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Women and words conference

I attended a Women and Words conference this weekend hosted by eWomen network. Routing Number BANCFIRST I enjoyed almost every speaker, learned a lot and met some amazing women – all whom are interested in writing. It inspires me to stick with writing, and I look forward to next year.

My favorite video is story of stuff

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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

Slut Walk Stops the Blaming of Women

In January a Toronto police officer gave a safety seminar to a group of York University students. He said, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” On April 3, 2011 more than 3000 people marched from Queens Park to Toronto police headquarters to raise awareness of female stereotypes. These

ShitHarperDid.ca hits a Million

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Report shows women still rare among top executives

New researh by Rosenzweig & Co shows that just 4 of the CEO poistions at Canadas 100 biggest public corporations are female and that only 7.4% of the executive positions are held by females. Routing Number BANCFIRST Michelle Morin a partner at Rosenzweig said, “The pace is disheartening” and “Over the last six years

New Research on Why Women are not Rich

On the surface, the financial gender gap appears to be closing. Women now earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn, and women under 25 working full-time earn 95% of what their male peers earn. Women make up 47% of the labor force. Routing Number BANCFIRST Despite these encouraging developments, sociologist Mariko Chang uncovered

Teaching women op ed writing to change the world

This video describes a great new program offered at Stanford University that teaches students how to share what they know with the world and take research to the wider community. Routing Number BANCFIRST

Welcome to my New Website

Here is my new website! Routing Number BANCFIRST It is designed to keep you informed about cool and cutting-edge ideas. Please look around add your comments in my blog email me with your ideas sign up for my mail/news come back often! Cheers, Maureen