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Advice, words of wisdom, hopes for Iowa women in new year
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To usher in the new year, we asked more than a dozen women who live across the state to write about their hopes, dreams, and things to keep in mind for women’s advancement and gender equity.
Together, their columns provide a holistic view into the various barriers, experiences and challenges that women face. Topics featured in their submissions include women in leadership, supporting small business owners, self-care, higher education, women in political office, self-advocacy, maternal health and mental health.
Enjoy, and happy New Year!
– Emily Kestel, Fearless editor
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We need more women to run for public office | By Karen M. Kedrowski
In 2023, a record number of women will serve in the U.S. Congress, as governors, and in state legislatures. Even with these historic gains, women, who are a majority of voters, are still woefully underrepresented as elected officials. We as a society need women to run and serve.
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We must learn to be our own best advocates | By Karen Mackey
As women, we have been told for most of our lives to be quiet, to sublimate our desires and needs for the needs of others. While we can do an amazing job of advocating for others, many of us cringe at the thought of standing up for ourselves and asking for what we deserve.
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TV journalist Barbara Walters, who blazed a trail for women in a male-dominated industry, died at age 93. Walters was known as the co-creater of ABC's "The View," and was the first female anchor of a network news program.
With Hy-Vee’s latest leadership changes, Donna Tweeten is the first woman to be named a president of the company. Tweeten will oversee Hy-Vee’s private brands, merchandising, marketing, digital initiatives and its new retail media network. Previously, she served as executive vice president, chief marketing officer.
Self-taught British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who played a key role in the punk movement, died at the age of 81. She also used her platform as a climate and social justice activist.
The U.N. Security Council on Dec. 27 decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately.
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"CHEERS TO A NEW YEAR AND ANOTHER CHANCE FOR US TO GET IT RIGHT."
OPRAH WINFREY
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Iowa women still make up less than one-third of C-suite
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BY EMILY KESTEL, FEARLESS EDITOR
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The majority of Americans believe it’s more likely that self-driving cars will be a normal mode of transportation before women make up half of the CEOs at Fortune 500 companies, according to a recent survey.
In Iowa, the proportion of women at the highest levels of leadership has risen by 4% in the last dozen years. The latest data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows that women continue to hold fewer than a third of executive-level leadership positions in Iowa’s private sector.
The EEOC requires periodic reports from employers across the country about the gender and racial makeup of their workforces. Data from the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 reports, which details private companies with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees, was used for this article.
Women in Iowa have consistently made up 46% to 47% of the private-sector workforce in the state, according to the EEOC. Yet the rate of women in leadership positions is far below that.
Women hold about 40% of midlevel management positions in Iowa. At the executive level, that rate drops to 31%.
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How to kick 2023 off on the right foot
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BY EMILY KESTEL, FEARLESS EDITOR
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A screenshot from NPR's Life Kit Resolution Planner.
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I’m not sure where the tradition of making New Year’s resolutions came from, but I unapologetically take part in it every year in one way or another.
I’ve written down intentions, selected words of the year, taped words of encouragement on my walls, created new habits and collaged vision boards.
There’s no right way to set goals or intentions for the coming year – and there are many people who don’t do this at all, which is also totally OK – but if you happen to be in the "new year, new me" mindset, here are a few resources that may help you kick 2023 off on the right foot:
- NPR’s "Life Kit" has curated an interactive index of tips, advice and ideas that fall into several categories, including exercise, career, hobbies, personal finance and relationships.
- Lifestyle blog Cup of Jo features a post on making a "do more" and "do less" list. On the "more" side could be things like stretching, walking, reading or eating delicious food. The "less" side could have things like mindless scrolling through social media, spending money on fast fashion or being late.
- Elisabeth McKnight shares strategies for picking a word of the year, and lists 100 ideas to get you started.
- "Atomic Habits" by James Clear is a highly recommended book that teaches you about creating lasting habits.
- Oprah Daily has an in-depth guide to making a vision board to help visually represent your goals and dreams. You can do it the old-fashioned way by cutting up magazines, or digitally by creating a Pinterest board.
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