The dynamics of the intersection of race and gender were the focus of research findings released today at the National Symposium Research to Roadmap:  Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color convened by the Center for Women’s Business Research.  

Over 200 women business owners, corporate executives and business scholars joined the Center at this ground-breaking event. More information about the Current State of Businesses Owned by Women of Color can be found in the full press release.

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Center for Women's Business Research featured on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric - June 17, 2008.

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The Center for Women’s Business Research has submitted testimony to the House Small Business Committee strongly opposing the recent U.S. Small Business Administration proposed rule regarding federal contract opportunities for women-owned businesses.  The result of the proposed ruling would be to hold contracting with women-owned businesses to a more stringent standard than any other segment of the small business community with federal contracting goals.

Looking only at the 6.5 million businesses cited in the 2002 Census that are majority women-owned, we find such large discrepancies in each major industry category that it is apparent that women business owners are under-represented in Federal contracting across the board, instead of in just the four, extremely limited industries identified by the SBA.  Click for full press release and testimony

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