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 specific […]
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Join Dress for Success Thursday, November 3rd as they celebrate amazing leaders in the Vancouver community. Be inspired by four amazing women as they share their success stories and challenges in their lives and careers DATE: Thursday November 3, 2016 TIME: 11-2pm COST: $125. WHERE: Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver, 300-999 Canada Place, Vancouver All proceeds are
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According to the Olser website: A recent Bloomberg news piece by Natalie Obiko Pearson reviews the current state of gender diversity on corporate boards in Canada. In the article, Pearson cites research from Catalyst as well as from the Canada chapter of the 30% Club which is about to release a white paper revealing that women
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I just found this organisation! Re-Gender. Regarding gender. Re Gender Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InDSUy7g3HA
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I went to a great event last night at the funky offices of THNK-School of Creative Leadership in Vancouver. They hosted the celebration of the winners of the SheEO “Radical Generosity” fund. Not only was I surrounded by passionate socially conscious entrepreneurs but I got to witness a truly “female friendly” program that funds women without all
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I went to a talk at SFU (at their lovely waterfront campus!) a few weeks ago and was delighted to hear Anne Giardini speak about how she survived (thrived) in a male dominated world. She too is a lawyer. She reminded me about how many groups of women (like the Canadian Bar Association Women ) have spent
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I went to a fantastic talk last night by the Lisa Helps, the Mayor of the city of Victoria. It was a perfectly written and powerfully delivered speech that left us all with a sense of hope. I will summarize her talk in another post. It was hosted by SFU. Thanks! Please go to an
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This is a great article on how to attract more women to politics. Here is an excerpt: “With the election of more women to Parliament than ever, and the appointment of a gender-equal cabinet, there has been a lot of discussion about why women are still under-represented in Canadian electoral politics. Despite the gains, women
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This is funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wytAaOyE7vo
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Here is some disturbing research on how women get penalized when they collaborate. Here is an excerpt: “Unfortunately for women, research done with a co-author counts far less. When women write with co-authors, the benefit to their career prospects is much less than half that accorded to men. This really matters, because most economic research is done
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