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Women’s Smarts Growing Faster Than Men’s

Here’s news that should help build women’s self confidence and increase women empowerment! Women are developing greater cognitive skills faster than men. According to a study published this week, the gap in cognitive gender differences is narrowing. Although the gap is unlikely to go away completely, the change reflects our cultural perceptions of men’s and […]

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Empowered Girls and Women Take Charge of Their Lives

If we are to grow strong resourceful women, we must start parenting in the womb, says Anea Bogue, author of the new book, 9 WAYS WE’RE SCREWING UP OUR GIRLS AND HOW WE CAN STOP: A Guide to Helping Girls Reach Their Highest Potential. Parenting is the hardest job in the world and we are

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Women Empowerment from Thinking Like a Woman

High powered reporter Cate Montana had done it all, from 16 years in network TV to magazine journalism, when she realized that she had been liberated to compete like a man in a man’s world. Her wake-up call happened in an interview with a shaman from a South American tribe. The shaman explained how men

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Talking Feminism Is Alive and Well

Barnard College, the oldest liberal arts college for women in the U.S., launches a new perspective on Feminism. “Dare to Use the F Word” is a new monthly podcast series created by and for young feminists. Barnard President and author of Wonder Women, Debora Spar, says that she doesn’t presume to know what young women

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Why Economics | A Way to Help People

Janet Yellen, Ph.D., made history this month as the first woman ever to be chosen to head the Federal Reserve. According to some accounts, this makes her the second most powerful person in the world and the most powerful woman. The person who controls the purse strings of the most powerful economy affects economies world-wide.

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Who Influences You on Social Media | Amplify Her Voice

The Representation Project (formerly MissRepresentation.org) continues to expose society’s limiting stereotypes that harm all of us: men, women, boys and girls. Most recently, they called attention to the lists of the most influential thinkers. Though women are proclaimed to use social media the most, they were mostly left off the lists.

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Feminist Halloween Costumes to Inspire Girls and Women

What Does a Princess Do? My granddaughter was VERY MUCH into princess dress ups when she was tiny, and one day I asked her what princesses do. “Oh,” she said ecstatically, “They wear beautiful gowns and hair.” As she spoke her hands glided down over the contours of a dress, smoothed her hair, touched the

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Love Never Dies Foundation Seeks End to Domestic Violence

[WomenSpeak has long focused on empowering women, and freeing women from abuse is close to Dr. Nancy’s heart. Please read and take seriously the lessons in this heart wrenching article. Your caring and involvement could be the magic touch needed to help another woman move from trauma to triumph.] by Kathryn Wiechert July, 2010 for

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