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US Companies Intensify Board Inclusion Efforts/ American Women Dominate Medal Count /Parental Leave Increases Workforce Participation in Canada/YWPN opens 8th School in El Paso

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    US Companies Intensify Board Inclusion Efforts/ American Women Dominate Medal Count /Parental Leave Increases Workforce Participation in Canada/YWPN opens 8th School in El Paso

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    Happy Tuesday:

    I held up yesterday’s letter so I could share with you the news of the opening of the 8th school, this one based in El Paso, founded by the Young Women’s Preparatory Network. The coverage can be found here: http://m.kvia.com/news/back-to-school-first-girls-academy-opens-in-el-paso/41278022  http://cbs4local.com/news/local/yisds-first-female-academy-opens-for-school-year

    Speaking of young women doing great things, American women dominated the medal count at the Rio Olympics. The US team brought home more medals than any country with a total of 121 of which women won 61 total medals and 27 of those were gold. Had the US women competed as a separate country, they would have ranked third in the overall medal chart behind China (70) and Britain (67). It is exciting to see the accomplishments of these women who have had equal access to sports. The full article can be found here:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/sports/olympics/for-those-keeping-score-american-women-dominated-in-rio.html?_r=0

    On the more good news front, a growing number of US companies have intensified their efforts to increase the number of women on their boards. Some companies have begun to restrict their initial searches to women and others are at least interviewing one woman for each board search which is real progress. The full article can be found here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/some-firms-intensify-push-for-gender-parity-at-board-level-1471357128

    If you are interested in a board position, there are steps you can take including joining organizations like the Board Connection which is right here in Texas: http://www.theboardconnection.org/

    Bloomberg published a great piece on how parental leave increases workforce participation for women. Last year, the participation by women in their prime working years declined to 74% while in Canada it rose to 81%. More women in the workforce means better GDP numbers so the US has some catching up to do. Read on: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-18/the-gap-between-u-s-and-canadian-working-women-that-keeps-growing

    Finally, the Fox News sexual harassment scandal has exposed the fact that the secrecy around the settlements of issues like this actually protect the abuser and the companies that would rather cover up abuse. The full article can be found here:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/business/secrecy-of-settlements-at-fox-news-hid-bad-behavior.html

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