The Tennessee Economic Council on Women assesses Tennessee women’s economic status. It develops and advocates solutions to address women’s needs to help women achieve economic autonomy. In setting its priorities, the Council selects issues that are timely and likely to result in positive changes for women.

Fifth-Annual Economic Summit for Women

The Council held its annual Summit on October 27th in Nashville with a record crowd.  Keynote speakers included Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Authors Robin Gerber and DeLores Pressley, and Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Janice M. Holder and Tennessee First Lady Andrea Conte.  For more information about the Summit, visit www.tnwomensummit.org.

Preventive Healthcare Report

There is no greater imperative in American health care than switching from a treatment-oriented society to a prevention-oriented society. Right now we've got it backwards. We wait years and years, doing nothing about unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity until people get sick. Then we spend billions of dollars on costly treatments, often when it is already too late to make meaningful improvements to their quality of life or lifespan.

—Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General
of the United States

Biennial Report

The Council released its 2008 Biennial Report at the October 27 Economic Summit for Women.  The report covers the Council’s work over the last two years across the state and outlines future Council projects.  See the full report: Tennessee Economic Council on Women Biennial Report 2008

Council Meeting

Political Participation Report

The Tennessee Economic Council on Women has issued a new report Achieving an Equally Gendered Government: The Economic Impact of Women's Political Participation in Tennessee