For your reading pleasure

07.06.10 Women Still Reluctant to Help Eachother

07.06.10 Women Will Rule the World

May 2010 Are Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men

March 2010 Women Leaders and Resilience: Perspectives from the C-Suite

01.25.10 The Decade for Women

2009 Stepping Stones Report

10.22.09 The New Breadwinners

09.24.09 A new generation of Hmong women pursues college

2008 Contemporary Women's Roles through Hmong, Vietnamese, and American Eyes

September 2008 The Business Case for Women

February 2007 Sex Matters: Gender Di®erences in a Professional Setting

2005 Hmong and Lao Refugee Women: Reflections of a Hmong-American Woman Anthropologist

2002 Across the Ocean: The Impact of Immigration on Hmong Women  

Links to knowledge and success

The Office on the Economic Status of Women (OESW) advises the legislature and provides information and statistics on women in Minnesota. The office gathers information on population characteristics, educational attainment and enrollments, marital and parental status, household characteristics, labor force status and employment characteristics, and basic information on women's legal and economic rights. 

WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions.

The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality works to ensure coordination and cooperation on the promotion of gender equality throughout the United Nations system.

National Organization for Women (NOW) works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society.

The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) is a network of 120 leading research, policy and advocacy centers dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls.

Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together's mission is to be a catalyst for lasting cultural, institutional and social change to improve the lives of Hmong women.

Leadership Paradigms, Inc. offers a variety of workshops and seminars to help you develop and promote your personal and organizational leadership. Workshop: Women's Ways of Leading.

Founded in 1995, Asian Women In Business (AWIB) is the only non-profit, tax-exempt organization in the country with the primary mission of assisting Asian women entrepreneurs

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries; and boasts over 7000 members and 80 chapters across the country.

Ethnic Trends.com: The Dynamic Power of Ethnic Capital In The USA

 Council on Women and Girls signed into law in 2009 by President Obama, the purpose of the Council is "to ensure that each of the agencies in which they're charged takes into account the needs of women and girls in the policies they draft, the programs they create, the legislation they support" and that the true purpose of our government is "to ensure that in America, all things are still possible for all people."