I am speaking in Victoria next Thursday at the Canadian Bar Association. The topic is gender and mediation. Sign up here. It’s at noon and should be fun. Lawyers from ADR, the Women Lawyer’s section and young lawyers are all invited!
I have seen Elizabeth speak and she knows what she is talking about. She is a tireless advocate for attracting more women into STEM and particularly engineering! It should be a great WXN EVENT on JUNE 8. Click here for more information. https://www.wxnetwork.com/about/about-wxn/
This is my favorite TED talk. Today.
I just got a call from a client. She recently gave a talk on the importance of gender diversity and was faced with a “tough question” from a man in the audience. He said this: “We have tried so hard to promote women in our organisation, but they rarely want the jobs. I guess they just have different priorities
I am finishing a new book for young women. Could you read this DRAFT BACK COVER and send me your suggestions by email. Thanks! HOW NOT TO MARRY A SEXIST PIG: 40 EASY WAYS TO HELP THE MAN YOU LOVE TREAT YOU THE WAY YOU DESERVE [DRAFT BACK COVER] No more man caves! A book for women who are
This week Susan Fowler an UBER engineer wrote an article describing the sexism she encountered over a year working at UBER. Her situation VERY familiar and one that needs to be told MUCH more often. Since so few people think this happens I am collecting personal stories from professional women about WHY THEY LEFT a great job
In 20 minutes Ashley Judd describes the horrors of online misogyny and asks men and particularly the tech industry to stop sexist behaviour (especially in creating violent misogynist games for boys). Immediately. As she says, online hateful word are HATE CRIMES against women and should be treated as such. My question is: Where are the MOTHERS
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
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
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