Empowering Women nominations due today

New Orleans CityBusiness is inaugurating a publication to recognize companies and organizations that have shown a strong commitment to supporting and elevating women in the New Orleans area.

Empowering Women is designed to showcase tangible and innovative efforts by companies, law firms, nonprofits and other organizations to advance women in the workplace and community.

This new recognition will complement long-standing CityBusiness programs that highlight high-achieving women – Women of the Year and Nonprofit Organizations.

“New Orleans CityBusiness has over 40 years of history recognizing and honoring women leaders,” said Lisa Blossman, managing director at New Orleans CityBusiness. “We are excited to build on Women of the Year by launching Empowering Women to recognize organizations that invest in, elevate, and support women leaders.”

Judges will use a variety of criteria to evaluate companies and to showcase those that have earned recognition. Empowering Women will honor companies that can demonstrate a commitment to some or all of the following:

• Have a track record of recruiting, hiring and promoting women in their organization.
• Offer a mentoring program for women.
• Work toward systemic change in society to combat inequality.
• Place women on their board or C-Suite.
• Contribute to advancing the cause of women through outside philanthropic or community endeavors.
• Provide scholarship assistance to women.

CityBusiness hopes that by recognizing the achievements of those organizations that have empowered women, will provide guidance and inspiration to others hoping to emulate those successes.

Applications are open now and will close on May 30. Winners will be profiled in New Orleans CityBusiness on August 25.

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