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The Women in Tech Election Toolkit is Now Live

The field of candidates vying for a role in our local, state, and federal governments in the 2020 election cycle is crowded. There’s a lot of noise and it can often feel like the issues being discussed aren’t the ones that have the most impact on our lives. That’s why we’re excited that our Women…

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December 16, 2019

Appropriations 101: What are Appropriations and Why Do They Keep Shutting the Government Down?

Let’s start at the top — Congress is constitutionally guaranteed the “power of the purse.” This means that every year, it’s up to Congress to determine how tax dollars get allocated to all of the government’s federal expenditures, from Medicare to public schools, and from maintaining U.S. embassies abroad to dairy farm subsidies. When it…

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December 16, 2019

Data Collection First Step in Promoting Women in U.S. Patents

Women comprised only 12% of all inventors named on U.S. patents granted in 2016. In 2018, Congress passed the SUCCESS Act, a law that directed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to conduct a study and provide recommendations to promote the participation of women, minorities, and veterans in the U.S. patent system. In late…

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December 14, 2019

Help AnitaB.org Launch New Programs for Women Technologists in 2020

At AnitaB.org, we are dedicated to supporting women in tech and providing them with the resources they need to thrive in their careers. Our goal is to reach 50/50 intersectional tech equity by 2025 and to close the persistent pay gap that exists for women and underrepresented minorities. In order to reach this vital benchmark,…

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November 20, 2019

Help Us Raise Awareness on Latina Women’s Equal Pay Day

by Kety Esquivel, Vice President of Marketing and Communications Nearly 12 months. That is how many extra days a Latina has to work just to earn what the average white man earns in a year. In the U.S., Latinas earn 54 cents on the dollar as compared to white, non-Hispanic men. The average woman in…

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November 15, 2019

Acknowledging History: “Hidden Figures” NASA Employees Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

On Friday, November 8, the President signed the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act into law. The legislation honors Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Dr. Christine Darden, and all of the women whose outsized contributions at NASA (or for some at the time, NACA) during the Space Race-era went unrecognized for decades. The legislation bears the…