Join us on Friday, March 11th, 2022 for “Advancing Pay Equity in a Post-Pandemic World,” a two-part virtual conversation with business executives on pay equity and a promotability workshop with Amii Barnard-Bahn. The Global Connections for Women Foundation presents a 2-part virtual event on Advancing Pay Equity in a Post-Pandemic World: panel discussion and promotability workshop for an immersive experience on best practices for advancing pay…
With so much news content being published each day on gc4women.org, we have decided to start a new tradition to keep you informed and connected to the resources to improve your life and business. The following are top picks and trending topics on gc4women.org news.
With so much news content being published each day on gc4women.org, we have decided to start a new tradition to keep you informed and connected to the resources to improve your life and business. The following are top picks and trending topics on gc4women.org news.
By Meg Warren Women and groups advocating for gender equality are increasingly urging men to become allies in the fight. colleague Research has shown that in the absence of male support (especially from a colleague), women have to shoulder the burden of battling routine workplace sexism such as misogynist humor and microaggressions on their own. This can lead to a sense of isolation, stress and exhaustion.…
By Madeline Hislop Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Scott have joined forces to donate $US40 million to four organisations that promote gender equality. The billionaire philanthropists donated the money as part of the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge hosted by Pivotal Ventures, the investment company of Melinda Gates. The initiative was supported by MacKenzie Scott, as well as Lynn Schusterman’s family foundation. They gave $US10…
By Women’s Agenda What would a true global agenda addressing Women Health and Gender Inequailties address? Given massive disparities in what women and girls experience internationally, it’s hard to quickly answer such a question. However, the World Health Organisation along with a number of key United Nations bodies are attempting to do so, in a series of new papers released this week, along…
By The CEO Magazine An advocate of protecting children’s rights, educating girls and empowering women, Queen Rania Al Abdullah uses her wide reach as the wife of the King of Jordan to bring social justice and gender equality centre-stage. Tweeting from a meeting in 2019 with members of the Umm Ar-Rasas Women Cooperative Society, which supports other women living in the…
The world has a long way to go in gender equality. While we might have a lot to improve when it comes to women rights women on Reddit are sharing positive things from their cultures and countries that make them proud.
By Khanyi Mlaba Women make up half of the world’s population and yet they are still largely excluded from politics and decision-making power. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organization of national parliaments, released its latest annual Women in Parliament report just a few days before International Women’s Day on March 8, and it indicated that the world is not yet on track…
A key factor setting Iceland apart is that it is one of a few countries where women have been in the highest institutional positions in the country for almost as long as men in the past 50 years.