According to a report published by the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and the GSMA, Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity, cell phones improve women’s lives: 93 percent of female mobile phone users feel safer with a phone, 85 percent feel more independent, and 41 percent use their phones to increase their income and professional opportunities. Moreover, closing the gender gap is not only good for women and development, it’s good for business. Adding 300 million women subscribers could generate $13 billion in immediate incremental revenue for mobile phone operators. Such statistics indicate that there is much to be gained by empowering women through mobile technology. Learn more.
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Women & Mobile: An Empowering Partnership
In Education, Health & Wellness, Leadership, Media & Technology on October 16, 2011 at 3:39 pmNSF, White House Support Career-Life Balance Initiative for Women in the Sciences
In Education, Government, Leadership on October 16, 2011 at 3:33 pmA National Science Foundation initiative to help retain more women in science careers received the backing of the White House. The Career-Life Balance Initiative is a ten-year plan designed to give scientists more flexibility with having a family and still maintaining their careers. One part of the plan will allow scientists to delay research grant awards for up to a year when they go on parental leave for a newborn or adopted child. Learn more.
Bentley University Launches National Center for Women and Business
In Education, Girls, Leadership on May 23, 2011 at 9:51 amBentley University, one of the nation’s leading business schools, today announced the launch of the Center for Women and Business to advance shared leadership among women and men in the business world and develop women business leaders. The Center will be led by Betsy Meyser, former senior adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and COO and chair of Women for Obama. Read more.
Keeping Women in the Science Pipeline
In Education, Girls, Media & Technology on May 23, 2011 at 9:47 amA recent study out of the University of California, Berkeley on “Keeping Women in the Science Pipeline” found that one of the reasons many women graduate students leave research careers is because paid parental leave after the birth of a child is so difficult for graduate students to obtain. Read full story.
Celebrating Twenty Years of Women in Science
In Education, Girls on May 23, 2011 at 9:42 amDartmouth College is celebrating the 20th anniversary of a project aimed at getting more women to major in science, math and engineering. Since the Woman in Science Project began, the number of women majoring in those subjects has grown from 45 to 102. Read more.
The Need For and Benefits of Women & STEM
In Education, Girls, Media & Technology on February 6, 2011 at 11:35 amIt is important for schools to push girls as early as possible to enter STEM professions and encourage a diversity of perspectives in the STEM job landscape. A recent article in the Collegiate Times outlines the importance of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Read the full article.
Women + Girls: The Solution
In Conferences, Education, Girls, Leadership, Media & Technology on July 18, 2010 at 10:16 amAt the annual Aspen Ideas Festival, this year’s program covered five tracks, including one called “Women + Girls: The Solution.” The theme presented the concept that only by helping women and girls achieve their full potential and using all of the brainpower available to us, can we hope to solve the world’s problems. The New York Times recently recapped the discussions taking place, touching on the importance of parents and mentors; gender parity; and women and leadership in science and technology.
Women Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology Honored
In Education, Leadership, Media & Technology on June 14, 2010 at 7:45 amFour female industry leaders have been honored by the non-profit networking organization Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST). WEST honored four female entrepreneurs who have either started their own companies or contributed to a larger company’s success. The four recipients were Mara Aspinall, president and CEO of On-Q-ity Inc.; Katrine Bosley, CEO of Avila Therapeutics; Nancy Briefs, president of Elemé Medical Inc.; and Sue Welch, TradeStone Software’s founder and CEO. Read more.
Carnegie Science Center Wins Grant Aimed at Engaging Girls with Science & Technology
In Education, Girls, Media & Technology, Uncategorized on May 18, 2010 at 9:40 amThe Carnegie Science Center has won $200,000 in the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition for a new project designed to get more girls engaged in science and gaming technology.
The project, Click!Online, will be a Web-based game for girls featuring a fictional “spy school” called the Click! Agency. Through the agency, girls will network to solve mysteries in biomedical science, environmental protection and expressive technology. Meanwhile, online “senior agents” will mentor the players, emphasizing critical thinking, problem solving, group sourcing and social action to solve real-world challenges. Spy girls can share results with each other around the world.
The Science Center’s award was one of 10 announced Monday, chosen from a pool of 800 applicants from 32 countries. They will share $1.7 million to use on games, mobile phone applications, virtual worlds and social networks.
White House to Host Math & Science Fair
In Education, Girls, Government, Media & Technology, Uncategorized on May 5, 2010 at 6:59 amFirst Lady Michelle Obama said the White House is going to host its first ever Science Fair–doing for math and science stars what the White House does for the NCAA champs. While attending the National Science Bowl on Monday, Mrs. Obama said that the science fair would include students from all over the country, mentioning that she and President Obama think that “budding inventors, scientists and mathematicians should be at the White House, too.”
Among the First Lady’s goals are to cultivate more hands-on learning opportunities for students by modernizing science labs and supporting project-based learning, and expanding advanced courses in schools throughout the country.
Mrs. Obama continued by saying:
We want to create more opportunities for under-represented groups as well, particularly women and girls. We want them to have the confidence . We want all our young women to have the confidence and the support to take on the study and to succeed in the study of science, math, engineering and technology.
A date for the White House math and science fair has not been announced.
