UN Recommits to Afghan Women and Girls’ Education By U.N. Writers “It has been a year of increasing disrespect for their right to live free and equal lives, denying them opportunity to livelihoods, access to health care and education, and escape from situations of violence,” said Sima Bahous, Executive Director at UN Women. Ms. Bahous outlined how the Taliban’s “meticulously constructed policies of inequality”…
Tech Veteran Reflects on 25 Year Career at Cisco By Gina Narcisi The Silver Anniversary Cisco veteran José Van Dijk is ringing in 25 years with the San Jose, California-based tech giant this month. Van Dijk, one of CRN’s Power 100 Most Powerful Women Of The Channel 2022, started her career as a supply chain coordinator for Texas Instruments. She…
WNBA Legend Sheryl Swoopes Is A Role Model With Her Non-Profit By Cheryl Robinson Equal gender pay in sports has been an ongoing saga since women started playing professionally. In May, the news of the U.S. Soccer Federation announcing that players for the men’s and women’s national teams would get equal compensation sparked hope for all female athletes. Although there…
Female Truck Driver Named Ambassador for Women in Trucking By She Drives Trucks Staff KayLeigh McCall, a driver and training engineer at Schneider, has been selected as the Women in Trucking Association’s newest Driver Ambassador. “Being selected as Schneider’s Women in Trucking ambassador provides an opportunity for me to spread the message that women can and will continue to be…
Nafis Sadik, Champion of Women’s Health and Rights, Passes By NPR writers/journalists UNITED NATIONS — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference, died five days before her 93rd birthday, her son said late Monday. Omar Sadik said his mother died…
Why Melinda Gates’ Next Act Is The Future of Philanthropy By Moira Forbes “I’m now an incredibly confident giver. I know what I believe in,” says philanthropist Melinda French Gates in an exclusive interview with Forbes. “I know I have so much still to learn, and that actually excites me. I have certain convictions, and I’m living those out through…
3 Women From Delhi Start a Language Learning Institute By Sangmuan Hangsing Enchanté Institute of Foreign Languages (EIFL) is celebrating its first foundation day on Sunday. It is a language learning institute founded on August 21, 2021. EIFL was born out of a calling to make language learning more accessible and manageable for students in the northeast to forge ahead…
How Success Happened for Wendy Lund, CCO of Organon By Robert Tuchman From an early age, Wendy Lund’s entrepreneurial mindset was inspired by her father, a CFO of a major retail chain in New York, who taught her about the power of building something from the ground up. Her dad showed her that companies aren’t built by one person, but…
Women in Security Feature: Stephanie Weagle, Atakama By Cory Harris As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum’s (WISF’s) continuing series highlighting the contributions of women in security, this month’s feature is on Stephanie Weagle, Chief Marketing Officer for encryption company Atakama. Weagle’s role involves “driving and executing the company’s go-to-market strategy,…
Judy Chu weighs in on Women’s Health Protection Act By: ABC NEWS In the month since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, at least 15 states have ceased nearly all abortion services. California Congresswoman Judy Chu is the lead sponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act. Along with the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, these…
