The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was awarded to Claudia Goldin for her research on gender gaps in the labor market. Ms. Goldin is the third woman to be awarded the economics Nobel, and was the first woman to be offered tenure in Harvard’s economics department, in 1989.
Available for purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Career-Family-Womens-Century-Long-Journey/dp/0691201781/

A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college graduates than ever before, and more women want to have a career and family, yet challenges persist at work and at home. This book traces how generations of women have responded to the problem of balancing career and family as the twentieth century experienced a sea change in gender equality, revealing why true equity for dual career couples remains frustratingly out of reach.

Drawing on decades of her own groundbreaking research, Claudia Goldin provides a fresh, in-depth look at the diverse experiences of college-educated women from the 1900s to today, examining the aspirations they formed―and the barriers they faced―in terms of career, job, marriage, and children. She shows how many professions are “greedy,” paying disproportionately more for long hours and weekend work, and how this perpetuates disparities between women and men. Goldin demonstrates how the era of COVID-19 has severely hindered women’s advancement, yet how the growth of remote and flexible work may be the pandemic’s silver lining.

Anti-discrimination laws and unbiased managers, while valuable, are not enough. Career and Family explains why we must make fundamental changes to the way we work and how we value care-giving if we are ever to achieve gender equality and couple equity.

New York TIMES Article October 11, 2023:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/upshot/claudia-goldin-nobel-prize.html

The COPS Office is pleased to release a new publication:

Implementing Change in an Ever-Evolving World: Law Enforcement's Innovative Responses to a Constantly Changing Landscape

Change management has long been studied in the business community, and many models of organizational change have been proposed with applicability to public-sector organizations such as law enforcement agencies. This publication, Implementing Change in an Ever-Evolving World: Law Enforcement’s Innovative Responses to a Constantly Changing Landscape, provides brief case studies of 13 U.S. law enforcement agencies, large and small, which have successfully managed changes in their policies, practices, and goals. Each case study considers the actions of leadership in light of principles of change management such as strategic clarity, stakeholder engagement, and performance measurement. Insights are included from a September 2022 roundtable of executives from some of the agencies profiled.

LINK: https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/Home.aspx?item=cops-r1133

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-workforce-promotion-broken-rung-mckinsey-lean-in/

WIFLE will close out Women's History Month 2023 with a discussion led by Carolyn J. McMillon on "Celebrating the Women Who Tell Our Stories."  Carolyn is a WIFLE Senior Advisor and a well-known presenter across the U.S.  No registration required. The access link is in the WIFLE notice sent to members and contacts. If you need a link, email carolpaterick@gmail.com.

WIFLE is so pleased that Secretary Mayorkas took time from his busy schedule to speak to WIFLE Members in honor of Women's History Month.  As the leader of multiple federal law enforcement groups, WIFLE members were honored to hear about his support of women in federal law enforcement and his plans to support more women in law enforcement for the Department of Homeland Security.

Advancing Opportunities for Women in the Federal Workplace

FEDtalk is celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a discussion on women in the federal workplace. Guests will discuss how agencies can create a more inclusive space, elevate intersectionality, and improve the gender diverse leadership pipeline.

FEDtalk host Natalia Castro sits down with Catrina M. Bonus, newly appointed President of Women in Federal Law Enforcement; Pamela Richards, President of Federally Employed Women; and Lauren McNally, Director of the Women’s Leadership Center (American Management Association).

FEDtalk is brought to you by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., a federal employment law firm. Bringing you the insider’s perspective from leaders in the federal community since 1993.

Link to listen: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/fedtalk/2023/03/advancing-opportunities-for-women-in-the-federal-workplace/