Republican Policy Committee Announces  Women in the Workforce Hearing 

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Topic: How the Private Sector is Helping Women Get Ahead

 Chairman Luke Messer (IN-06) announced today that the Republican Policy Committee (RPC) Working Group on Women in the 21st Century Workforce will hold its next hearing on Tuesday, March 28th, at 1:00 p.m.

Chaired by Rep. Martha McSally (AZ-02) who heads the Working Group, the hearing will focus on how the private sector is currently supporting women and helping them overcome barriers to success. Topics will include increasing workplace flexibility, providing caregiving options and addressing residual bias.

WHAT:           Women in the Workforce Hearing: “How the Private Sector is Helping Women Get Ahead”

WHO:              Debbie Maples – VP of Global Loss Prevention & Corporate Security, Gap Inc.

Kymberlee Dwinell – Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Brian Barkdull – CEO, American Southwest Credit Union

Dr. Donna Ginther – Professor of Economics at the University of Kansas

WHEN:           Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

WHERE:         HVC-210, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.

The Hearing will also be live-streamed here.

You can follow the hearing on Twitter using #GOPWorking4Women.

Members of the Media: 

If you would like to attend the hearing, please RSVP to Molly Gillaspie at Molly.Gillaspie@mail.house.gov (Messer) or Kelly Schibi at Kelly.Schibi@mail.house.gov(McSally).

The RPC launched the Working Group on Women in the 21st Century Workforce in July 2016. A video highlighted previous hearings can be found here.