Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images Lidiya Yankovskaya conducting the Refugee Orchestra Project at the First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn, June 20, 2016 Borrowing from the works of choreographer, Mark Morris, classical music is a 'hard nut to crack' -- the world of conductors seemingly the toughest. Some … Continue reading Classical Music — a bastion of batons, board rooms and behaviors — blocks women from the podium
Getting middle-schooler girls right — the full range of teen girldom
From the Hulu series "Pen15" Perhaps too often girls are left vulnerable because we are not taught about our sexuality at an early age. . The age and the girl's maturity will be different for each, but awareness and education combined may be a girl's best prevention for sexual assault. Yet our sexuality is a … Continue reading Getting middle-schooler girls right — the full range of teen girldom
“Equality for Women; Prosperity for All”
From a VOX headline on 3/8/2019 we read what many of us have thought for years. Gender equality is the key to economic prosperity. I was born into an island society and a cultural mind-set that saw women as destined to be married and a mother. Why would you invest in her education? Fortunately my parents … Continue reading “Equality for Women; Prosperity for All”
Need Financial Backing For Your Idea, Your Product, Your Startup?
Our post today looks at success stories for women-led startups and funding provided by female venture capitalists who consider access to capital for women entrepreneurs with smart ideas and products. Able Partners fund was started three years ago by Lisa Blau and Amanda Eilian and has been an early-stage investor in a number of female-founded … Continue reading Need Financial Backing For Your Idea, Your Product, Your Startup?
Gender Parity — pertinent recommendations: yesterday, today and tomorrow
I'm quite stunned that I have not found and read this article much earlier. Shame on me! Well written, good recommendations and from a global perspective. Continue reading and learning
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