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New Report!
Avail. 4/22/08
                            

Mind the Gap! 

Women, Wages and the

Pay Gap in Wisconsin
by the WI Women's Council and
the Center on Wisconsin Strategy

 

Press Release (April 22, 2008)

 

Read Governor Doyle's
Equal Pay Day Proclamation

April 22, 2008 is National Pay Equity Day - symbolizing how far into the current year a woman must work to earn as much as a man earned the previous year.

 

Governor Jim Doyle has declared April 22, 2008, Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin, providing "I urge all citizens to recognize the full value of women's skills and significant contributions to the labor force, and further encourage businesses to conduct an internal pay evaluation to ensure women are being paid fairly."

Wisconsin
Women in Local Government

Benchmark Study

Report

County Scorecards

Local Government Rankings

Take Action! Checklist

Press Release

About This Study

This report is the Wisconsin Women's Council's second benchmark study on women and local elected office in Wisconsin.  This report covers nearly 7,000 offices in federal, state, county, city and school district governments in Wisconsin.

 

DID YOU KNOW: Thirty-nine cities in Wisconsin have no women on their City Council.  Is yours one of them?  Read the full report and find out!

 

LEARN MORE:  Read Who Me? What We Know About Why Women Don't Run for Elected Office (Wisconsin, Women's Council, 2007)

 

  

Bringing together education, healthy lifestyle choices and technology can result in a powerful combination for women seeking to prevent heart disease!  Take your Go Red Heart Check Up online at www.GoRedForWomen.org

 

Learn, Earn and Prosper (LEAP)
March 30, 2009

Monona Terrace, Madison, WI

Call for Corporate, Educational
and Non-Profit Sponsors

Be part of this exciting one-day conference for Wisconsin

high school girls on college and career exploration in

science, technology, skilled trades and other higher-wage, high-demand fields.  Don't Miss Out!

Sponsor Levels & Informational Brochure
Sponsor Sign-up Form

 

 2005-2007
Biennial Report

 

Status of Girls in Wisconsin - 2007 Report

Press Release
Executive Summary

For the full report:
http://statusofgirlsinwi.org

 

 

Teens Forward - Your  Future, Your Career

Career 411 for Wisconsin Girls - a web site for Wisconsin high school and middle school girls on college and career exploration.

 

The Wisconsin Women's Council works to identify barriers that prevent women in Wisconsin from participating fully and equally in all aspects of life and works closely with public, private and not-for-profit groups to develop long-term solutions to inequities.  The Council is Wisconsin's statutory commission on the status of women. Its bi-partisan Board is appointed by the Governor and Legislative Leaders.   >>About Us<<

 

Mary Jo Baas was honored by the Wisconsin Women's Council and Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch for 15 years of continuous service on the Women's Council Board. 
Press Release 
 

 

The winners of the Governor's Trailblazer Awards represent a wide range of industries and reflect businesses that have sustained families, anchored communities, and carved a path for women business owners today.

Trailblazer Awards will be made again in 2009.  Nominations will open in 2008 - watch this space!

Photo Album

Meet the 2007 Recipients (pdf)

 

Issue Alerts from the NACW
National Association of Commissions on Women

* Watch this space! *

Disclaimer:  Issue Alerts are provided for informaon only.  The Women's Council is an NACW member.  However, the Council does not endorse legislation and has not taken independent action to review these proposals or their impact in Wisconsin.

The Status of Women
in Rock County, WI
 
WI's first grassroots project to report on the status of women at the county-level.

 

   

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Wisconsin's
Women's Funds

   Women on Corporate Boards 
Research by Milwaukee Women inc
 

Women & Social
Security

 Vote, Run, Lead
(White House Project)

Status of Women in the
States Project (IWPR)

   Women by the Numbers
   Facts and Figures from
   the US Census Bureau 

 
 
New features and projects are posted regularly. 
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—Highlights—
Now Available! 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.
Who Me? What We Know About Why Women Don't Run for Political Office
A new report on women and elected office from the WI Women's Council. Released April 20, 2007.
WI Women's Health License Plate!
Improve the health and wellbeing of women and families in Wisconsin by purchasing a Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation license plate. Your $25 donation will be re-invested in communities all over Wisconsin. It's Easy to Get Yours Today!