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21 strategies for the women who marched yesterday

If you are not sure what to do to help bring about GENDER EQUALITY here are the 21 strategies from my book: Occupy Women- A Manifesto for Positive Change in a World Run by Men. Please forward to friends and share on social media. Occupy Women: A Manifesto for Equality: 21 Strategies Acknowledge our thousand-year-old hierarchy Uncover

How to leverage the Women’s March in Washington

I know how to leverage the women’s march. It’s the oldest solution in the radical women’s toolkit. GATHER. Just GATHER. And if you need something to read to help you come up with IDEAS and SOLUTIONS please read my three books (Lean Out, Motherhood is Madness and Occupy Women). They explain exactly what is REALLY going on in easy-to-read format and include very

Watch my new Welcome video

Here it is, finally!!! Everyone has been asking me to make a short YOU TUBE video telling them about what I do. So here is my new “Welcome to my Website” video for you to watch. I also created 3 new short video BOOK TRAILERS for my new books so please go to the MEDIA

Please join me this Saturday for the Women’s March

JOIN ME FOR THE WOMEN’S MARCH in Vancouver Start: January 21, 2017 – 10:00 AM End: January 21, 2017 – 12:00 PM Jack Poole Plaza 1085 Canada Place Vancouver, Canada V6C 3C1 Go to the Action Network website Host Contact Info: llangevin@ibew213.org

The nail in Hillary’s coffin was untrustworthiness!

This great article describes how I feel. A must read by Toronto lawyer Marie Henein. “It is the reaction to Ms. Clinton that shook me to my core – watching her struggle to be “relatable.” To be cuddly. To assure the world that she was a good mom and grandma. To twist and contort herself out of shape.

We need to Occupy Women to heal from Hillary’s loss

I know why Hillary did not get elected. It’s not because so many American women voted for Donald Trump (about 50-65% of white women) but rather because we are swimming in an INVISIBLE out-dated culture (with old mindsets and systems) that leads us to make to bad decisions. I think that if we challenge this culture (I urge everyone to read my three

Japan needs workers so turns to women

A conference is being held in November at Stanford University to help Japan attract and promote more women at work and in society. Why? Last year Japan realized that they were facing a shrinking and aging population and in order to remain a wealthy nation they needed more workers. As a result, women, who

BC is not measuring up to gender equality

Every year, West Coast LEAF grades BC on how it’s meeting its international obligations on women’s rights. Every year, for the most part, LEAF has found progress lacking. So, how is BC measuring up on women’s equality in 2016? Unfortunately, not a lot has changed. “This year’s Report Card is primarily a story of inaction. While

Lean Out- How to Dismantle the Barriers that Hold Women Back

I am excited to tell you that I got mentioned in SLAW, Canada’s largest legal blog! Here is an excerpt. Why Lawyers Need to Lean Out and Not Lean In “Enough about the glass ceiling. It’s time to redesign the building so that women and men at all levels can be good employees and

Gender equality is sliding globally

The world is facing an acute misuse of talent by not acting faster to tackle gender inequality, which could put economic growth at risk and deprive economies of the opportunity to develop, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016, which is published today. The report is an annual benchmarking exercise