Deadline approaching to nominate for inaugural Empowering Women awards

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The deadline is fast approaching to nominate a business or organization for our inaugural Empowering Women recognition event.

The Empowering Women awards recognizes companies and organizations that have shown a strong commitment to supporting and elevating women in South Carolina.

Click here to access the nomination form. The application deadline is Dec. 31.

The business and organizations will be honored during a recognition event Feb. 20 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Columbia, as well as recognition in the Charleston Regional Business Report, the Columbia Regional Business Review and GSA Business Report.

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.

Empowering Women honorees are selected by SC Biz News and a panel of judges made up of business professionals, applications and letters of recommendation are judged based on documented hiring and promoting of women; leadership positions held by women; advocacy for the cause of women internally and externally; and efforts to cultivate the next generation of women professionals.

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.
• Support programs that assist marginalized women.
• Provide scholarship assistance to women.