See TEDWomen in Washington DC in December
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It is becoming a depressingly recurring theme: the numbers for women are not good, whichever way you look at them. Read this comprehensive description of the state of play for women’s employment in the US from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania Congratulations to Carol Schwartz for this important initiative. Check out the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia In Melbourne later this week they are having an “IQ Debate” on the topic: Has Feminism Failed? The evidence supposedly is that because we have not yet reached the nirvana of equality this is the fault of feminism. When asked about this by the Sunday Age newspaper, I replied that it is society – not [...] A new group NameItChangeIt has been formed by women in the US to document and combat sexist portrayal of women in public life. Read the article Letter to the Australian Financial Review by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner: Your article entitled “ASX gender targets raise legal danger” (July 5) argues that listed companies risk breaking the law by pursuing gender targets required by the Australian Securities Exchange. This risk does not arise if the action taken by the company is a “special [...] |
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