Despite the fact that women earn almost 60 percent of undergraduate degrees and 60 percent of all master’s degrees in the U.S., they comprise only 25 percent of executive- and senior-level officials and managers, hold 20 percent of board seats and only 6 percent are CEOs, according to the “Women’s Leadership Gap” report by The Center for American Progress. According…
After an Uber board member’s wisecrack and the interruption of Senator Kamala Harris during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, The New York Times asked women to share their own experiences. More than 1,000 responded, offering up vivid anecdotes of times they had been interrupted, penalized for speaking up, belittled or discriminated against in terms of salary, promotions or pregnancy. Some women asked…
Forbes released its annual list of the World’s highest-paid athletes, and on a list of 100 names, precisely no woman athlete is found in the 2018 edition. According to CNN, at least one woman and no more than three have been featured on the list since it expanded to 50 names in 2010 (it’s now 100). That means anywhere from 94…
Women are carrying nearly two-thirds of the country’s outstanding student loan debt. That alarming math comes out of a new report by the American Association of University Women, an education advocacy group, titled, “Deeper in Debt: Women and Student Loans.” To be sure, 56 percent of today’s college students are women, and so it makes sense that more women than…
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.”…
Canada says it plans to provide $2.9bn (£2.2bn; €2.5bn) with the help of its G7 partners to fund education for the world’s poorest girls and women. UK and the World Bank also commited funds for education for girls and women. The money will help fund equal access to education and learning opportunities in countries across the globe, a government statement…
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,…
Oriental Hotel spearheaded the 6-days intensive training schedule of the 2nd Immersion Program. Participating companies from the billion-dollar technology industry included Oracle Africa, IBM Nigeria, and HP Nigeria. Bright-eyed and ambitious participants stood in line at the break of day to sit in a lecture hall that was decorated with chandeliers and luxurious marble floors with draped white linen seating arrangements.…
Becky Hammon, first full-time female coach at NBA, appears to be up for the head coaching job. News leaked that the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA will interview Becky Hammon for their head coaching vacancy, making her the first woman to be placed under formal consideration for a head coaching job in the league’s seventy-two year history. Currently, the NBA has…
