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 Stay Informed!
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Watch the Council's 25th Anniversary Tribute
Video and hear about our history!
NEW!
Financial Tips for Women (tri-fold brochure)
Women's Financial Resource Directory
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DATE: Friday, June 7, 2013
Mt. Mary College
2900 Menomonee River Pkwy
Milwaukee, WI |
"Innovation and Entrepreneurship"
Come hear Nina Vaca share her entrepreneurial journey. Nina is a Director with Kohl's Corporation, a founding board member of Startup America Partnership and is the recpient of the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. .... plus so much more.
Clck Here for program flyer
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The Wisconsin Women's Council is a proud sponsor of this event. |
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FAST FACTS
Economic and Social Status of Women in Wisconsin
This new series uses current Census and other public databases to highlight key statistics related to the economic and social status of women in Wisconsin.
Watch here for new Fact Sheets!
2013 Fast Facts archive.
NEW! Women & Leadership
Click here for the complete Fact Sheet
In Wisconsin, women make up over 49% of the state's workforce and account for 54% of adults with Bachelor's Degree, but remain underrepresented in many key leadership positions in both the public and private sectors.
- A New Report from MilwaukeeWomeninc finds that women hold only 14% of seats on the Boards of Directors of Wisconsin's largest public companies. A figure that has changed little over the past decade.
- In elected local government positions, the statistics are only slightly better. In the Women's Council's most recent study, women held about 20% of local elected government offices across in Wisconsin (county, village, town and school boards, and city councils), and only 10% of leadership positions.
- In 2013, 25% of seats in the Wisconsin State Legislature are held by women - an overall share that remains largely unchanged for the past quarter century.
More FAST FACTS:
Wisconsin's Gender Wage Gap (April 2013)
Where Women Work (April 2013)
Single Mothers and Poverty (March 2013)
Women's Educational Attainment (March 2013)
Demographics of Wisconsin Women (Feb 2013)
Women's Business Ownership (Feb 2013)
Women's Labor Force Participation (Jan 2013)
Women in the Wisconsin State Legislature 2013 (Jan 2013)
 It's Your Financial Life
Visit the Women's Council's New Financial Management and Education Online Directory to find resources to help you meet financial goals!
When women have the tools to better understand how to make, save, grow and manage their own money, they are empowered to move from dependency to freedom in all aspects of their lives. That freedom, in turn, offers the flexibility and opportunity to fully participate as engines of a vital, growing Wisconsin economy.
Mary Jo Baas, Women's Council Chair
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Highlights
25th Anniversary Tribute Video
Teen Dating Violence: A Resource and Prevention Toolkit
From Alverno College. The Toolkit addresses FAQs, current research, risk factors, effects of teen dating violence, impacts of popular culture, action items, and resources for parents, teachers, community members, and teens.
Former Harley-Davidson exec: Bridge manufacturing skills gap with women
Lione advocate[s] for women to be a solution to the skills gap many manufacturers face, where they struggle to find the talent to fill open positions, despite high unemployment rates.
IN THE NEWS: Entrepreneurship is the New Women's Movement
Women are leaving the workforce in droves in favor of being at home. Not to be a homemaker, but as job-making entrepreneurs. (Forbes Magazine)
State Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification
The WBE certification ensures entities that chose to do business with women-owned businesses are confident that their reporting of dollars spent with WBEs will be verifiable and credible. Certified WBEs are eligible to be listed in the State of Wisconsin Directory of Women-Owned Businesses.
Find a Women's Fund
Find a Women's Fund in your community! Wisconsin's Women's Funds empower all women, whether they have $5 or $5,000, to become philanthropists and participate in shaping the future of their communities.
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