What keeps Melinda Gates up at night? The thought that people will move on from addressing systemic gender inequality. That the groundswell surrounding #MeToo will recede. That companies will only pay lip service to fixing gender inequities at work rather than prioritizing them. “There is too much at stake to allow that to happen. Too many people–women and men–have worked too hard to get…
There’s a famous photo of Annie Easley. She’s standing next to a huge control panel with dials, lights, buttons from floor to ceiling. She looks like a character in a movie, commanding a fearless space mission. But it’s real: it was taken in 1981 in the Central Control Room of NASA’s Lewis Engine Research Building in Cleveland, Ohio, as part…
If there’s any career advice that’s become more than a little trite, it’s telling young people to “embrace failure.” However, the polished Silicon Valley types who tout this wisdom usually have a strong safety net and a deep network to rely on. That’s what makes Reshma Saujani so refreshing. As the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, Saujani has given…
General Motors becomes the first major Auto company in history to have a Female CEO, and a Female CFO. Only 23 companies in the Fortune 500 have a female CEO. Hershey is the only other company on that list that also has women as both CEO and CFO.
Meredith Walker and Amy Poehler are cofounders of Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, a positive online and offline community that provides young women with the encouragement and resources to be their authentic selves. Walker and Poehler became close friends when they worked together at Saturday Night Live, and often discussed how great it felt to be accepted and appreciated when they were younger. “Together we…
Award-winning journalist, and new author, Elaine Welteroth was once just a small town California girl with a big dream, almost so big she couldn’t utter it out loud, of one day making it in the New York magazine world Welteroth’s foot-in-the-door opportunity was her out-of-college internship at Ebony Magazine. To land the internship, Welteroth repeatedly begged the assistant to the…
Shahidi entered the cultural lexicon at 14, playing Zoey Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish, but she cemented her position there offscreen, by speaking out on issues of social justice. The first word used to describe her is as often activist as actress, and no less an eminence than Oprah Winfrey has said she hopes she is still alive when Shahidi becomes president, because…
Knowing the Secrets Behind Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership StyleTalk show host, American media proprietor, actress, producer, businesswoman and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey has several titles attached to her name, all of which comes with great responsibilities which she breezes through impressively. So it is no surprise that she is also one of the most powerful and influential women in the world, someone…
“We hope that [the docu-series] will inspire people to talk about the elephant in the room.”- Katie Couric In China, apparently 26 is the age when women can be considered Sheng Nu or “left over,” which essentially equates with old maid. While the milestone age might differ slightly around the globe, the universal truth is that women face pressure to be…
Congratulations to Maki Akaida, the new CEO of Uniqlo Japan. Uniqlo is a Clothing chain that is known for its commitment to promoting women. TOKYO — Casualwear retailer Uniqlo has promoted a former manager of a busy Tokyo store to take charge of operations in its home market of Japan, where population decline makes maintaining earnings a challenge. After joining Uniqlo…
