Women hold less than a third of leadership positions in local government across the state, according to a new Utah State University study.
The third study through the Utah Women & Leadership Project at USU revealed that statewide, women hold nearly 40% of available government leadership positions, but they average less than 30% at the town or city level in Utah.
The difference is “striking,” according to Susan Madsen, the director of the project, and can be seen throughout Cache County, where there are only three women who serve as municipality mayors (Holly Daines, of Logan, Sheridean Flint in Hyde Park, and Stephanie Miller in Hyrum) out of 19 cities. Read the rest of the story on HJnews.com.
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