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This week on To The Contrary, our panelists discuss how to stop sex trafficking; why women still sign up for the military despite the risk of rape; and Sen. Gillibrand's FAMILY Act, which promises to reward working families through a paid leave program.

On the panel this week: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Women’s Campaign Fund CEO Siobhan”Sam” Bennett, Independent Women’s Forum Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer, and Republican Strategist Rina Shah.

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By Megan Beyer

When companies have more women in leadership, they make more money.  It is nice when the economy rewards the good guys -- even when they are women.

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  A new tool called EDGE Certification does just that: it delivers profit for parity.  Economic Dividends for Gender Equality -- EDGE Certification -- is a stamp of approval signaling a corporate culture ripe for a diversity dividend.  It lets companies grow their own leaders by fixing the expensive leaky pipeline. Women often fall out of the corporate pipeline at mid-career before ascending to the highest levels. And yet studies show that once women start to populate the highest ranks of a company, it is good for the bottom line.