It doesn’t matter how you ended 2016, I think we can all agree that it was a rough year. At the end of a particularly brutal – and for some heartbreaking – political cycle, many women felt a range of emotions from fear to desperation and hopelessness. As a result, the prospect of a new […]
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By Laura E. Adkins, Contributing Network Editor, Jewish Daily Forward I have nothing profound to say on this day after the 2016 General Election, but here are some things we can all do that will make a difference. Call your mother, tell her that you love her and that no, all her work was not
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How ’bout that Hillary? Tough as a boot made of elephant hide, a lightning rod for criticism, she has hung in there all these years and almost achieved her goal. Whether running the race of her life for the highest office in the land is a reward or a punishment depends on your point of view, but
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer and founder of Lean In, recently wrote in a People Magazine exclusive that despite the myths that women don’t support one another, women are incredible allies and accomplish amazing things. Sandberg writes that in order to get ahead we must first of all band together and address the likability
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When encouraged by her parents to pursue something in her life to contribute to the betterment of society, Sarah Acer decided to connect in the most meaningful way. An award-winning global communications and development strategist, she founded and serves as managing partner for Align Communications and Creative, headquartered in New York City. Align is a
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I recently attended my second Diversity Woman Business Leadership Conference, this year in Baltimore. Once again I welcomed the feeling of inclusion; we are all women coming together to support one another. If I were ever to feel set apart, I might expect this to be the place, where three quarters of the attendees were
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An initiative of ALL Ladies League, the first ever Women’s Economic Forum (WEF) took place in India in winter 2016 and was attended by 400 people representing 25 countries. The purpose was to bring together women from all walks of society with an international reach, giving them a chance to connect, learn from one another
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Once Terra Renee got struck by the entertainment bug, she achieved moderate success in TV and film. Then she got the call for a 6-foot tall African American woman that sent her to a Warner Brothers audition. She entered a room with a thousand other 6-foot women answering the casting call, and found her passion,
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By Cheryl Benton, “Because I am a Girl” Private Sector Development Committee Here are some sobering facts about girls in the developing world: 65 million girls are NOT in school 41,000 girls are forced into early marriages EVERY DAY Childbirth is the leading cause of deaths for girls between 15-19 Being young and female in
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Women philanthropists are driving the ever-growing number of advocacy and charitable organizations seeking to advance the well-being of women and girls. The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at Indiana University-Purdue University has found consistently that women and men give differently. In almost every income bracket, women give more than men: baby-boomer and older women gave 89%
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