New rules ensuring that 5 percent of all small business contracts go to women has sparked controversy. Female-owned businesses, defined as at least 51 percent controlled or owned by females, were awarded 3.4 percent, or about $11 billion, in government contracts in 2006. The failure to hit the 5 percent mark, according to Congressional figures, deprived female owners of roughly $5 billion annually. For more, please click here.
Women’s colleges are facing a new challenge, students who enter as female, but become male. Rey, a student at Barnard, exposes the personal and intuitional challenges of becoming transmale at an elite women’s college. For more, please click here.
A new tradition is emerging in Kenya to replace female genital cutting, one that incorporates coming of age ceremonies and sex-ed. For more, please click here.
A recent report shows that women represent an increasing share of bankruptcy filings. Last year, women represented 39 percent of bankruptcy filings, compared with 28 percent for men; 33 percent of the filings were made by married couples. The statistics may be a result of the increasing number of women in the work force or the increasing number of adult single women. For more information, please click here.
Emerging events in politics over the last few months have brought to light the question: where exactly does society stand on gender matters? From Hillary’s campaign to Eliot Spitzer’s resignation, women are standing on both sides of the debate. For more, please click here.
Women now manage 10 of the 50 largest endowments and foundations. As chief investment officers who handle billions of dollars for big university endowments and private foundations they have made great strides in the past decade.
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