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 on the Web: More Now than Ever
In Girls, Media & Technology on July 30, 2010 at 10:27 amThis morning I published an article via CMSwire.com that examined the changing face and place of women on the web. Excerpt is below.
For as long as there has been an Internet, men and women have used it differently. A recent ComScore report Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet revisits the changing and evolving behaviors of how women are using and engaging with the web.
The survey shows that in the last ten years, women have gravitated towards the web with gusto. From social media to online shopping to search and mobile, women’s behaviors online are not only unique, but global.
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.
Financial Book Clubs for Women
In Education, Leadership on June 28, 2010 at 9:00 amSponsored by the Sacramento Public Library, nine book clubs are starting this summer and aim to give women a stronger foothold on their finances, especially in this still-shaky economy. Held at various library branches around the country, each of the financial book clubs is led by local women – from stay-at-home moms to business owners – who attended the library’s “Smart Investing for Women” lunchtime speaker series last year. Each volunteer chose her book from among 50 financial titles recommended by the Sacramento Public Library’s business librarian. Read more.
Daughters & Role Models
In Education, Girls, Media & Technology on June 27, 2010 at 8:48 pmA recent Boston.com blog called In the Parenthood offered ten tips for parents for talking to their daughters about the importance of role models, media literacy and self confidence.
