Women Urged to Pursue Careers in Agriculture Women in Ghana have been charged to take up careers in the agricultural sector to help boost their economic gains and also help make the sector more successful. By Adam Abdul-Fatawu Wunizoya Madam Bennice Amponsah, the Women in Agriculture Development Officer (WIAD Officer) for Tamale Metropolis, said there were many opportunities for women…
The Female Physicist Inspiring Underrepresented Scientists By Katie McCormick At the age of 10, Anne L’Huillier watched in awe as Apollo 11 landed on the moon and two intrepid astronauts stepped out, venturing into a new frontier. As an adult, L’Huillier has become a pioneer herself, taking the first steps toward subfemtosecond laser pulses. In doing so, she helped establish…
What To Do When Men Talk Over You At Meetings In neuroscience, we often hear the term: “what fires together, wire together,” so let’s create a network of women to rewire a new cultural norm. By Kate Pn This is a topic I am extremely passionate about and can relate to. Unfortunately, we live in a culture where “The Boys’…
Arapahoe’s First Female Type 1 Firefighter By Tayler Shaw The silence of the burned environment was eerie, as Ashley Cappel and fellow firefighters lay in the ruins of the Cameron Peak Fire to rest for the night. Cappel, a deputy emergency manager and wildland firefighter for Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, had been sent on a 72-hour deployment for the 2020…
Tory Burch Encourages Women To ‘Embrace Ambition’ By Amy Shoenthal The Tory Burch Foundation hosted its annual Embrace Ambition Summit yesterday in New York City. The theme of this year’s Summit was “Confronting Stereotypes and Creating New Norms,” with the goal of fostering discussions about the state of women and work, mental health, inequities exacerbated by COVID, and the increasing role of social activism.…
Businesswomen Describe Their Motivation By Tristan Stewart-Robertson Business Gateway, Scotland’s national business support agency, said 70 percent of women believed they had the motivation – and that was the main reason they set up their own ventures. And many cited confidence in their skills, knowledge, and experience as key motivation factors. Linda Macdonald, of Linda Macdonald Jewellery, agreed that belief…
Follow the Leaders in the Beauty Industry By Nancy Jeffries Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) honored female leaders across the beauty industry in a two-day live and virtual event on June 2 and 3, held in partnership with Dotdash Meredith. The in-person award luncheon, held on June 2, recognized the best in beauty in a program comprised of a new Catalyst…
Female Stargazer Makes Astronomical Input By Peter Bodkin When Anne Green began her career as a stargazer, women were such a rarity in the male-dominated field that special provisions had to be made. “When I first went to the telescope to observe, I was given the professor’s room because it was the only one with a shower; they hadn’t even…
The AI Leader Bringing More Latin American Women Into Tech By Amy Shoenthal Belén Sánchez Hidalgo, a senior data scientist at DataRobot, is passionate about getting more women into Artificial Intelligence and machine learning roles. That’s why she created WaiCAMP by DataRobot University, a scholarship-based seven week bootcamp-style course for women in Latin America to learn applied data science and AI-related skills.…
Female Owners on The Biggest Career Lessons Learned By Ashton Jackson In March 2021, one year into the coronavirus pandemic, LeAnn Darland and Tara Hankinson took a leap of faith and opened Talea Beer Co., the first woman-owned and operated brewery and taproom in Brooklyn, NY. Now, 30+ employees and 9,000 square feet later, the pair continue their aims to…
