In honor of International Women’s Day, read how our FedEx Express India team, in collaboration with United Way Mumbai, is helping empower women to restart their small businesses.
Paula Chou is a mechanical designer with Glumac, A Tetra Tech Company, based in Irvine, California. She works on the sustainable design of HVAC projects for architects and owners of building construction. Paula has a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering. We talked with Paula as part of our #TtInspires campaign celebrating the passion of Tetra Tech employees. Follow #TtInspires on social media for more stories.
Consumers Energy, a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity to 6.7 million people in Michigan, named Tonya Berry as its new vice president of operations performance. Starting on Nov. 16, 2018, Berry will be responsible for improving work management processes within the gas and electric groups.
When we are surrounded by difference, we are better. We know diversity amongst board members, leaders, and teams has impact at scale. California recently became the first state to require public companies to have women on their board. At Cisco, we were co-founded by a woman and have had women on our board for more than 22 years. Currently, we have three women serving on our board. Today, these extraordinary women – Carol Bartz, Michele Burns and Kristina Johnson – were named to WomenInc.’s 2018 list of the Most Influential Corporate Directors. On behalf of all of us at Cisco, congratulations and thank you for your leadership!
Almost two dozen representatives from Ghanaian development agencies working in partnership with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in northern Ghana gathered in the city of Bolgatanga on 13 November 2018 for a training workshop on Social and Gender Dynamics and their Importance for Improving Resilience and Livelihoods.
A host of STEM and coding programs already exist for girls, Girls With Impact fills a critical void in the Future of Work and the timely focus on women: providing real business and entrepreneurship training, equipping the next generation to innovate and lead, whether they work for a corporate or for themselves.
Mary Winston, a member of Domtar’s Board of Directors, and Domtar President and CEO John D. Williams bring their corporate experience and board perspectives to the 2020 Women on Boards national conversation on board diversity. This important diversity panel takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, this month.
This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Mariana Dahan, Founder and CEO of the World Identity Network. She recently spoke as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT series. Today, more than a billion people around the world lack that most basic of human rights: recognized personhood. Lack of officially recognized identity (ID) impacts every aspect of life: civil, economic, educational and political, among many others. Without a valid proof of identity, many basic services are out of reach.
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