Sentences with phrase «from powerful women»

Tuesday, head to BRIC to hear from powerful women in the music industry who overcame the glass ceiling to live the dream.

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Rounding out the show are thoughts from some powerful women about disruption in the C - suite.

Not exact matches

Could our lack of social support for powerful women be discouraging some of them from starting and running fast - growth companies?

With the dam broken and decades worth of accusations of sexual harassment and abuse finally flooding out, we're hearing more and more apologies from powerful creeps who took advantage of and dehumanized the women around them.

The New York City - based «Academy» Urbaniak runs is aimed at teaching women how to communicate in influential and powerful ways, and get more of what they want in all kinds of relationships, from the office boardroom to the bedroom.

I think there are certain kinds of industries where very powerful men have direct contact with young women who need a «yes» from them in order to succeed.

This week's Fortune Live, hosted by Leigh Gallagher, comes to you from Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif..

She was recognized by Fortune as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in business from 2006 to 2014.

When details of her self - titled 2013 album were originally leaked earlier that year under the moniker Mrs. Carter, it was panned by some critics for its foreshadowed embrace of the artist's still - new identity as hip - hop mogul Sean «Jay - Z» Carter's wife rather than the trailblazing feminist icon who coined powerful female anthems like Irreplaceable, Single Ladies and Independent Women from her Destiny's Child days.

Bloom, a lawyer who built a reputation on representing women in high - profile sexual harassment cases against powerful men, came under fire from critics.

Considering all the guff women have bravely endured over the years, it seems to me that any man who feels threatened by a powerful woman, can't take criticism from a woman, or can't tolerate the merest suggestion of female superiority is just being wussy.

Panelists from three of today's most innovative companies spoke about building a culture of big ideas at Fortune's Most Powerful Women summit.

Zakin and Weisberg discussed how they benefit from jointly running their newsletter TheSkimm, which they founded in 2012, at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit Tuesday in Laguna Niguel, California.

I thought about the loss that my child had suffered without even knowing it of going from thinking she was at five, or four at the time, a Fortune Most Powerful Woman, to asking me what a bimbo is.

When: April 13 - 14, 2016; Where: New York City, NY Why: Now in its sixth year, the Women Entrepreneurs Festival brings together powerful women eaders and innovators from across the globe for two intense days of networking and discussions about how to be a successful female entrepreWomen Entrepreneurs Festival brings together powerful women eaders and innovators from across the globe for two intense days of networking and discussions about how to be a successful female entreprewomen eaders and innovators from across the globe for two intense days of networking and discussions about how to be a successful female entrepreneur.

The «Fortune On Stage Presents: The Most Powerful Women» podcast series features inspiring and practical advice from the world's most preeminent women leaWomen» podcast series features inspiring and practical advice from the world's most preeminent women leawomen leaders.

In the wake of the New York Times's explosive report alleging that megaproducer and Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed and assaulted dozens of women over decades as one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, there's been one overwhelming reaction from industry insiders and dedicated celebrity gossip readers: Finally.

At the 2015 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit (clockwise from top left): IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty; First Lady Michelle Obama; Fortune's Pattie Sellers with Ivanka Trump, Founder and CEO, Ivanka Trump Collection; General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

Building on our long history of mentoring young women from around the world, Notebook Mentoring has focused for the three consecutive year on pairing the daughters of military service members with a select group of Most Powerful Women in a special afternoon seswomen from around the world, Notebook Mentoring has focused for the three consecutive year on pairing the daughters of military service members with a select group of Most Powerful Women in a special afternoon sesWomen in a special afternoon session.

The United State of Women Summit isn't just a conference — it's a powerful gathering of women and allies from across the country who know their energy and power will break down barriers that stand between women and full equaWomen Summit isn't just a conference — it's a powerful gathering of women and allies from across the country who know their energy and power will break down barriers that stand between women and full equawomen and allies from across the country who know their energy and power will break down barriers that stand between women and full equawomen and full equality.

Participation at the MPW International Summit, by invitation only, is a unique opportunity to spend an intimate day with your peers — the most powerful women leaders from Asia and beyond.

The program brings rising - star women from developing countries to the U.S. each May to shadow participants of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Suwomen from developing countries to the U.S. each May to shadow participants of Fortune's Most Powerful Women SuWomen Summit.

At the 2016 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit (clockwise from top left): Priscilla Chan Co-founder, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook; Donna Langley Chairman, Universal Pictures; Pattie Sellers of Fortune with Barbra Streisand, Co-founder, Women's Heart Alliance; Angela Ahrendts Senior Vice President, Apple

And McDougal's story may be an indication that in the #MeToo era, it's not as easy to buy a woman's silence as it once was, or to shield a powerful man from the scrutiny of others.

Sara T Brand and Kerry Rupp, general partners of True Wealth Ventures, shared some powerful statistics regarding women as investors — with their investing characteristics and the influence they have on the markets from investable assets to everyday purchases.

In a powerful climax to the document, he gave public thanks to women, hinting that perhaps this was slightly overdue from the Church, that it came from the heart, and that it carried a genuine desire to ensure that women should not be slighted or marginalised within the Church or by Christians in everyday life:

Does this new finding prove an invisible, all powerful, magic man who lives in the sky had an evil talking snake tempt a woman, made from a rib, to disobey him, whereby he put a curse on all future humanity, then later changed his mind and decides to lift his curse by impregnating a human woman with himself and having himself tortured, killed, and raised from the dead, so that if you believe all that, you get to live forever in heaven after you die, but if you don't, he will torture you forever in hell?

So a magical all - powerful being living in some fantasy world in the clouds created the earth, placed a modern day man and woman on the earth from whom all humans are modeled in a fantastical garden 4.5 billion years ago, allows «good» people to live in a cloud kingdom where everyone who has ever died lives (like a Florida retirement community in the sky), and sends «bad» people to a fiery pit of despair for all eternity.

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story From Africa by Jeanette Winter — I love finding books that subvert the notion of «hero» to include powerful and influential women like Wangari Maathi.

The most powerful of the pro-choice arguments was that failure to legalize abortion would leave five to ten thousand women a year bleeding to death from coat - hanger abortions or dying from systemic infections incurred at the hands of «back - alley butchers.»

For example, at a breakfast conversation sponsored by the Emerging Women Leaders Initiative, women from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditWomen Leaders Initiative, women from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditwomen from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditwomen who struggle to have a voice in their traditions.

The feminist exegetes give equally short shrift to pious Judaism; in a commentary on the Book of Genesis, Amherst College religion professor Susan Niditch dismisses the culture of the ancient Hebrews as one «in which powerful women are regarded with suspicion as unnatural and evil» (actually, the women in Genesis seem quite the opposite, inspiring quite a bit of respect from their menfolk).

(For an interesting global perspective on contraception, be sure to check out Rachel Marie Stone's post on the topic, where she cites this powerful statistic from USAID: «Family planning could prevent up to 30 percent of the more than 287,000 maternal deaths that occur every year, by enabling women to delay their first pregnancy and space later pregnancies at the safest intervals.

A woman who declines to express herself in sexual activity, then, has fallen prey to a male - dominated society that wishes to prevent women from becoming powerful.

Read my previous comment carefully and please explain why you would want to dissuade the young woman I mention from her faith or anyone else from becoming a part of the same faith, unless of course you know of something equally powerful and able to carry someone through such a tragedy.

In addition being a powerful business owner, Louisa Nelson was a woman who refrained from judging others, a characteristic exemplified by her consistent leadership in employing disabled and minorities.

It must be understood that a woman in a postpartum psychosis might understand the concept of right and wrong according to the law of the land, but at the same time might be hearing commands that she fully believes to arise from a higher and more powerful authority.

It has been found to have a powerful lasting potential to enhance or detract from women's feelings of self - confidence and these feelings often last a lifetime [3, 4].

It makes women feel complete and powerful, being able to provide their little ones with nutrients from their very own bodies.

Another powerful interview from the video was with Lisa Butter, a young woman who impressed everyone I spoke to at the event with her maturity and calm understanding of mental health.

Two of the most powerful women in New York state government — Secretary of the Governor Melissa DeRosa and LG Kathy Hochul — unveiled Cuomo's 30 - point plan to address issues ranging from child care and equal pay to contraception coverage and maternal depression.

But brief mention of ethics and voting reform garnered only tepid applause from the state's most powerful men and women, gathered to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address on Wednesday.

«Cuomo will do anything to distract from his real record on women's rights, which is one of protecting and promoting powerful serial harassers in state government who were allowed to repeatedly prey on women,» Proud said.

Speaking of widespread abuse of women by «powerful men» across society, Cuomo had called the «silence from Washington deafening.»

What really struck me was how feminised the Labour policy agenda has become, and what powerful evidence it provides for the shift in perspective that comes from having a significant body of women at the top of the party.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

Two of the most powerful women in New York state government unveiled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 30 - point plan to address issues ranging from child care and equal pay to contraception coverage and maternal depression.

The comments, from the person once dubbed the most powerful Muslim woman in Britain, come on top of supportive statements from Caroline Spelman, environment secretary and the second most powerful woman in the Cabinet, who stressed that burkhas could be empowering for women.

In a town where one's address often means more than one's name, it should come as no surprise that some of the most influential players come from the real estate industry in Crain's list of New York's 50 most powerful women.