Here's some inspiration for the month!
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!
Italy gives all women free entry to museums to celebrate International Women's Day
Italy is giving all women free entry to the country’s museums on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day.
The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage announced on Thursday that it wanted to “celebrate the feminine world” by highlighting works of art by and of women in their collections.
A number of special events, talks and exhibitions will take place at cultural heritage sites across the country throughout the day on 8 March. Some will focus on specific periods, authors, or regions, while others look more generally at the representation of women in art.
Read the full article here from Independent.
Italy is giving all women free entry to the country’s museums on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day.
The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage announced on Thursday that it wanted to “celebrate the feminine world” by highlighting works of art by and of women in their collections.
A number of special events, talks and exhibitions will take place at cultural heritage sites across the country throughout the day on 8 March. Some will focus on specific periods, authors, or regions, while others look more generally at the representation of women in art.
Read the full article here from Independent.
"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use." ~ Ruth Gordo
International Women's Day as a vehicle for change, is it possible?
Last year, organizations and individuals around the world supported the #PledgeForParity campaign and committed to help women and girls achieve their ambitions; challenge conscious and unconscious bias; call for gender-balanced leadership; value women and men's contributions equally; and create inclusive flexible cultures. From awareness raising to concrete action, organizations rallied their people to pledge support to help forge gender parity on International Women’s Day (IWD) and beyond.
Join this year's theme #BeBoldForChange!
Click here to learn more about the 2017 theme!
Last year, organizations and individuals around the world supported the #PledgeForParity campaign and committed to help women and girls achieve their ambitions; challenge conscious and unconscious bias; call for gender-balanced leadership; value women and men's contributions equally; and create inclusive flexible cultures. From awareness raising to concrete action, organizations rallied their people to pledge support to help forge gender parity on International Women’s Day (IWD) and beyond.
Join this year's theme #BeBoldForChange!
Click here to learn more about the 2017 theme!
"Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get."
~ Ingrid Bergman
~ Ingrid Bergman
Gloria Steinem: Women Have 'Chick Flicks.' What
About Men?
I was on a flight from New York to Seattle recently when a long delay on the
tarmac prompted the airline to offer us a free movie. As the flight attendant
read the choices aloud, a young man across the aisle said,
"I don't watch chick flicks!"
I knew what he meant, and so did the woman sitting next to me. A “chick flick” is one that has more dialogue than car chases, more relationships than special effects, and whose suspense comes more from how people live than from how they get killed.
I wasn’t challenging his preference, but I did question the logic of his term. After all, much of what we read as great literature in school may well have been called “chick lit,” especially if it had been written by women.
Read full NY Times article here.
About Men?
I was on a flight from New York to Seattle recently when a long delay on the
tarmac prompted the airline to offer us a free movie. As the flight attendant
read the choices aloud, a young man across the aisle said,
"I don't watch chick flicks!"
I knew what he meant, and so did the woman sitting next to me. A “chick flick” is one that has more dialogue than car chases, more relationships than special effects, and whose suspense comes more from how people live than from how they get killed.
I wasn’t challenging his preference, but I did question the logic of his term. After all, much of what we read as great literature in school may well have been called “chick lit,” especially if it had been written by women.
Read full NY Times article here.
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
~ Alice Walker
~ Alice Walker
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Why Women Must Ask (The Right Way): Negotiation Advice From Stanford's Margaret A. Neale
Linda Babcock did a study for her book "Women Don't Ask" where she found that there was a 7.6% difference between the salaries that women MBAs were getting and those that men were getting. A lot had been written on the comparable work issue already and much of the blame for the difference had been placed on organizations-basically institutional sexism. Linda doesn't say that doesn't happen, but she does ask if there is something more. Read the full article here. |
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