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The Challenge and the Charge: Strategies for Retaining and Advancing Women of Color 
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In its recent report, NCRW features four exceptional women of color business leaders and explores the lessons learned by eight innovative companies that developed strategies for promoting the advancement of women of color.  The report outlines why this makes economic sense, and identifies ways diversity advocates can create more inclusive institutions that attract, support, and retain women of color in the corporate sector and beyond.

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NCRW’s Emerging Leaders Network Talks Work-Life Fit

By Lauren Crain*

When you hear the phrase “work-life balance,” the image that comes to mind for many is women juggling baby bottles and Blackberries. However the speakers at the Emerging Leaders Network’s Making Life Work for You panel on April 30 challenged the audience to see how the concept of work-life balance applies to all professionals: men and women, entry level and senior leadership.

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Mary Thom, journalist and editor-and-chief for the Women’s Media Center, has died.  A prominent feminist, Thom was a former editor of Ms. Magazine and a consultant for NCRW. Her work with NCRW includes "Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?" and The Challenge and the Charge: Strategies for Retaining and Advancing Women of Color."  Read more
 
 
"Leaning In Together" by Jennifer Allyn, Managing Director, U.S. Office of Diversity, PricewaterhouseCoopers, via The Gender Agenda

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