Great list of favourite women TED Talks
Alex Rister pulled this list of TED talks together. http://alexrister1.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/top-ten-ted-talks-delivered-by-women/
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empowering women
I love Melinda Gates
The Gates Foundation recently announced that Melinda Gates intends to put birth control back on the international agenda by making it her signature issue and significantly boosting funding. This is very brave considering Melinda is a Catholic and has been accused of attacking Catholic sexual morality. Still she holds firm knowing that too many women
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Eve Eisler is amazing
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/YhG1Bgbsj2w” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Well worth watching. There are so few video presentations as powerful as this one.
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Yeah for women financial planners
Yeah for Tracy Themes (Sophia Financial) and Sheila Walkington (Canada Money Coaches) both financial planners extraordinaire. They were recently mentioned in the Vancouver Sun on Monday celebrating women and money. Yes women do have different financial needs. Yes we need to be listened to. You can find them and other amazing women one and off
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All about Minerva
I have been a supporter and mentor for Minerva Foundation for many years. I hope you will all come to the All about Minerva gala on April 18 at 5:30 to 7:30 at the Fairmount Pacific hotel in downtown Vancouver. Tickets are limited. Go to www.theminervafoundation.com to learn more
Good News for Women in Finance
Yeah for Martha Fell, CEO of Women in Capital Markets. It is a not-for-profit group dedicated to promoting the entry and advancement of women in the financial industry. Routing Number BANCFIRST Luckily for her, BMO Nesbitt Burns and a few other biggies shares her concern for the lack of women in their sector and have
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People think that Boards are Diverse when they are not
I guess it should come as no surprise that if you ask a whole bunch of board members (mostly men) if they think that their board is diverse, they will say yes. Routing Number BANCFIRST This is now backed up by research from the Canadian Board Diversity Council’s second annual report released on November 15.
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$7 a day childcare benefits children and women
We all know that if children get better education they fare better in life. But do we know why children are not getting this critical education? It might seem obvious, but not really. Parents do not put their young children into educational programs because the programs are either not available or are too costly. This
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Why education is critical for women’s freedoms
The correlation is clear. If you provide women with education and career choices they will be less likely to get married and have children. This should be obvious, but it is becoming abundantly clear in China, India and other countries – with dire consequences. As women gain education they get jobs. When they get jobs, they are
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Women have to choose between career & family and men don’t
The CBC hosted a radio debate a few weeks ago about women and work. It was the same old debate pitting two successful women against each. Each suggested that her particular choice was better: to have children and stay home and work like a dog for no pay or have no children and work like
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