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Newsweek reports on slow progress of women

Read this report by Newsweek that tracks women’s sad and very slow progress around the world. Routing Number BANCFIRST It’s a great article by Jesse Ellison (www.equalitymyth.com) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/09/18/newsweek-tracks-women-s-progress-around-the-world.html

Hooray for the First Female Premier in Alberta

Here is the newspost from www.EqualVoice.ca. Changing the Face of Politics: Alison Redford to become first female Premier in Alberta and fourth in Canada October 3, 2011 Ottawa/Edmonton/Calgary: In a province where female political party leaders have been few and far between, Alison Redford, former Alberta Justice Minister and Attorney General, has

Two talks at UBC worth seeing

The Vancouver Institute has a great line up of speakers this fall. Routing Number BANCFIRST The two I plan on attending are: Joel Bakan on Oct 1 “Childhood Under Seige” Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond on Oct 22 “Who Speaks for the Child?” Free Saturday evening lectures at 8:15 at Instructional Resoucre Center at UBC Call

Top 25 Canadian Women

Here is the list of Canada’s top 25 female influencers of the year, whose successful achievements contribute to the Canadian and global economies as well as to their communities. Here is more about the award: “By shedding light on these leading women, we strive to inspire future growth and success from generations to come.

Great women lawyers

Here is a great list of American women lawyers who are recognized as leaders. Routing Number BANCFIRST http://www.lawyersabc.com/news/introducing-the-recorders-women-leaders-in-the-law.html

Women lawyers still not partners

Although women represent nearly one third of the legal industry, only about 19 percent of partners at American law firms are female, according to an August study the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. These numbers are mirrored in Canada with underrepresentation of female lawyers in top-level jobs and very few partners who

Girls fight back against nasty T-Shirts

Here is a contest for girls to tell the world how the negative words on T-Shirts impacts them. Routing Number BANCFIRST I have alwasy been amazed when girls wear T-shirts that actually pu them down!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuQdp-yxG4g

Women make teams smarter

Harvard Business Review found that women on team make Routing Number BANCFIRST teams smarter. There’s little correlation between a group’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises. See: http://hbr.org/2011/06/defend-your-research-what-makes-a-team-smarter-more-women/

I made the Finals of the Womens Media video contest!

Wow I am so proud of myself and my two daughters! We got into the finals of the In Your Own Words Video contest put on by Women Media Center (New York). Please vote for us and post your reactions! Routing Number BANCFIRST

Rape is a war strategy and weapon of terror

My husband was surprised (rare) when I told him that soldiers are educated and directed to use rape as a strategy of war. In fact pouring melted rubber down a woman’s vagina has become core military strategy. Soldiers are told that because women are seen as possessions of the husbands, rape “kills two birds