From Quartz at Work: “This is not a list: It’s a collection of insights from visionaries around the world aimed at anyone committed to empowering women. In a series of interviews, these women laid bare their struggles, revealed their secrets to success, and told us about their next big idea. Whether she’s launching her career […]
Category Archives: Activist
How the ’90s Tricked Women Into Thinking They’d Gained Gender Equality
From TIME authored by Allison Yarrow: “As the 90s dawned things were looking up for women. Daughters of second-wave feminism came of age and chose new paths unavailable to their mothers: delaying marriage and children, pursuing higher education, joining the workforce, and assuming independence and identities outside of the home. The gaps between men and women in education “have […]
Thousands of Migrant Children Are Being Separated From Their Families at the Border. Here’s How to Help Them
From TIME authored by Alix Langone: “Nearly 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents at the border as part of the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” policy on border crossings — and many people are still looking for ways to help the families, even as the White House acted to adjust that policy on Wednesday. President […]
Professor Carol M. Suzuki Presents “Promoting Student Learning and Breastfeeding Behind Bars Through Multi-Faceted Social Justice Advocacy”
From The University of New Mexico authored by Hannah Farrington: ‘The 2018 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, held in Chicago, IL, from April 29th to May 2nd, provided, according to Professor Carol Suzuki, “An opportunity for me to share with legal clinicians around the country the collaborative work that some students in the UNM […]
The extraordinary courage of an ordinary woman: Lorena Weeks broke barriers for working women
From TimeLine authored by Meagan Day: “Lorena Weeks worked nearly all her life. When she was a child in Georgia, her father was killed in a sawmill accident, and her mother — 29 years old, with four children — struggled to make ends meet. She entered the workforce, and Lorena did, too. “I went to work at the five-and-ten-cent […]
Artist Reimagines Disney Princesses As Career Women And It’s Everything
From Scary Mommy authored by Christine Marfice: “Disney princesses are role models for a ton of kids, but there’s a big problem with that. So many of the classic princesses make catching a man one of their primary goals, but an artist used his talent to point out that there’s more to life than getting […]
In the City of South Fulton’s justice system, black women hold all the reins
From The Atlanta Voice authored by Marshall A. Latimore: “As America waits to see if Georgia will make history by electing the first African American woman governor in the country this November, African American women in one of Georgia’s newest cities are already making U.S. history. Only a year after the creation of the City […]
Fried? 9 Hyper-Motivating TED Talks from Women on the Top
From Career Contessa authored by Naohmi Monroe: “It’s time for a pep talk, ladies. Take a few minutes to pause and absorb empowering stories from some of the best lady pioneers of our generation. We’ve curated a TED talk sequence led by diverse women who found empowerment in their career and personal paths. Just like […]
‘You don’t look like a legislator’: Security stops black, female lawmaker going to work in Ohio
From USA Today authored by Jessie Balmert, The Cincinnati Enquirer: “COLUMBUS – State Rep. Emilia Sykes was walking to work in the Ohio Statehouse last year with a fellow lawmaker when she was stopped by security. Officers needed to search her bag, she was told. Sykes is serving her third year as a Democratic state representative from Akron. […]
Ireland May Be About to Repeal One of Europe’s Strictest Abortion Laws. This Is the History Behind the Referendum
From TIME authored by Ciara Nugent: “The eighth amendment to Ireland’s constitution, which faces repeal in a national referendum on May 25, gives a mother and her unborn child an “equal right to life” and prevents any relaxation of the country’s near-total ban on abortion. This means that Ireland’s law on abortion is among the strictest in Europe and […]
