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Career #CivilService Women at the Executive ranks (SES) have more than doubled at @StateDept over the last 20 years. pic.twitter.com/dxMeh9gbiB

— DG Arnold Chacón (@StateDG) October 7, 2015

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20 years ago, one in ten @StateDept Chiefs of Mission were female. Today in 2015, it’s one in three. #ThinkGender pic.twitter.com/TCSijh3Gyu

— DG Arnold Chacón (@StateDG) September 28, 2015

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.@StateDG talks work-life balance at Forum on gender and diversity @StateDept pic.twitter.com/M6ykRr2r5O

— Kristie Kenney (@KristieKenney) October 21, 2015

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.@WHAAsstSecty introduces @JohnKerry for a talk on gender and diversity @StateDept pic.twitter.com/MZAawaAliJ

— Kristie Kenney (@KristieKenney) October 21, 2015

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Things are going great but … all these news and wonderful talks and the State Department’s promotion statistics by gender and race, as well as its breakdowns by grade level for FSOs and specialists by gender and race, are still behind the firewall.

Any good reason why the State Department continues to put its gender and ethnicity/race data beyond public reach? Is there a specter hiding under Foggy Bottom’s bed?

And now this:

Dems demand more diversity at State Department https://t.co/qCcOnje5KF via @DCExaminer

— Diversity Reporting (@DiverseContact) October 29, 2015

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