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Save the Date: 10.22.2014 National Business Women’s Week® Byron’s South End Charlotte, North Carolina Document Prepared by Vilma Betancourt-O’Day, NBWW Charlotte 2014 Chair
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National Business Women's Week 2014 in Charlotte to be held on 10.22.2014, statistics on working women based on 2010 statistics from the Department of Labor
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Save the Date:10.22.2014
National Business Women’s Week®Byron’s South End
Charlotte, North Carolina
Document Prepared by Vilma Betancourt-O’Day, NBWW Charlotte 2014 Chair
U.S. Women in the Labor Force: 2010 Facts
Of the 123 million women ages 16 years and over:• 66 million were employed• 47% of total U.S. labor force• 73% worked in full time jobs• 27% worked part-time
U.S. Women in the Labor Force: 2010 Facts
• 40.6% of women worked in management, professional and related occupations• 32% worked in sales and office occupations• 21.3% in service occupations• 5.2% in production, transportation, and material moving occupations• 0.9% in natural resources, construction and maintenance occupations
U.S. Women in the Labor Force: 2010 Facts
• 46.1% Asian, 40.6% White, 33.8% Black women worked in management, professional and related occupations• 33.2% Hispanic women worked in service occupations
Unemployment rate for women was 8.6%, broken down by:
• 7.5% for Asian women• 7.7% for White Women•13.8% for Black Women• 12.3% for Hispanic Women
Statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/wbpublications.htm
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Please join the conversation about the pressing issues facing working women.
How can we create a successful workplace?
How can we create an empowered workforce?
Does your organization offer a mentoring program?
Are the mentors receiving cultural and multi-generational competence training?
About National Business Women’s Week
• Originated with Emma Dot Partridge, Executive Secretary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs from 1924-1927• First annual observance of NBWW was held April 15-22, 1928• BPW National President Lena Madesin Phillips opened the week with a nationally broadcasted speech• Purpose of the week was “to focus public attention upon a better business woman for a better business world.”• NBWW has grown into a nationwide salute to all working women• In 1938 NBWW was moved to the third full week of October• U.S. President Herbert Hoover was the first President to issue a letter recognizing NBWW and the contributions and achievements of working women.
Please visit www.mbpw.org for more information about NBWW Charlotte.
