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Dressing like a lawyer
posted by Mishty Deb on February 25,2015 in Events, News and Current Events, Women in law

A recent article in Inside Higher Ed titled, Brains Not Clothes, brings up an important point that applies to pretty much all professional women or those that live under public scrutiny. We see a congressman jogging and the comments are about how he keeps his routine …
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Barbara Beskind- 90 years old, “Age is an advantage”
posted by Mishty Deb on February 24,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Inspiration

In our youth obsessed culture that tells women their value is in looking and being forever young Barbara Beskind is an inspiration. At the age of 90 she is living out her dream as a designer and inventor, a career that she started after she retired …
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Meet Rockstar Shoshana Stewart, CEO in Afghanistan
posted by Mishty Deb on February 24,2015 in Inspiration, Women in Business

Meet Shoshana Stewart, CEO of Turquoise Mountain, a company based in Kabul, Afghanistan. What makes her a rockstar? Not only is she a CEO in an Afghani company, but listen to the mission of her company: “TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 AT THE REQUEST OF …
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Ernestine Johnson- Race, Linguistics, and Gender
posted by Mishty Deb on February 24,2015 in Gender equality, Inspiration, News and Current Events

Ernestine Johnson’s poem/speech on the Aresenio Hall show was powerful and moving, demonstrating the power of words and what even an intended compliment might imply about our society and how we see race, gender, and class:
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Look for a distributor for your new product?
posted by Mishty Deb on February 23,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Women in Business

If you are starting a new business and have a new, interesting, and exciting product, but don’t have a distribution channel you may want to check out this new website called The Grommet. Or even if you are interesting in supporting small business it is …
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Kayla Montgomery- Determination in the Face of Adversity
posted by Mishty Deb on February 23,2015 in Inspiration

If you have been thinking lately you can’t or if you think no one is around to catch a hero when they need someone this video is for you. Kayla Montgomery may have multiple sclerosis, but it hasn’t stopped her from racing towards her goals and …
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Gender Injustice- the greatest injustice of our century
posted by Mishty Deb on February 20,2015 in Gender equality, Inspiration, Women's Rights

Think that gender issues are not relevant or important. Think that people just hammer on women’s right are complaining and whining? Watch this recent TED talk by Sheryl WuDunn author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Then ask youreself not …
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“Mr. Wonderful” thinks women make better CEOs
posted by Mishty Deb on February 19,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Women in Business

Shark tank’s Kevin O’leary recently mentioned that he thinks women make better CEO’s because they are more risk averse leading to better steady long term financial returns. I am not sure if I agree with that. However, there are several studies that show Mr. O’leary …
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Political Infographics
posted by Mishty Deb on February 18,2015 in Gender equality, Women in law

As a country we pride ourselves on diversity and being very progressive on women’s rights. We’d like to think that the gender gap is smaller here then other countries like Afghanistan…. but when we look at the data is it true? Here are some interesting …
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What is Stressing Out Women CEOs?
posted by Mishty Deb on February 18,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Women in Business

Jules Pieri is CEO of the Grommet, a website that promotes entrepreneurs with new undiscovered products, stopped my Markeplace. She is one of the most influential women entrepreneurs and she advocates women inventing their own businesses as a way to avoid high stress and …
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