Sharing a legacy of leadership and decades of service in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton had a transformative impact on academic life at the school. n the 1970s, the United States found itself trying to untangle from the tumult of the previous decade. Despite the civil rights …
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Governor of Tokyo Koike Yuriko shares her thoughts on gender equality issues in Japan and how local government policy can make a difference. This guest article from Koike Yuriko is part of the Asia program’s Women’s Voices From the Indo-Pacific Project. John E. Merow Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith features influential women in Japan’s political, economic, and …
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RIYADH: Saudi journalist Balqees Basalom started an online platform to shed light on Arab women role models to help young girls in the Gulf Cooperation Council area find inspiring women to look upto. “I was inspired to do this platform for the girls who grew up without a female role model,” Basalom told Arab News. …
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WEPmentor will provide four mentorship programmes for women entrepreneurs including personalised mentoring sessions, organisation-led mentorship, skill-specific workshops, and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) initiatives. The programme will also tie up with academic institutions, industry associations, and other resources to provide a comprehensive suite of mentorship resources. Women entrepreneurship: In order to boost global mentorship for women entrepreneurs, G20 EMPOWER …
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Emily Hikade, CEO of Petite Plume, shares her journey from CEO officer to founding a beloved sleepwear company. Not many people can say they’ve gone from CIA officer to founder and CEO of a beloved sleepwear brand, but in 2015, Emily Hikade did just that. She decided to leave a successful career of more than …
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