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Female Entrepreneurs Win Notice for Taking Risk

By Marianne Sullivan ● Employment ● January 27, 2005

Female entrepreneurs are sometimes presumed to be more averse to business risk than their male counterparts. But advocates say a study showing their actually high tolerance of risk is helping to clear the air.

Business Owners Push for Share of U.S. Contracts

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● October 29, 2004

Female small business owners still don’t receive their mandated 5 percent of federal contracts. Now, these woman are banding together to voice their complaints, which they say they will take to the voting booths on Tuesday.

Women’s Poverty Deepens Amid Slow 2003 Recovery

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● August 30, 2004

Even though 2003 was a year of economic recovery, it was not a good year for women. As the gender wage gap widened, the poverty rate for women and girls increased for the third straight year while more single-mother families were pulled into poverty.

Smart Money Flows to Female-Friendly Companies

By Marianne Sullivan ● Employment ● August 9, 2004

As corporate scandals mount, socially responsible investment funds are doing well. In the past year, one fund that watches out for women’s workplace interests has outperformed those measured by a key stock-market gauge.

Women Knit Own Venture-Capital Networks

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● July 22, 2004

Women are still a tiny minority in the small-and-select world of venture-capital finance largely because of insufficient networks. But some women are trying to erase these boundaries and gain access to resources, knowledge and capital.

Kerry, Bush Court Votes of Female Business Owners

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● May 27, 2004

Both the Kerry and Bush campaigns are going after female business owners, a bloc that votes more, earns more and crosses party lines more often than other women.

Paid Sick Leave Is Rare for Low-Income Women

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● April 29, 2004

Advocates are pushing for more generous work-leave policies for low-income women–a group that often needs it most, whether paid or unpaid, but is least likely to be entitled to it.

Wage Gap Is Wider for Women of Color

By Marianne Sullivan ● Employment ● April 23, 2004

Minority women’s earnings lag not only those of men, but also those of other women, according to a study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Authors hope the findings will fuel gender-pay policies that consider race and ethnicity.

New York Recruits Women for 9/11 Hardhat Jobs

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● April 2, 2004

More than $10 billion dollars is slated to repair the damage in lower Manhattan wrought by the attack of Sept. 11, 2001. With worker shortages in the construction trades, organizations are reaching out to women for the highly paid jobs.

Many Women See Social Insecurity in Tax Cuts

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● March 30, 2004

Tax-cut policies–not aging baby boomers–are what really threaten Social Security and Medicare. That’s what many women’s groups argue and they are invoking last week’s annual reports by the trustees of both programs to bolster their case.

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