Mayra Avellar Neves of Brazil received her peace prize from Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu. Founder, Marc Dullaert stands on the right. Marc Dullaert, a successful businessman from Europe, witnesses a death in Africa and decides that he can no longer be a spectator to the world’s suffering. Moved by a 14-year-old’s campaign to stop […]
Emma Watson: Are You Man Enough For Equality?
Since the HeForShe launch in New York last September I think it would be fair to say that my colleagues and I have been stunned by the response. The HeForShe conference was watched over 11 million times, sparking 1.2 billion social media conversations, culminating in the HeForShe hashtag becoming so popular that Twitter painted […]
The Future of Gender Diversity
Three prominent female leaders from across the globe offer their views on the role of diversity and how it might shape future development in their regions. 1. Erica Pedruzzi Member of the Board of Directors, C4B Compliance for Business, Argentina What is your personal view on the role of diversity in the South American […]
Amazing Female Leaders That History Forgot
Source: Brighton School of Business and Management
Now Women CAN Win
Fund Athena… that’s the name of a new venture aimed at getting tens of millions of investment dollars in the hands of women business leaders with great ideas. It’s about time. For the most part women-lead businesses have been starved for capital. Only 2.7% of venture capital is invested in women-led or owned businesses. Yet, […]
Women In Power: Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before
A dear friend asked me rather timidly for feedback over the phone yesterday. She is a friend because we’ve known each other for years now, working together occasionally and attending similar events. But she is precious to me because there’s something about her that is very endearing. Born to bring peace to every team she […]
How to Create a Women-Friendly Workplace
Last night I served on a panel discussion in front of hundreds of women working for a well-known global tech company. I gave them three specific habits designed to evolve their culture to a higher state. (More on that in a minute.) The challenge topic was “How can women better support each other in the […]
Sustainable Development Goals Target Women
This month I was invited to speak at consultations at the United Nations to shape the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the process of gaining consensus from 193 member states remains deeply inscrutable to an outsider such as myself, it is encouraging to note how embedded full financial inclusion is to several of the 17 proposed SDGs […]
A Commitment to Universal Financial Inclusion
The World Bank Group has identified universal financial inclusion as key to achieving the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2013, the World Bank set the objective of providing this unprecedented level of financial access by 2020, noting that the achievement of this goal would be a catalyst for ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting […]
The Return on Investment of Gender Balanced Leadership
Many strong arguments have been made by authors Gerzema, Sandberg, Grant, Herman, and others for an increase in the number of women in business leadership roles, including at board, C-suite, and general management levels. But here are the simple, research-based facts: Women make companies smarter. Women make companies more profitable. Companies with more women outperform those with fewer women across a range of […]
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