Federal Women's Program

Iowa Program Manager:  Christine Taliga, (319) 213-9243

The Federal Women’s Program (FWP) is a special emphasis program established in 1963 to enhance employment and advancement of women. Executive Order 11478, signed in 1969, brought the FWP into the overall Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program and placed it under the stewardship of the Director of EEO.

The program seeks to:

• Ensure that Federal agencies institute, plan, and take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity to women applicants and employees in all areas of employment (recruitment, hiring, training, promotions, and awards)
• Provide a means for women to communicate their concerns to management.
• To ensure that agency meets the requirements of the EEO laws, Executive Orders, and EEOC guidelines.
• To advise management of their FWP responsibilities, the status and progress of the program, and the concerns of women in their organization.

Files on this page require Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word.

Upcoming Events

• Outdoor Journey for Girls (PDF)
  • Flyer (DOC)
  • Participant Registration Form (DOC)
  • PF Chapter and Other Sponsor Registration (DOC)
  • Frequently Asked Questions (DOC)
  • Chaperone Information (DOC)

Iowa NRCS Federal Women’s Program Brochure (PDF)

Four Facts on Women Workers:

• Women account for 46% of the total national labor workforce in 1995.
• Within 1995, women represented 42.9% of the federal workforce  (excluding postal services).
• The ratio of women's median weekly earnings to men's in 1995 was 75.5%.
• Employment and earning rates rise with educational attainment for both men and women but earnings are on an average 27.6% lower for women with various levels of college courses than for males with the same education.

Professional Organizations

• Earth Care Connection
• Soil and Water Conservation Society
• Federally Employed Women

Sexual Harassment Information

The following documents require Microsoft Word.

Sexual Harassment - What Is It?  (DOC, 33 KB)
Test Your Workplace Harassment  (DOC, 30 KB)
How can we avoid offending the people we work with?  (DOC, 28 KB)

Resource Links

• 2008 Women's History Month Poster (PDF, 80 KB)    New!
• 2007 Women's History Month Poster (PDF, 738 KB)
• Women in the Soil Conservation Service by Douglas Helms, Published in Women in Natural Resources 14 (September 1992)
• Distinguished Women of Past & Present
• National Federal Women's Program Homepage
• First Ladies
• Iowa Women's Hall of Fame (From the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women)
• Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919)
• Minerva
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• North Dakota Federal Women's Program
• Women in GIS
• National Women's History Project
• Women Physicists

Related Links

• March is Women's History Month - "Generations of Women Moving History Forward"  (PDF, 151 KB)
• National Women’s History Project
• U.S. Dept. Of Labor-Women's Issues
• General Manual Part 403 Subpart B-Federal Women’s Program
• Women's History Newsletter
• Women's Rights - Center for American Progress

National Awareness Observances

• Monday nearest January 15th Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance
• February Black History Month
• March Women's History Month
• Fourth Thursday in April "Take Our Daughters to Work" Day
• May National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• August 26 - Women's Equality Day
• September 15 - October 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
• October National Disability Employment Awareness Month
• November National American Indian Heritage Month March - Women's History Month

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