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 totally support Sharon Gregson and Stephanie Smith in their fight for $10 a day childcare. Please go to www.cantaffordchildcare.ca and donate. As I see it, childcare not only helps women raise kids AND have a career that is meaningful but it also makes more sane and balanced families. It also saves about $600 million in absenteeism, turnover
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My friend Cheryl just helped me understand why powerful women avoid feminists. Its quite simple. Cheryl was a feminist years ago and is now wealthy and powerful (enough). As she says (and I supplement), 1. We hate feeling powerless. We hate feeling that we need someone to rescue us. Women should stop complaining about the difficulties of working in a “mans world” and start sucking it up. Be
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Here is the proposal for my new book I am writing. I am searching for a great publisher. Pass it along! Lean Out – 100 Ways to Shift Corporate Culture So Women Can Reach the Top by Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD (former policy lawyer) (copyright) “Leaning In” is not enough In her recent best-selling book “Lean In”
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I wish I had said it first: “Lean In” should leverage the movement to bring in policies that support women like paid maternity and paternity leave, affordable childcare, paid sick days and flexible and part-time work hours. Thanks to Yaron Schwartz for writing a great article and mentioning Madeleine Kunin’s book, The New Feminist Agenda. Here is an excerpt;
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Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen, a brilliant researcher at SFU suggests that women should vote against any government that introduces policies that harm women. What does that mean? Here are a few practical examples from her recent Op Ed in the Vancouver Sun (17 Dec 12) merged with my ideas: Minimum wage. When governments change the minimum wage
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Wow…Paul Kershaw nailed it in his last article about how women will be shortchanged in retirement. He says that Canadian gender equality rankings and family policies are near the bottom of all the OECD countries. He states: `Canadians are content to ask young women to sacrifice their earnings, career ambitions and future retirement security to compensate for our national
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As the most powerful countries meet (the G20) in Ottawa, you may be asking: Where are women on the agenda? Craig and Marc Kielburger (Free the Children) wrote a colum in the Vancouver Sun this week suggesting that although Stephen Harper appears to be suppprting maternal health, his conservative policies here in Canada have seriously undermined women and girls.
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