‘The Knowledge Pledge’ To Match Experts With Scalable Social Impact Projects
The central goal behind “The Knowledge Pledge” is to have people pledge their knowledge. The new organization will curate teams of experts in different fields and connect them with critical social projects around the world to help scale their impact. Among “TKP’s” first efforts will be in tandem with United Nations World Food Programme through […]
Lost In the UK? Ask This Woman For Directions
With a career spanning over six decades, British graphic designer Margaret Calvert has helped shape the visual identity of the United Kingdom. Her work has defined roads, rail stations, and airports, and her work has given clear directions to locals and visitors alike since the 1960s. In October, the Design Museum in Kensington, West London […]
6 Images to Move Your World (Seeing is Believing)
People Make Culture (Culture Doesn’t Make People) In the ultimate act of female empowerment, pop phenomenon Lady Gaga (above) has put a ring on her finger to celebrate that we are all free to propose to anyone at any time. The Knight Finger ring was launched by online retailer Klarna, together with Swedish fashion activist […]
Save Restaurants, Feed Heroes. How Eating Can Revitalize Communities
PODCAST PEOPLE: A Summary From the Real Leaders Podcast “Let’s have a call to action. A call to service, so people want to help and make sacrifices for our country like we did to get out of the Depression, when we really depended on each other to pull ourselves up.” Joanna James is the director […]
Fearless Girl Confronts Bull, Then Moves To Wall Street
Fearless Girl is a bronze sculpture by artist Kristen Visbal, that was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), a large asset management company 2017, in anticipation of International Women’s Day that year. The statue shows a girl four foot high, and represents female empowerment. Symbolically, it stands across from the New York Stock Exchange […]
Why We Need the Leading Women of Tomorrow to Achieve Gender Equality
Today, women comprise 51% of the United States population but hold only 24% of the seats in Congress. The disproportionately low representation of the women’s perspective has inevitably had drastic implications on the protection of women’s rights and the direction of policy on issues including equal pay, domestic violence, and access to adequate reproductive health […]
The New $1.5 Trillion Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women And Girls
With more than 90 countries in lockdown, four billion people are now sheltering at home from the COVID-19 virus. It’s a protective measure, but it brings another deadly danger. According to UN Women, we are now seeing a shadow pandemic growing — one of violence against women. As more countries report infections and lockdown, increasing […]
International Women’s Day: A look Into The Workplace Reality
International Women’s Day has had a long history, with women worldwide fighting for their rights — from as early as 1911. A lot has changed since then but much still remains to be done, especially in the workplace. Consumer survey company Piplsay conducted a nationwide survey to find out if workplaces have changed for the […]
You Don’t Have to Choose Between Motherhood and Leadership
A lot of women who are rising in their careers worry they’ll have to choose between being a great mother and being a great employee, should they decide to have children. Many women think they need to achieve their career goals before motherhood, as they’re afraid they’ll plateau once they procreate. I know — I […]
186 Children Were Murdered — So I Stepped Off the Catwalk And Became a Super Role Model
In just a few short years, Natalia Vodianova went from peddling fruit on the streets of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, where she grew up with a single mom and disabled sister, to becoming one of the most sought after fashion models in the world. Vodianova has walked countless runways and became the face for Gucci, Yves […]
