From The Guardian authored by Grace Banks: “After a city-wide billboard campaign featuring a group of young women standing with arms folded, the women’s media network Zan TV launched in Kabul, Afghanistan, three months ago, with a panel discussion about the right to vote and a Facebook cover photo that read: “We mirror you all”. […]
Category Archives: Breaking barriers
Law firms’ problem with women
From Law 21 authored by Jordan Furlong: “The last time I wrote about women and the law, it took weeks for the flames to die down. Only a glutton for punishment would return to this topic again. Ahem. So I’ve been collecting articles about the seemingly endless issue of the apparently insurmountable barrier to the […]
Even After the Glass Ceiling Yields, Female Executives Find Shaky Ground
From The New York Times authored by Julie Creswell: “For the better part of five years as the chief executive of the cosmetics giant Avon Products, Sheri McCoy battled collapsing sales, a plunging stock price, a bribery scandal in China and the constant drumbeat of an attack from an activist investor. On Thursday, Avon announced that […]
Time for Women In Business To Embrace The Success
From Playbook authored by Kim Shepherd: “How great is it to be a CEO? Not only do I get to nurture the culture of a great company, but I’m also invited to speak to organizations for women in business. These groups usually expect to hear stories about women’s struggles, suggestions for breaking the glass ceiling, and […]
Her dilemma: Do I let my employer microchip me?
From The Washington Post authored by Danielle Paquette: “Melissa Timmins has a week to decide: Does she keep her hand to herself, or does she let her employer microchip it? The implant is the size of a grain of rice. It would slip under the skin between her forefinger and thumb. It would sting for only […]
Finding Joy in Feminism
From Medium authored by Jane Harkness: In high school, I didn’t know anyone who called themselves a feminist. “I would occasionally read an article about discrimination against women and find myself nodding in agreement, feeling like I could relate but unable to fully articulate why. Perhaps it was because I had heard feminists smeared as […]
Women Flying Solo: Success Stories from the Small Firm World
From Law Practice Today authored by Sara Kropf and Margaret Cassidy: “Since Ada H. Kepley became the first woman to graduate from law school in 1870, women have found success in the legal profession—in government, in corporate legal departments, in academia and on the bench. Even so, women have yet to match the success of […]
One Biglaw Firm’s Embrace Of A Transgender Partner
From Above the Law authored by Kathryn Rubino: “Has the president’s awful early morning tweeting about banning transgender individuals from serving in the military — a move that is only likely to decrease military readiness and increase the risk of suicide — left you deeply upset about the state of the world? Well, there’s not much to be done about the president’s […]
TOP INSPIRING QUOTES FROM THE 2017 KPMG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
From KSDK.Com authored by Danielle Page: “Olympia Fields Country Club is no stranger to hosting the best male golfers in the world, having been the host course of four major championships dating back to 1925. But seeing the top LPGA Tour players in the world take their best shot at making history? That was a […]
Congresswomen Protested The House’s Outdated Dress Code With Sleeveless Friday
From Refinery 29 authored by Sarah Midkiff: “In the sweltering, D.C. heat, congresswomen on both sides of the aisle united to exercise their right to bare arms. No, that was not a typo. Their stand for a modernized dress code in the House of Representatives was spurred on when a number of political reporters were not […]
