Hundreds of authors protest after Kamila Shamsie's book award is revoked
Arundhati Roy, JM Coetzee and Sally Rooney are among more than 250 writers who have defended Kamila Shamsie after a German literary prize withdrew an award over her support for the Boycott, Divestment,...
View Article5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Brings Diversity to the Modern Workplace
Diversity has become one of the pillars of the modern business world, and in many countries across the globe, it is one of the prerequisites for a …
View ArticleEx-BBC worker gets £130,000 settlement in equal pay dispute
A former BBC employee has received an out-of-court settlement of more than £130,000 after she accused the broadcaster of failing to meet its obligations over equal pay.<p>Caroline Barlow, who...
View ArticleWomen In Leadership: A Q&A with President Sahle-Work Zewde
Sep 20 2019 - Women Deliver President/CEO Katja Iversen discusses women in leadership and links between sexual and reproductive health and rights and …
View ArticleEntrepreneurship in Small Town, USA
NEWTON FALLS, Ohio – Tom Dever was intrigued when he read about the possibility of a missile defense system based at Camp Garfield just outside of …
View ArticleIt’s Amazing What Women With Energy Can Do
<i>This article was published in The Beam #9 — </i><i>Subscribe now</i> <i>for more on the topic</i>.<p>“Mummy, mummy, where’s my boubou? Where’s my boubou?”...
View Article67% of businesswomen believe it’s difficult to be female in business
Nearly 70% of businesswomen believe it’s difficult to be female in business and 100% said it was crucial they supported other women.<p>The findings, …
View ArticleThe Most Promising Cleantech Innovations May Come from Fossil Fuel Regions
The best place to spot the most promising cleantech innovations on the horizon is at the ClimateLaunchpad Global Grand Final that takes place in The …
View ArticleSocial Innovation Challenge Brings Innovation to Bear on Food Insecurity,...
Students, faculty, and community partners attend the Social Innovation Challenge Kick-Off Event on Aug. 29. Students who participate over the course …
View ArticleThe Joy of Disruption
Perhaps it is the natural troublemaker in us which derives joy from “disruption”–seeing how things are quite lame, and how we can disrupt it and do …
View ArticleHow to Find Your Passion (And Live Your Best Life)
How to Find Your Passion (And Live Your Best Life)<p>The world is a magnificent place. There are billions of people you can learn so much from. And so …
View ArticleMary Kay Launches Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator | Direct Selling News
Mary Kay Inc., a leading advocate of women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, today announced the Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator.<p>The …
View ArticleWomen of color are starting new businesses faster than anyone else
Consider this stat: Over the past year, women started an average of 1,817 new businesses per day in the U.S. That now represents 42% of nearly 13 million businesses overall, which employ 9.4 million...
View ArticleThe Role of Entrepreneurship in our Future National Curriculum
Education in Barbados seems to be entering a new era and the powers that be, are seemingly undertaking an evaluation of the current secondary school …
View Article“What Starts Up Here Changes the World:” McCombs Hosts Annual Startup Ecosystem
Students and community leaders gathered to discuss entrepreneurship and promote student innovation at the annual Intro to the UT and Austin Startup …
View ArticleA New Ecosystem Of Leaders: 40 Social Innovators Driving Change And...
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship today announced 40 awardees for social innovation in 2019. The list includes start-up founders and …
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Advice From This Photography Tour Company Founder - Exhale...
Although Saba Alhadi loved her job as a travel agent, a corporate position she held for eight years, the advent of online booking sites upended the …
View Article4 reasons it’s hard to become a sustainable business
Ask business executives, environmental activists and academics what it means for a business to be sustainable, and you will get an array of answers. …
View ArticleWas it ‘techno-racism’? Facial recognition bug denies Black man’s passport photo
A 28-year-old Black man from the U.K. says he was “annoyed” after a facial detection system rejected his passport photo after mistaking his full lips …
View ArticleTech's diversity push - is it making a difference for interns?
Internships remain a popular route into the tech industry. But male-dominated screening panels and gender-biased questions make it tough for women to land that all-important internship<p>Any one...
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