Powerhouse Sports Executive Val Ackerman Shares How Pivoting Became Part Of Her Career Success By Cheryl Robinson In an era where there are many firsts for women, Val Ackerman, commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, has been a staple trailblazer and role model in the world of sports for over 30 years. She was the first woman staff attorney and special assistant…
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo on How She Found Her Own Leadership Groove By Maria Aspan Fidji Simo is used to standing out in Silicon Valley. A French immigrant who prefers high heels to hoodies and still speaks with a musical accent, Simo spent a decade climbing the product ranks at Facebook, eventually becoming its most senior female product executive. She ran Facebook’s flagship…
With women trailblazers like Susan B. Anthony and Rosa Parks fighting for equality, women today can be just about anything they set their minds to. In the last 150 years, women’s roles have changed dramatically across the world. Although work is still being done for equal rights for all, here are a few of the women who broke down huge barriers: Shirley Chisholm…
UNICEF’s Women Goodwill Ambassadors Give Voice to the Voiceless “It is essential that the hard-won rights of Afghan women and girls are protected”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council. Women are not just half of the global population, it has been shown that their full participation in public life “enhances economic results, prompts greater investment in social protection, leads to more sustainable peace…
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his new Cabinet on Tuesday and has promoted women in top roles in another gender-balanced Cabinet. Women are now in charge of the ministries of finance, foreign affairs, and defense. By Stéphanie Fillion In a Cabinet of 38 people, including Trudeau, 19 are women. Familiar faces remain integral parts of Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet, such…
The group is a small slice of the internet where politics and divisive topics are left at the door, in favour of fun, humour, and kindness. By Madeline Hislop Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb are two of Australia’s most high-profile political journalists, but away from their day jobs, they don’t take themselves too seriously. They love to laugh, talk about the…
By Women’s Agenda 50% of Wiggles merchandise sales are attributed to Emma alone. Here’s what she meant to audiences – and what happens next, writes Liz Giuffre, from University of Technology Sydney in this article republished from The Conversation. When Emma Watkins took over as “The Yellow Wiggle” in 2012 there were huge headlines. Her casting was a seismic shift for those who grew…
BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO After the Vietnam War, Annie Vang’s parents escaped persecution in Laos and traversed the Mekong River in the dead of night to seek safety in Thailand. “My family had no choice but to flee or die,” she says. Vang and her family are Hmong, an ethnic and cultural group who lost their land—and way of life—after siding with…
By Emma Taggart Many great teachers have a positive influence on future generations, making a career in education hugely rewarding. No one could agree more than Dr. Jill Biden, who is the first first lady to work full-time while living in the White House. She’s been teaching her students virtually for over a year due to the pandemic; however, this…
By Sindhu Kashyaap When it comes to models, we, for years, have been used to seeing thin airbrushed women, featuring on magazine covers, billboards, and walking the ramp. For long, thin had become the definition of beauty. However, with changing times, the idea of beauty restricted to a certain body mass index or weight category is slowly fading. Shattering these norms…
