Katharine Jefferts Schori is the First Female to be elected presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Bishop’s Full Interview: “Engendering opposition is a sign of being effective.” I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, spending lots of time in the mountains and the islands in Puget…
Course title: Content Strategy for Professionals: Managing Content Administered by: Northwestern University Course Description: In the second course of the Content Strategy Specialization, you dive deeper into managing content. You will learn some great ways to manage your important content after it’s created. You will look at media platforms and learn the best way to tell your organization’s “content story” across multiple…
On Aug. 26, 1920, women won the right to vote in the United States, a historic victory in the long march toward equal rights. Almost a century later, we still have to address the economic disparities women face in order to achieve equality in all aspects. Today, women play an outsized role in the economy. They make up half the…
What is The Other Festival? We hope you’ll be able to make it to The Other Festival (Oct 14-15), which promotes, celebrates and supports female founders, creators, dreamers and disrupters. The festival features all shades of #femininepower throughmusic, talks, art, design, technology and a unique shopping experience led by female entrepreneurs. From pioneer women to grassrootbeginners, this festival is for…
Cardi B is officially the First Female Rap Artist to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Lauryn Hill’s Doo Wop in 1998. In her rise from the Bronx to the Billboard charts, Cardi B has been many things frequently deemed capable with uncertainties in pop culture, because of her past as an exotic dancer, an Instagram celebrity, a reality TV…
Lilian Ajayi-Ore, Founder and CEO of the Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W) was invited to Speak, by the Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Guinea to the United Nations, the Permanent Observes of the African Union to the United Nations and the Acting Execute Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund to participate in a high-level event…
“The women on our list, “GC4W Top Female CEOs” are challenging the status quo and the role of women in the workplace, while inspiring the next generation to follow their footsteps in creating a world where women leaders are to be expected” ~ Lilian Ajayi-Ore, CEO and Founder, Global Connecions for Women Foundation. With a rather slow growth in the…
The world welcomes a new First Female President of Singapore and the first Malay president in 47 years, Her Excellence, Halimah Yacob. SINGAPORE: Former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob is set to be Singapore’s first Malay president in more than 47 years, after the Elections Department (ELD) said on Monday (Sept 11) that only one individual qualified for the inaugural reserved…
An economist report on how to protect women against HIV virus. Since women contract HIV more often than men, a newly-developed contraceptive is great news. A newly-developed vaginal ring releases small doses of drugs over a three-month period. There are several reasons why women contract HIV more often than men. Some are biological: women have a higher chance of contracting…
You’re applying for a new job and hoping to get a significant pay bump. We’ve all heard the advice not to lie on your resume. But what about inflating your current salary, especially if you know you’re underpaid? When it’s common knowledge that women only apply for jobs when they meet 100% of the criteria, why not just add a bullet…
