Articles again - new moms working and paid time off for new dads

How companies are keeping new moms on the job: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=33785062&nid=

Paid time off for new dads: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/03/14/392632777/new-dads-in-togo-are-guaranteed-something-that-u-s-dads-arent?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150314

Male Groups Advancing Women's Careers

http://www.wsj.com/articles/men-pitch-in-to-boost-women-at-work-1426029982?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_careerjournal 
"Catalyst, a nonprofit group that tracks and advocates women’s advancement"

Also: White Men As Full Diversity Partners

Forward Thinking Company - Babies at Work!

http://menloinnovations.com/blog/2010/09/babies-in-the-workplace/#comment-7235

This is great!

Difference between Male and Female Brains and Vodaphone's Maternity Leave policy (wish they had this when I was at Intel!)

How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having "Female Brains")

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2015/03/06/an-unusual-new-policy-for-working-mothers/

Women working in US reduced from 74% in 2000 to 69% in 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/upshot/us-employment-women-not-working.html?abt=0002&abg=0

Flex Jobs website

Would love to know anyone who has used this successfully:
http://www.flexjobs.com/About.aspx

Some new reading

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120939/maternity-leave-policies-america-hurt-working-moms

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/sheryl-sandberg-and-adam-grant-on-women-doing-office-housework.html?_r=0

Capital - Funding for Women-Owned-Businesses

http://women2.com/2013/12/04/funding-loans-target-women-owned-businesses/

Quick google search for "seed money for women based business" = this link.

A Few More Resources

Upward - Uniting Professional Women Accelerating Relationships & Development – a community of like-minded professional women.   Founding chapter in San Francisco, new chapters for 2015 starting in India, the UK, Austin, TX, and Portland, OR.

http://upwardwomen.org/

iRelaunch - iRelaunch is the leading and most comprehensive career reentry resource. A strong advocate for the unique value that returning professionals bring to the workforce, and for the employers that hire them, iRelaunch has connected with a national network of over 13,000 people through more than 185 return to work programs and presentations.  iRelaunch works with three major constituencies:  professionals who want to return to work after a career break, employers interested in this talent pool, and university alumni and professional associations looking to provide career reentry programming and resources for their members. 

http://www.irelaunch.com/

Portland Montly Magazine has many articles on working women this month (March 2015)

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/news-and-profiles/people-and-profiles/articles/10-amazing-women-who-are-changing-oregon-march-2015

A Must Read

http://fortune.com/2015/03/03/female-company-president-im-sorry-to-all-the-mothers-i-used-to-work-with/