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Public officials join women’s groups to study lifestyle issues

Monday, March 20, 2000 | 9:36 a.m.

State leaders called for a renewed emphasis on women's economic and lifestyle issues Saturday at the Nevada Women's Summit 2000, a biennial statewide conference.

More than 300 people, including Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt, Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., and a dozen state legislators attended the all-day conference at the Riviera hotel-casino.

The networking and informational event was hosted by Nevada Women's Agenda and was intended to raise awareness of economic and public-policy issues important to women in Nevada, such as improving child care options and fostering women's entrepreneurship.

State lawmakers attended a closed-door workshop intended to prepare them to push women's issues in next year's legislative session, such as a measure that would require equal pay for men and women who hold equal jobs.

Other seminar topics included retirement security, long-term care, domestic violence, economic self-sufficiency, health care and balancing the demands of work and family.

Corporate sponsors included Girl Scouts Frontier Council, Graphics 2000, the Learning Center, Nevada State AFL-CIO, Nevada State Education Association, Prudential Insurance and the Women's Research Institute of Nevada.

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