Gender equality Archives - Mishty Deb Law Blog

Emojis, Google, and Calvin Klein
posted by Mishty Deb on May 13,2016 in Gender equality, Women in Media, Women's Rights

I recently came across an article discussing the fact that emojis are sexist. While I have no scientific study to back me up, I am pretty sure that adolescent girls are the most prolific users of social media and emojis. The youtube Always commercial linked …
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Women and the Wage Gap
posted by Mishty Deb on March 28,2016 in Gender equality, News and Current Events, Women in Business

Gender based workplace discrimination is still a major issue. The wage gap in particular has been getting a lot of press this last year. It seems that every time someone brings up the subject, there is always someone there to say we are over simplifying …
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Obergefell v. Hodges
posted by Mishty Deb on June 27,2015 in Gender equality, International Law, News and Current Events

To read the full text of the opinion click here: Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Women and their bodies
posted by Mishty Deb on April 14,2015 in Gender equality, Inspiration, News and Current Events, Women in Media

Nearly every woman alive has been subjected to thousands of images that purport to represent the ideal woman. If you are a woman reading this article then chances are at some point someone has asked you or told you what your body type is supposed …
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Catherine Engelbert, First CEO of a major consulting company
posted by Mishty Deb on March 11,2015 in Gender equality, Inspiration, News and Current Events, Women in Business

Later this week when Catherine Engelbert officially takes her new position as CEO of Deloitte she will be making a little bit of business history as the first woman to ever be the CEO of a major accounting or consulting company. In her interview with CNBC’s …
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Forbes 20 Richest Women
posted by Mishty Deb on March 3,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Gender equality, News and Current Events, Women in Business

When reading Forbes magazine about the 20 richest women there are several things that immediately stuck out at me. First the articles itself stated: “Many of the women among the billionaires ranks inherited their wealth from either their husbands or their fathers. Just 29 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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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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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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Career advice women are not getting: business, strategic and financial acumen
posted by Mishty Deb on February 15,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Gender equality, Women in Business

There is a lot of advice targeted towards women about growing their careers. Be more assertive, be more confident, be good at your job, but there continues to be a dearth of women at the top level of businesses. Susan Colantuano in her recent TED …
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