Women Archives - Page 21 of 35 - Maureen F. Fitzgerald

Only one country in the world has a majority of women in parliament

Thanks to Daphne Bramham who wrote a great article on the Rwanda majority-female parliament and how it is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. The genocide that killed most of the men in 1994 left women to lead in a very unique way. I am watching this rare situation with delight. [Source: Vancouver Sun,

Its time for $10 per day child care

I agree. Thanks to Sharon Gregson and Stephanie Smith who wrote and Op Ed in the Vancouver Sun on March 5, 2013. Its critical to understand how important child care is to women, not just families. According to their article funding childcare is a “no-brainer” since its reduces the $600 million cost of employee turnover,

Hollywood gender bias is holding women back

Katherine Monk wrote a great article on “testosterone-filled” Hollywood and the so called “Celluloid Ceiling” that keeps women out of the television and movie industries. She collected all the depressing statistics (thank you!) and what I found most interesting was the layers and layers of men and male-based organisations that held women back. This includes male directors, male movie-reviewers, male

Gold Corp has a program that advances women

I just read about Gold Corp’s (a huge mining company) mentoring program for woman called Creating Choices. Apparently 500 women internationally have graduated from the program that consists of six modules on topics ranging from empowerment to leadership. Wow! I will look into it and of course add it to my collection of “women-advancing initiatives” for

Go to the Vancouver Women in Film Festival

This is not only a fantastic event but also a small way of supporting such hard-working women that are hardly recognized in the testosterone-fueled television and film industry. I will check on the dates and post them here.

Two Vancouver events for International Women’s Day at the VPL

Tonight at 7pm there is an event at the downtown Vancouver Public Library (VPL) “Inhabiting Women’s Space” where four authors present. On Monday, also at The VPL at 7pm there is an airing of the documentary “Status Quo?” directed by Karen Cho about the women’s movement in Canada. I will be there!

Shari Graydon is a great teacher on Op Eds for women

I went to a talk up at UBC last week by Shari Graydon of Informed Opinions (based in Ottawa). She is a powerful and compassionate presenter and clearly knows her gender-bias stuff. I agree that women need to be good at writing Op Eds so that we can share our brilliance with the world. Please

My 10 book titles on advancing women and girls

I have been writing 2 books on advancing women and girls for over four years now. It just occured to me that if I really wanted to get all my ideas out to the world quickly it would be better to write 8-10 smaller practical ebooks than 2 big hardcover books. So I recently chunked my

Women who got married got fired before Edith Lauterbach

I did not know Edith but I am riding on a road she built. She died at age 91 and was the last of four female flight attendants who in the 1940’s organized a union to fight for equal rights for “stewardesses.” In the 1940’s airline attendants who got married got fired. They were

Conference to advance women in science, engineering and technology

All women scientists and engineers should attend the upcoming conference in Vancouver on May 11, 2013. It is titled Creating Connection: Working Together to Transform our World, a dialogue about the role of women in science, engineering and technology hosted by UBC. If you go, please let me know what transpires. It sounds exciting. And I