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The Invest In Women podcast series continues the mission of the industry's leading national conference by exploring and discussing the most important issues that impact women financial advisors and their female clients. Joined by the leading voices in wealth and practice management, this podcast series reveals the examples, education and empowerment opportunities available today that help female advisors scale their practices.

Wardah Nur never imagined that she would become a soldier. And, until ten years ago, she couldn’t have. Nur belongs to a small, elite group - the 2013 "lady cadets", as they are called - the latest batch of women to train at the Pakistan Military Academy since it began accepting them in 2006 during General Pervez Musharraf’s presidency.

The calls are relentless, with several feelers a month, said Chang, the chief executive of Accompany, a Silicon Valley startup. Even when she declines the overtures, the tech companies and their agents keep coming back, asking the same question: Will you please join our board?

"Join our Board: Companies Hotly Pursue New Wave of Women in Tech" is from the December 30, 2016 Financial section of The New York Times. It was written by Pui Wing Tam and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

On Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration, women from all over the country will be rolling into Washington for what promises to be an enormous protest against Donald Trump. But millions of women went to the polls for Trump on Election Day, including, according to surveys, 53 percent of white women.

"Why White Women Voted for Trump, in Their Own Words" is from the January 14, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Susan Chira and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.