It’s been over 50 years since the Stonewall Uprising, six days of protest and civil unrest inflamed by a police raid of a New York City gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. This
We are excited to announce BCtA’s new webinar series featuring presentations and discussions with key experts who have helped to empower women at the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) market through their research, products or services development, policy or advocacy work. This is a unique chance to engage on both conceptual and practical issues around women’s economic empowerment for the BOP market.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, has been named the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) 2018 Woman of the Year. The award honors a senior executive female whose accomplishments have resulted in significant contributions to the health care industry. HBA also recognized several other leaders as “powerful and effective advocates” committed to advancing women in the health care industry.
Every year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) creates a list of the best places to work based on criteria surrounding LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality. For 2018, Subaru was given the title of being one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
This is not exactly a forecast for 2018, and it is also not exactly a wish list. This is a view of a year that will see the business community make even greater progress toward the promise of 2015’s twin achievements of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.
By far the best thing CEOs and their companies can do to combat sexism, gender discrimination, and sexual misconduct–in short, to support women–is to put diverse women into half of the positions of power and leadership. This is how we resolve a foul, permissive culture.
Legg Mason has announced that it will offer US employees 12 weeks of parental leave to both men and women, effective January 1, 2018.
Expanding this benefit is consistent with Legg Mason’s efforts to improve diversity and inclusion across the company by treating all new parents equally – both male and female. All new parents with at least one year of service qualify for the benefit.
At Tupperware, we ignite a global community, especially women, to realize their best selves. #GivingTuesday is a global movement encouraging all of us to give. Give our time, our money, our goods and our voice. Tupperware leaders and friends are no strangers to those actions and with over 3 million sales force members worldwide, we see how those actions create confidence that radiates around the world.
Working together with policymakers, regulators and enterprises, GRI raises awareness and enhances reporting capacity on key sustainability issues in the Indo-Pacific region. GRI’s programs with the Australian government contribute to building a more inclusive economy that ultimately creates a higher quality of life.
This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to two women who are working to change all that. Andy Greenberg and Sharon Krinsky, are the founders of Society Jane, a cannabis business that targets women customers. We discuss the game-changing medicinal benefits of a relatively new cannabonoid derivative, CBD, how it appeals to a female market, and the challenges this burgeoning industry faces while prohibition is still technically the law of the land.
In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
