This is an article well worth reading by the women at Equal Voice. Please share it with all those women who are afraid to run for politics. Notley is an amazing woman
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This looks like a great conference! Women in Engineering, Science and Technology at Simon Fraser University. SFU Women
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Here is the THIRD strategy in my upcoming book. I welcome your feedback and please pass along to your friends! MOTHERHOOD IS MADNESS – 13 WAYS TO FIND BALANCE AND FREE YOURSELF FROM THE STICKY FLOOR Strategy 3: Do not expect women to be unpaid servants “When women shoulder a disproportionate share of responsibility for housework, their perceptions of fairness and marital
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Read this amazing article from WomensENews on why Hillary Clinton is SO VERY IMPORTAT TO WOMEN Hillary Clinton made history when she became the first woman to get a presidential nomination by a major party. But the sexism she faced was astonishing. Her laugh was called a cackle, her cleavage was analyzed, protestors held up
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I just read an article about a new report by a former judge (Marie Deschamps) about the Canadian military. Having done conflict resolution work in “military-type” (or frankly all hierarchical) organizations I can say that hostile and sexualized environments are not rare. What is most important to see is WHY these cultures thrive. It has much to do with POWER
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I have to say that I love TED Talks…like this one. the reason why we don’t do amazing things is because we are on auto-pilot and then ourselves we are “fine.” The solution is to ignore your negative thoughts, ignore your negative feelings and just do it! It may never feel good, so don’t wait.
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Here is the SECOND strategy in my upcoming book. I welcome your feedback and please pass along to your friends! MOTHERHOOD IS MADNESS – 13 WAYS TO FIND BALANCE AND FREE YOURSELF FROM THE STICKY FLOOR “It was (and perhaps in some places still is) quite common for people to say to the women who hire a substitute to care for her
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I am not going to this conference. Although I am very interested in how woemn can be “used” to boost business. It looks ta bit like a blue chip boys club. I could be wrong but I suspect very few women will attend for several reasons. The fee is $1500, which means you must be
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Equal Pay Day is April 14, 2015. In other words, women must work that far into 2015 to earn what men earned in 2014. Women are paid approximately 78% of what men are paid for comparable work and that number hasn’t moved much in the last ten years. A recent study predicted that the wage
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