What does it mean to do something “like a girl”? A popular ad from Always tried to answer that question by asking subjects to demonstrate running, fighting, and throwing “like a girl.” Older subjects put on a weak performance, but when young girls were given the same instructions, they ran, threw, and fought as hard as they could. The ad asked, “When…
On Friday, Brooke Chaffin and Catherine Connors announced the launch of Maverick, a social network for girls between the ages of 10 and 20. The aim is to connect and empower girls by fostering their creativity and introducing them to inspiring role models. Maverick, a social network for young women, launches with $2.7M in funding. When users join Maverick, which offers…
Supermodel Natalia Vodianova interviews Maria Borges, Angolan model and Forbes Africa Magazine’s top model of 2013, as part of “Let’s talk about it. Period” campaign on Flo. The campaign is aimed at ending the stigma with periods. Let’s talk about periods. Supermodel Maria Borges talks about periods and how it has impacted her life, her career, and who has helped her…
Tammie Jo Shults landed the Southwest flight to safety, but, this Southwest pilot has been breaking glass ceilings for women for years now. From combatting gender bias in the military to having her applications ignored to being the first woman to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, a multirole combat jet – here is a woman we admire. About 20 minutes after takeoff…
BBC has said it is working to ensure there it has an equal number of male and female experts across its programmes by April 2019, taking a positive step towards bringing about gender equality in the workplace. The broadcaster said it is seeking to guarantee there is a 50:50 split in the expert contributors featured on its news, current affairs, and…
She lives a relatively quiet life in West Hartford but Lhakpa Sherpa is ready to break her own record of being the women with the highest number of Everest ascents. Associated Press sheds some light on her accomplishments as she prepares to climb Mount Everest for the 9th time. At 44, she is a mother of two daughters and works…
Designers like Tiffany Tuttle and other founders of female-led luxury shoe brands are pushing for style and comfort in shoe designs, trying to connect with an untapped segment of women. As a former dancer, Tiffany Tuttle, founder of luxury shoe brand LD Tuttle, knows the importance of comfort-driven design in making or breaking a performance. After realizing that her passion for sketching…
Over the course of a year, the average woman pays an additional $1,351 for basic items and services. And, we’re not just talking feminine hygiene products here, we are also talking about it as it applies to toys geared for girls, dry cleaning, clothing, and more. While it’s bad enough that a gender pay gap exists in which women earn…
In the era of #MeToo, musicians are supporting the movement with powerful new anthems. One example: Nashville-based country duo Haley & Michaels, who released a song Me Too — and now a video — in service of the initiative. Shannon Haley and Ryan Michaels have been making moving country records together since 2015. But, for their aptly-titled song, they reached out to…
Marches, MeToo Movements, and sexual-harassment victims coming forward — empowering women is clearly at the forefront of the American consciousness. This new coffee bar takes it one more step forward. For Joanna Prisco, founder of The Good Witch, a Kickstarter-funded coffee-bar-in-progress that’s “owned, operated by, and dedicated to empowering women,” it was also becoming a mom that propelled her to…
