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The Status Of Women Leaders In Utah Nonprofits: A 2018 Update, Susan R. Madsen, Ashlie Hew-Len, Amber Thackeray Feb 2018

The Status Of Women Leaders In Utah Nonprofits: A 2018 Update, Susan R. Madsen, Ashlie Hew-Len, Amber Thackeray

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In 2014, the Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) published a research and policy brief titled “The Status of Women Leaders in Utah Nonprofits.” The document was the second of four Utah studies published that year; the others focused on the status of women’s leadership in politics, education, and business. This brief gives a four-year update to decide what, if any, progress has been made in women’s leadership within Utah’s nonprofit sector. The brief compares Utah data with national data, reviews the applicable literature, and compares these results to the data in the 2014 brief.


The Status Of Women Leaders In Utah Nonprofits, Susan R. Madsen, D. Candice Backus, Glaucia Jones, Brian Fischer Feb 2014

The Status Of Women Leaders In Utah Nonprofits, Susan R. Madsen, D. Candice Backus, Glaucia Jones, Brian Fischer

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

In September 2013, the Center for American Progress released a report titled “ The State of Women in America: A 50- State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Nation.” This report ranks Utah last of all 50 states in terms of women being in positions of decision making and leadership. Although the focus is solely on the percentage of women in elected office and private sector management positions, we feel that a more detailed look on the status of women in leadership in various sectors within the state would be useful. This is the second of four 2014 …