As told to Emily Kestel Mayada Alwan is a senior at Valley High School in West Des Moines, where she is a founding member of RISE, a student club that mentors refugees and immigrants. She and her family are Sudanese, Read more…
By Emily Kestel There is a record proportion of Iowa women running for state and federal office this year – barely. Of the 217 candidates running for federal and state legislative office this year, 78 – or 35.94% – are Read more…
By Emily Kestel Women Lead Change held its annual Central Iowa Conference last month, and like last year, I’m once again happy to summarize my 11 pages of notes in hopes that you’ll find something useful or inspiring to tuck Read more…
By Maria Corona, executive director, Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence Intimate partner violence is a preventable but persistent public health problem affecting almost 1 in 2 women in their lifetime. Failing to prevent violence is a public policy choice. Gender, Read more…
By Emily Kestel It’s estimated that more than 80% of women and 40% of men have been sexually harassed in their lifetimes. But until five years ago, sexual harassment and assault weren’t talked about widely in the public sphere. In Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, President and CEO, Business Publications Corp. About 20 years ago when I was working on Wall Street, a colleague who was expecting her first child asked her leader if she could move to a part-time position Read more…
Highlights from the Oct. 6 Fearless Focus conversation on risk-taking By Emily Kestel Any business owner, CEO – or really anyone who is in an elevated or visible position within a community – will admit that getting to where they Read more…
By Danielle Smid, attorney, BrownWinick As a part of the #MeToo movement and litigation that ensued therefrom, employers learned quickly that implementing a strict anti-harassment policy and harassment training for their workforce is imperative in preventing workplace harassment. But harassment Read more…
By Emily Barske, Business Record editor The #MeToo movement is often associated with the downfall of powerful men who for too long abused their authority and influence to harass or assault others, often women. But the movement also gave rise Read more…
By Emily Kestel Right now, only 24 companies in the Fortune 500 are led by women. When you break it down by race, just four of those female CEOs are women of color. Women as a group make 83 cents Read more…