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  New!  Women's Financial Management
and Education Resource Directory

From child care to retirement planning, use this new directory from the Women's Council to find a wide variety of web sites, resources and online tools to assist you in managing your financial life and achieving your 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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Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2012 Governor's Trailblazer Awards for Women in Business Governor Scott Walker, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and the Wisconsin Women’s Council honored the recipients  of the 2012 Governor’s Trailblazer Awards for Women in Business at an awards ceremony at the State Capitol, held on March 28, 2012.  Press Release (March 28, 2012)   Recognizing long-standing woman-owned businesses across Wisconsin! Meet the 2012 Trailblazer Award Recipients! Press Release Trailblazer Award Homepage  Pay Equity Wisconsin Women earn 77.8 cents on the dollar compared to what men make. The Wisconsin Women’s Council and Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) have released a fact sheet on the gender gap in wages in Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s persistent gender wage gap is evident irrespective of age, race, level of education, or occupation.  Learn more!   Wisconsin Gender Wage Gap Fact Sheet  Presidential Proclamation on Pay Equity Day "Equal pay will strengthen our families, grow our economy, and enable the best ideas and boldest innovations to flourish -- regardless of the innovator's gender. On National Equal Pay Day, let us resolve to become a Nation that values the contributions of our daughters as much as those of our sons, denies them no opportunity, and sets no limits on their dreams."   Brochures from the U.S. Department of Labor that provide tools and information on pay equity, both for employers and employees: ·        A Guide to Women's Equal Pay Rights ·        An Employers Guide to Equal Pay