of my best fans supporting me in every endeavor I undertake. They know my professional ethic, work product and overall value firsthand and have a clear sense of how to convey it to others. Mentors are the people I go to for recommendations, advice on a job search, or when I am seeking to connect to new people and information. They are my friends, colleagues and confidants.

BPW Foundation has launched a new mentoring program specifically geared toward women veterans. BPW Foundation believes that women veterans especially need mentoring assistance as they make what can be a challenging transition back into the civilian workforce. The BPW Foundation Inaugural Joining Forces for Women Veterans National Summit in October, 2010, identified an ongoing need for women veterans and military spouses to find informed, trusted outlets to assess their goals and navigate their way to successful careers –careers that provide economic stability for themselves and their families.

Therefore to meet the needs of these women, BPW Foundation has launched the “Joining Forces for Women Veterans and Military Spouses Mentoring Plus” program. Through this effort, BPW Foundation will develop the tools, outreach, and capacity to support a long term goal of engaging 100,000 women mentors to connect with women veterans and military spouses. By the end of 2012, 10,000 of the total number will be recruited in collaboration with their launch partner, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The BPW Foundation is honored to have received recognition from The Office of the First Lady and the Joining Forces effort, which has highlighted the “mentorship gap” in their selection of BPW Foundation as the point organization for a large-scale mentoring initiative to benefit women veterans and military spouses.

This month think about becoming a mentor or perhaps strengthen the relationship you already have with your mentor. It’s important to maintain your ties with your mentor and keep them up-to-date regarding your professional endeavors so they know how to help you.  And finally, consider becoming a mentor to a woman veteran by getting involved with BPW Foundation’s mentoring program. For more information please visit the website.

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Women’s News to Chew On: Link Love for Lunch

Posted by YWM on December 30, 2011

Empowered Workforce

Instead of work young women are postponing work and careers for more education [New York Times]

Without sponsorship from senior leaders, women don’t have the exposure and experience needed to get ahead. Sponsorship doesn’t happen as naturally for women as it does for men.  [Women at the Top]

Why women lowball other women [Forbes]

Successful  and Equitable Workplaces

Women playwrights and gender stereotypes on Broadway [New York Times]

How to retain talented women at the top [Venture Beat]

STEM

How universities fail women inventors [Business Week]

Still Talking about Gender

Does stripping gender from toys really make sense? [New York Times]

Lego bets on the girls and misses the mark [Hello Ladies]

The truth about boys and girls: challenging toxic stereotypes [Columbia.edu]

Small Bushiness

A new book on fathers and daughters: passing on the family business and the problems that can crop up [Business Week]

The case for women entrepreneurs and leaders [Fox Business]

Self-employed men more likely to have employees than self-employed women [Forbes]

If moms can’t find it; they invent it. Women entrepreneurs [New York Times]

Health

No links seen between HPV vaccine and girls sexual risks [New York Times]

Saluting Misbehavin’ Women

The Forbes 10 most interesting women of 2011 [Forbes]

Forbes woman of the year: Women in Tech [Forbes]

Ginger Miller helping other women veterans [Washington Post]

Woman’s Army Corp clippings are a prize for Women’s Memorial [ocala.com]

Starting in 1978, Grete Waitz showed the world women could run safely run 26.2 miles [New York Times]

Veterans/Military

Female vets talk joblessness and homelessness [CBS News]

Military academies report more sexual assaults [Washington Post]

VA issues new regulations on care of newborns of women veterans [Third Estate]

Bio-feedback program helps women veterans [SB Sun]

Female veteran looks back at Christmas in Fallujah [Mesquite Citizen]

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Women’s News to Chew On: Link Love for Lunch

Posted by YWM on December 16, 2011

Successful, Equitable Workplaces

A look at working women since they have entered the work force in great numbers [The Republic]

Who’s afraid of post-feminism – what it means to be a feminist today [Forbes]

A push to put more women in the halls of power [Miami Herald]

Gender Intelligence Summit – discussed the neurobiology of gender: True inclusiveness isn’t merely about numbers, but understanding that women work and lead differently than men, and that companies can benefit from those differences. [Glasshammer]

For anchor women today, family is part of the job [New York Times]

Empowered Workforce

Obama administration calls for home care workers to qualify for federal wage and overtime protections; could affect 2 million workers [USA Today]

A good mentor can steer you to success. But nearly 1 out of 5 women say they’ve never had a mentor at work. [NPR]

Are we running faster and working harder to get ahead in the world or just to get equal ground? [PegFitzpatrick]

Black women have lost more jobs during the recovery than they did during the recession [Washington Post]

Success has no gender. Men need to make themselves available as mentors to both men and women. [Good Men Project]

STEM

WH Blog: engaging girls using games and digital computing [WhiteHouse.gov]

Where are the women executives in the Silicon Valley? [New York Times]

Will 2012 be the year for women in Tech? [Forbes]

Saluting Misbehavin’ Women

Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the first nurse and first woman sworn in as Army’s 43rd surgeon general [Army.mil]

Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize [Wall Street Journal]

WWI nurse honored for aiding US troops during Battle of the Bulge [Stripes]

Michèle A. Flournoy,  one of the highest-ranking women in the history of the Pentagon, will step down to “rebalance” her personal life [New York Times]

L’Oreal and Hearst announce Women of Worth 2011 awards [Lucire]

Female WWII pilot gives $2 million to flight nursing program [PRNewsWire]

Veterans/Military

Special military units bridge cultural divides and are dangerous work [Inforum]

Army identifies soldiers killed in Kiowa accident – one is a woman [Army Times]

C.O.D.E provides BPW Foundation $100,000 grant to support mentoring women veterans [Examiner]

Women veterans battle PTSD [Wisn.com]

Women Veterans deserve more [Argus Leader]

NY Times Editorial: Injustice for Women in Uniform – on Congress’ refusal to lift ban on abortion in cases of rape [New York Times]

Editorial: Remove ban on women in combat [Virginia Pilot]

Saluting Misbehavin’ Women

Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the first nurse and first woman is the Army’s 43rd surgeon general [Army.mil]

Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize [Wall Street Journal]

WWI nurse honored for aiding US troops during Battle of the Bulge [Stripes]

Michèle A. Flournoy,  one of the highest-ranking women in the history of the Pentagon, will step down from her job to “rebalance” her personal life [New York Times]

L’Oreal and Hearst announce Women of Worth 2011 awards [Lucire]

Female WWII pilot gives $2 million to flight nursing program [PRNewsWire]

Violence Against Women

Nearly 1 in 5 women report having been sexually assaulted [New York Times]

A federal judge dismisses lawsuit filed against former defense secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates by military members and veterans who said they were victims of sexual assault [Washington Post]

Health

More good news for coffee drinkers – 4 cups of coffee may cut endometrial cancer risk in women [New York Times]

Other Important News

Fewer Americans are getting married [Wall Street Journal]

Best jobs for women in 2012 [Forbes]

Andrea Jung, Avon’s long time CEO is booted [Forbes]

They call it the reverse gender gap.  Women as heads of households out earning men  [New York Times]

HERvotes turns focus on top issue for women in upcoming election [AFL-CIO]

Why is military active duty ‘Serving Our Country,’ but parenting Opting Out? [Forbes]

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