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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

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/

Police need to admit not stopping female murders

Willie Pickton (of the Pig Farm) bragged about killing female street workers and the Vancouver police seemed to turn a blind eye. Yet rarely does anyone question the apathy and indifference toward these vulnerable women. Routing Number BANCFIRST Last week, however, journalist Ian Mulgrew (in his Vancouver Sun Sept 6 article) steps up. He bravely blames the police for not only failing

Women told to put up with it or go home – again

Once again women are told to put up with impossible work hours and conditions, or go home. In her recent Globe & Mail article, Leah Eichler (Sept 3, 2011) suggests that women can’t have it all. I think she means they can’t have a high paying or high powered job and a life. Women are once

How can a female CEO help women?

Is Maureen Sabia a feminist? The author of a recent Globe & Mail article (August 20, 2011) on Ms. Sabia – the powerful CEO of Canadian Tire – suggests that Ms Sabia is does not entirely support women, even though she was named to the Order of Canada in June for supporting women in

BC sends blow to the fight for human trafficking

Just when the world is waking up to the horrors and extent of human trafficking, our BC liberal government, lead by a woman (Premier Christy Clark) has pulled the plug on the only office of its kind in Canada: the Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP). Although we know that worldwide about 2

Females recruit more women into politics

Research from University of Oxford shows that female riding association presidents (the person who encourages and welcomes candidates to run in an election) are more likely than their male counterparts to recruit women. And I say: I am glad that at least women have confidence in women as leaders. Routing Number BANCFIRST So in

If Women Ruled the World

Here are some of the suggestions from the Book “If Women Ruled the World” edited by Sheila Ellison (2004) Self-respect classes would be part of our high school curriculum We would celebrate our strengths and not focus on our weakness We would not give our power away We’d learn to disappoint others We would

Why women need to vote

Although its nearly impossible to wade through the election rehtoric, I know that our prime minister Stephen Harper has turned back the clock on Women’s Rights. Because the strength of Canadian society depends on the full participation and equality of women, I feel they must vote to stop those policies that have steadily eroded

Top Court Releases 5 Men who Raped a Woman

Nine years after being gang raped, Mukhtar Mai’s fight is sadly over. The Supreme Court of Pakistan released 5 men who were ordered by her tribe to gang rape her. Mai had won international acclaim for standing up for women. In 2002 a tribal court of village elders ordered the rape because Mai’s older