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Sherman A1

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Mon Feb 14, 2022, 09:39 AM Feb 2022

How Rung for Women is empowering St. Louis women to land better jobs [View all]

Rung for Women is already out of space.

Since its official launch last year, the St. Louis nonprofit has been flooded with demand from women looking for a career boost.

Nearly 1,000 women applied to participate in Rung for Women’s first cohort, which only enrolled about 115 last March. The program is meant for women making less than $50,000 a year, and it’s designed to help them pivot careers and make more money.

Women consistently earn less than men, and the gap widens over time, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But Rung’s free, part-time program is trying out a new strategy to empower women to climb the economic ladder and become self-sufficient.


https://news.stlpublicradio.org/economy-business/2022-02-14/how-rung-for-women-is-empowering-st-louis-women-to-land-better-jobs

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