The Business Case for Intersectionality
The proof ithat diversity works in companies and how to lift as you rise
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The proof ithat diversity works in companies and how to lift as you rise
The status quo is being challenged— and much of the challenge is coming from women driving further innovation
Women leaders drive more engagement from employees that translates into retention savings of $1.43 million for every 1,000 employees
Just a year after graduating from the MIT Leaders for Global Operations program Janelle Heslop found herself entrusted by Amgen to lead a team determining where the company would put its next $1 billion manufacturing facilities
Women's health companies are at a pivotal moment of recognition, supporting everything from postpartum care to lactation, sleep + career coaching + they have the eye of female VC’s
The provocative garment challenges the male gaze—even in circumstances that invite you to look
The Interior Department is asking tribes for help finding new names for mountains, rivers and other landmarks that include the offensive term “squaw”
Support of women leaders are crucial to our continued survival as a planet
The rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer could be a significant elevator into the Boardroom for more women
Now more than ever, women are leading the charge in economic and social issues, and the business community’s commitment to empowering women remains vital to closing the gender equity gap.
Successful businesses don’t get out of bed in the morning without knowing what their goals are for that week or month, or year, and how they’re going to achieve it. Good strategic business leaders know this implicitly. The same mindset is needed in how we achieve equality of opportunity.
A new study found a positive link between a high number of women in upper management and a company’s willingness to have more sustainable practices.
When you’ve got more engagement from women, when women are in the driving seat to the extent they should be, it makes for far more successful businesses
Activist and author Leah Thomas lays out her vision for a more just + intersectional environmental movement
A German feminist art group has revealed a vulva-shaped spaceship in order to restore gender equality to the cosmos.
"If you believe in data, and you want to increase not just meritocracy, but also economic prosperity, you can completely ignore the social fairness and justice arguments for gender diversity, and simply follow the money.” (Booya.)
Unless advocacy efforts for women's rights have an intersectional interest, they're not inclusively feminist
Women are 17% more likely to be killed than men in a car accident, and a gender biased design process is to blame. Gender biased financing is also costly for women—and their countries GDP.
Your typical investor is white, male, and holds a degree from Harvard or Stanford. how one firm is tackling the problem: No more hiring men.
Female founders have proven time and time again that they have what it takes to launch and lead successful businesses -- even with the systemic challenges that the corporate world often stacks against them.