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Business strategies and HR practices addressing workplace equity, opportunity and inclusiveness.

    Mary Kay’s "Suits For Shelters" Helps Women in Need With New Outfit and Fresh Start Image

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    07-19-16

    Mary Kay’s "Suits For Shelters" Helps Women in Need With New Outfit and Fresh Start

    Mary Kay Inc. hopes a clean starched blouse or professional skirt can be the first step to a fresh start for Dallas-area domestic violence survivors. Through Suits for Shelters, now in its eighth year, the company coordinates the collection of women’s professional attire, shoes and accessories to...

    Verisk Maplecroft Launches New Girl Stats Data Platform to Accelerate Business Investment in Girls’ Empowerment Image

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    06-30-16

    Verisk Maplecroft Launches New Girl Stats Data Platform to Accelerate Business Investment in Girls’ Empowerment

    Verisk Maplecroft has launched Girl Stats (www.girl-stats.org), a new data-led platform hosting the world’s most comprehensive data sets on more than 50 global development issues affecting...

    Deloitte Survey Finds That a Mere 30 Percent of Resumes Include Volunteering, Despite the Known Benefits to Career Advancement Image

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    06-10-16

    Deloitte Survey Finds That a Mere 30 Percent of Resumes Include Volunteering, Despite the Known Benefits to Career Advancement

    Today’s job applicants may be undervaluing volunteerism according to the results of the 2016 Deloitte Impact Survey released today. The study t...

    Spence-Chapin Services to Families And Children Now Licensed as a Full-Service Adoption Agency In Connecticut Image

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    06-06-16

    Spence-Chapin Services to Families And Children Now Licensed as a Full-Service Adoption Agency In Connecticut

    Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children announced today that, in addition to New York and New Jersey, it has become licensed as an adoption agency in the state of Connecticut. The century old agency will now be able to offer all adoption services as well as mental and emotional health pro...

    Walmart Celebrates Anniversary of Veterans Welcome Home Commitment with Announcement of 130,828 Veteran Hires  Image

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    05-24-16

    Walmart Celebrates Anniversary of Veterans Welcome Home Commitment with Announcement of 130,828 Veteran Hires

    Today, Walmart announced it has hired 130,828 veterans since it announced its Veterans Welcome Home Commitment in May 2013*. Of those veteran hires, 15,176 have been promoted to jobs with higher pay and greater responsibility. 

    On Memorial Day 2013, Walmart introduced the Veterans Welcome ...

    Domestic Violence Survivors Receive a Day of Beauty and Transformation in a United Effort Worldwide Image

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    05-13-16

    Domestic Violence Survivors Receive a Day of Beauty and Transformation in a United Effort Worldwide

    With a goal of 1 million “Makeovers for Good” around the world, cosmetics giant Mary Kay joins its independent sales force in providing pampering sessions for women in need through Mary Kay’s Global Day of Beauty. From the U.S. to Kazakhstan to Brazil and China, Mary K...

    Pact Report Highlights Progress Against Child Labor in Mining in Congo Image

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    05-11-16

    Pact Report Highlights Progress Against Child Labor in Mining in Congo

    Today, Pact released a report detailing the progress of efforts to address child labor in mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report provides an in-depth look at four years of on-the-ground programming in the country, including progress and challenges.

    Around the world, more th...

    Grounds for Health Launches New Program in Kenya Image

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    04-13-16

    Grounds for Health Launches New Program in Kenya

    Grounds for Health, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the prevention of cervical cancer in developing countries, today announced the expansion of its East Africa program to Kenya.  The move into Kenya reflects the organization’s continued commitment to reach women living...

    JLL Takes a Lead on Gender Equality Image

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    04-08-16

    JLL Takes a Lead on Gender Equality

    JLL has joined more than 1,100 business leaders around the world to take a leadership position on gender equality by signing the UN’s Women’s Empowerment Principles.  These seven key principles emphasize the business case for corpora...

    ACI Explores the Complex Science of Soap for Young Scientists  Image

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    03-29-16

    ACI Explores the Complex Science of Soap for Young Scientists

    The science behind the products people use every day will be demonstrated by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) during the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., April 16-17. 

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