“Regarding girl power, I am still banging on that drum, and I’m not going to stop.” “When I used to sing, I’d get that feedback all the time when I went onstage,” says Victoria Beckham, as her microphone buzzed when she started speaking at Forbes’ Women’s Summit. She is, of course, speaking of her career as Posh Spice, one of five women…
Sameer Areff, Chief Operating Officer, SAP Middle East South speaks of about gender equality, in the work place and in the society for the future and well-being of the world. We live in a world that is yet to completely empower all the wonderful human potential it is blessed with. Stereotypes and gender discrimination still constrain so many extraordinary and…
The cornerstones of the Fashion industry today have been featured on the most Powerful Women lists of esteemed magazines like Forbes, Fast Company, and Time. Their achievements are indeed formidable and deserve acknowledgment in a time where gender equality across all industries is a global priority. The following women are leaders in their own right, and their commitment to the…
Research demonstrates that a key factor of a successful wellness program is to incorporate health and well-being in the company’s culture – create a culture of health. An exclusive interview with Jeanette Martin, Ph. D., VP and Employee Wellness Program Manager at BankUnited, to discuss how she created a high performing employee wellness program that is endorsed by leaders and embedded in…
Breshna Musazai, also known as Afghanistan’s Malala, earned her diploma after surviving a Taliban attack. When “Afghanistan’s Malala” walked painfully to the stage with the aid of a walker to collect her college diploma last month at the American University in Kabul, the entire audience gave her a standing ovation. Breshna Musazai, 28, completed her law studies after she was…
Overview At Adobe Research, they create innovative technologies for software products to better serve consumers, creative professionals, developers, and enterprises. They bring together the smartest, most driven people they can find, and we give them the freedom to nurture their intellectual curiosity, while providing them the necessary resources and support to shape their ideas into tangible results. One part of…
For women in marketing leadership roles, the trajectory to success looks different, with only 25% of executive management roles held by women for most industry subsectors (a subset that includes media and creative agencies, advertising, ad tech, and more). Women who advocate for themselves professionally are disproportionately perceived as “demanding” compared to their quieter counterparts. These observations, coupled with conversations Percolate has had with…
The author of Heart Talk, Cleo Wade, shares the inspiration for her powerful, relatable writing and the most important words you can say to others—and yourself. “I don’t need to know you to love you,” the millennial poet and artist Cleo Wade writes in her first book Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life. “You are my tribe, and I am yours.”…
The two articles that follow have been provided by WIL Uganda to We.News – Women In Leadership, a female led grassroots community based organization empowering women and girls in eastern Uganda in a rural town called Busembatia. They speak about gender equality. Women and Girls: We Shall by Namulinda Shamim Fatuma “As people say, “the roots of education are bitter, but the fruits…
Thousands of women turned cities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales into rivers of green, white and violet on Sunday to mark 100 years of voting rights – since the first women won the right to vote in Britain. Wearing scarves in the colors of the suffragette movement that fought for female political rights, women marched through London, Belfast,…
