Later that year, Watson was appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and gave an impassioned speech
about women's rights.
I'm reading a book called Breaking Night,
about a woman's journey from homelessness to Harvard.
I had an investor say, «I think you're amazing, but I have to pick one or two board seats a year and where I feel really passionate about the business, and I don't think I can be passionate
about women's dresses and retail.»»
«The reason for this pushback lies in many of the unconscious assumptions we all hold
about women and men,» Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and the founder of Lean In, wrote for The Wall Street Journal.
Those posts got around: One,
about women in tech, received thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, Srinivasan said.
The 2016 Presidential race should be reframing the way we think
about women and power.
Hillary Clinton's campaign is already using his history of disrespectful comments
about women as grist for attack ads.
The impulse towards those acts, and the beliefs
about women that underlie them, probably predate a powerful person's rise.
Now, the addition of food adds a layer of detail and helps tell a story
about the women I draw.»
The Oscars may have been dominated by messages
about women, but the actors weren't the only ones being celebrated.
Chip Wilson, Lulu's founder, built his empire on a story
about women and yoga and looking really great in clothes that also felt really good.
Instead, the 2016 Presidential race is taking all the dysfunctional hateful stereotypes
about women and displaying the power these stereotypes still wield.
If you're a set of guys looking to start a company, think
about women you could team up with — they will see things differently and solve problems you didn't even realize you had.
WOMEN IN VENTURE: As Floodgate's Ann Miura - Ko told Term Sheet yesterday, «I know for a fact there's a ton of announcements coming out relatively soon
about women being recruited into venture firms.»
Americans have become «more willing to say the right things
about women in the workplace, but we haven't put the supports in place to back it up.
«I think of opening doors not just for women comedians — I never think
about women.
And then she lost to THAT guy — of all people — who is not qualified, who said such disgusting things
about women, who clearly disrespects women.
The 2005 recording showed Trump making vulgar comments
about women, including boasting about trying to sleep with a married woman and remarking that he could «grab» women «by the p — y» because «when you're a star they let you do it.»
Billionaire investing mogul Warren Buffett has a new message for the employers of America
about women in the workforce in the wake of the #MeToo movement: Don't mess this up.
We're operating in a landscape that has been created by men, dominated by men and we have an opportunity to rewrite the conversation
about women entrepreneurs.
Next, Diane Sawyer and the 60 Minutes crew showed up to do a story
about the Women's Economic Development Corp., a program for women entrepreneurs in which Gordon was involved.
There were incidents of Christmas fraternization — chatting and trading booze and food (and doubtless sharing stories
about women)-- at Przemyśl, a fortress deep behind Russian lines where over 120,000 Austro - Hungarian troops were trapped.
Recently I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Allyson Kapin and Craig Newmark
about the Women Startup Challenge, an initiative of the nonprofit organization, Women Who Tech.
Avivah Wittenberg - Cox, CEO of the gender consulting firm 20 - first, wishes the conversations
about women in the workplace could move beyond gender stereotypes — «I think it's suicidal to talk
about women being better or men being better» — and even beyond mention of gender itself.
At a symposium, held at the U.S. Treasury in 2010
about women in finance, Elizabeth Warren, not yet a U.S. Senator, said about the fact that there aren't enough women on Wall Street, «Sometimes you have to lean back and sock someone in the mouth.»
The business world is starting to shed long - held negative notions
about women, and it shows.
If Trump stands by what he said
about women as «locker room talk,» he's clearly not sorry.
And if you care
about women in science, Editas is a winner twice over.
The company's chief financial officer offered to pay a bonus to female employees for losing weight and talked aloud
about women's breasts, according to the report.
As a final thought
about women leaders, O'Leary summarized his stance, «If I want high returns with low volatility, that equals a woman.»
There was a case recently
about a woman in Quebec who was injured by a drone while she was doing a run.
How do his private comments
about women and minorities inform the policies he would implement as president?
Trump spoke
about women and empowerment, and at later sessions took opportunities to promote the administration's expanded childcare tax credit, her paid family leave proposal, and the president's tax plan.
Last March at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Moscow in March, I was scheduled to speak
about women in entrepreneurship to a host of people from around the globe.
«No matter what companies assume
about women, you will often see women lead with courage in crisis,» says Kate Bensen, the president and CEO of the women leadership group The Chicago Network.
How dare we talk
about women that way.»
Just look at the ad her campaign released on Friday warning them against Trump's harsh language
about women's appearances.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters have suggested that the now - notorious 2005 conversation made public by the Washington Post on Friday — in which Trump is heard making sexually explicit comments
about women while TV personality Billy Bush eggs him on — was typical of the kind of harmless «locker room talk» in which men engage in all the time.
In other words, these women managers have worked hard to overcome obstacles like negative stereotypes
about women in the workplace, and they're concerned about losing everything they've achieved because of a low - performing employee.
But, she added, «as soon as I heard about this, I knew I was going to go because of my level of horror at the way folks are talking
about women's issues postelection.»
«If you see a colleague being sexually harassed, or hear comments
about women that are demeaning or derogatory, say something in that moment,» Noreen A. Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, tells CNBC Make It.
Tyra Banks and Chelsea Handler, who met Buffett at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Tweeted their regards and urged their millions of followers to read his Fortune essay
about Women.
The Canadian yoga - clothing company, whose chairman announced his resignation in December following his controversial remarks
about women, says it has seen sales «decelerate meaningfully» since the sta...
When we talked to our customer, we heard very different things from what the media and Hollywood and fashion say
about women.
Last month, Trump was asked
about the women in combat issue at an event hosted by the Retired American Warriors in Virginia.
Or what
about the woman who sees retirement as only a finish line?
Pro tip: If your chairman talks negatively
about women's bottoms, then your company's bottom line will suffer.
I am simply sharing some of my own observations and realizations
about women entrepreneurs.
WikiLeaks dropped the first batch of Podesta's emails shortly after news organizations released a video in which Trump is heard making sexually predatory comments
about women.
I thought
about the women at Google who are now facing a very public discussion about their abilities, sparked by one of their own co-workers.