...and when you've mentioned and had meetings about concerns in the workplace and things boil over then we're "The Angry Black Woman".
“For Black women in corporate spaces, the burden has never been capability, it has been enduring injustice while being expected to excel anyway.” - SLN
NEW EDITION of Digital 50.50 👩🏻💻 Feminist Futures Online: Women’s Rights in the Digital Age is dedicated to all women and gender-diverse people striving to build better futures for themselves and for others. 💻 Read the new issue here: https://lnkd.in/dvg3-xSY
Women’s empowerment, civic participation, and social inclusion are not separate goals; they are deeply connected foundations of a stronger and more democratic society. It is inspiring to see initiatives that bring women together across communities to exchange experiences, strengthen solidarity, and promote dignity, equality, and collective action. As someone working on civic engagement, evidence-based participation, and inclusive policy impact, I believe that empowering women’s voices is essential for building more responsive and resilient societies. Congratulations to Initiative for Women’s Empowerment – IFWE and Fulya Pınar Özcan for this meaningful work.
Founder and President of Initiative for Women’s Empowerment Association (IFWE) Gender Equality Expert, Head of International Relations of Öz İplik İş
IFWE is proud to have engaged with women in Polk—exchanging experiences and strengthening our shared commitment to equality, dignity, and collective action during the Polk Women’s School in Ottawa, Illinois, organized by the University of Illinois Regina Polk Women’s School, from 29 April to 3 May. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Emily E. LB. Twarog, PhD #IFWE #GenderEquality #WomenLeadership #GlobalPartnerships
Grok With ~30k state/local judges and no national conviction database, self-regulation + 90%+ non-public discipline creates a black box where per-judge misconduct (theft, corruption, or shielding related elite crimes) could run far higher than the visible handful of Imbriani cases. Epstein-style networks prove elite capture hides patterns—overturned convictions, civil suits, and legislative signals of leniency on serious offenses act as leading indicators of suppressed rates, not true rarity. Accidents and outsiders expose only the tip. 🐇 🕳️ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
🚨🚨 “If men held other men accountable for misogyny the way they challenge women for feminism, the world would be unrecognizable.” 🌎🌍🌎🌍🗺️ https://lnkd.in/guWhnzUt
There has been NO DÓUBT REGARDING THE POLITICAL SKILL, IT'S EQUALLY CRITICAL TO FOCUS ON THE METHOD.
Beyond the Struggle: We keep asking what would happen if Black women ran things… like we don’t already have examples... #blackwomen #bgm #fyp #ashleytheebarroness #americanhistory
This is how you change the narrative! Men, you have to do it from your end. The ones who need reaching the most, have consistently demonstrated they don't care how we describe our lived experience or how many times we ask to simply be treated as humans. The toxic culture of masculinity has to be changed from the inside out. it isn't our job. women have been approaching it as if it's our job to teach you how to be decent human beings. You've got to lead by example & call out other men's behavior if you want to call yourself a good man. Nobody is patting you on the back for maintaining the status quo anymore, because even if you aren't the wrong kind of guy, you benefit from the system that allows him to exist. Not just this, but with the recent study where men revealed >95% of them in the US regularly employ the strategies that define s3xu@! @ss@u!t, so long as no one openly calls it that? Nope. Women refuse to give you a blue ribbon for bare minimum. We're done with that. Fix yourselves. Fix your own selves, because we have tried and tried, and it was never our responsibility in the first place.
Andy Murray knew he owed a lot to the women in his sport. The women who coached him, the women who blazed the trail and broke barriers, the women who were out there winning but not being recognized as easily. When we say men can support in closing the gender gap, this is an excellent example of what we mean.
How do you show up for others? Notice when correcting others, Andy Murray does not express indignance, show disgust, or get angry. He just calmly and confidently comments. I like this approach. So many people get bent out of shape when a slight happens and I think that’s the wrong way to handle it. Educate by keeping the conversation going. #LeadLikeAthena #WomenLeaders
Andy Murray knew he owed a lot to the women in his sport. The women who coached him, the women who blazed the trail and broke barriers, the women who were out there winning but not being recognized as easily. When we say men can support in closing the gender gap, this is an excellent example of what we mean.
Had a good conversation a couple of days ago with Aury M. Cifuentes of How Women Invest, including a discussion of their work to increase the representation of women on corporate boards. I'm all for it, and dragged this 12 year old Forbes piece out of the mothballs discussing why. https://lnkd.in/ev7aeJ2w
Ada Lovelace is a prime example of how women are consistently written out of history, overlooked when credit is due, and moved to the background when the impact of their contributions are remarkable. Almost every facet of programming theory lays at the feet of Ada Lovelace and her writing the first-ever algorithm for Charles Babbage's machine. (It's part of why I call my ChatGPT 'Ada') I write about Ada and even more badass women who get the short-end of the history books in my blog series: Badass Women In History There are so many role models to look up to, but honestly none will ever be as impactful as the role models we KNOW. And that is the inspiration behind the new program makeHERspace at Distillery Labs, where we are connecting 40 girls in middle & high school here in Greater Peoria with mentors in our community over the next six months AND giving these girls hands-on experience through 15+ workshops that will let them see over 80 career pathways in STEAM+Entrepreneurship first hand! It's NOT too late if you want to be a mentor for one of these girls (or even just sign up to help with one of the workshops) and you can do that at: https://lnkd.in/gSxdwkMZ Definitely need to give a thanks to gener8tor, Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, Illinois SBDC at Bradley University, Minority Business Development Center, Peoria County Government, Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce, Central Illinois NAWBO, Samm Hutchison, Renee Gorrell, Danielle Scarzello, Stacy Brooks, Jennifer Rosa, Ashlie Inman, Sara Kupperschmid, Alyssa Barker, Laura Schachtrup Cullinan, Madeline Herrman, Jessica Linder Gallo, CCE, IOM, ACE, Felisa Jordan Durr, Cynthia Oliveros, M.S., Amy Suprunowski, Amy McCoy, IOM, Stacy Hardin, Chanel Hargrave-Murry and Christell Frausto for all the advice and idea-bouncing and suggestions over the past six months in putting it all together!
Ada Lovelace is one among many Badass Women in History! You can learn more about her story and contributions at the JMIF blog! https://www.jmif.blog
Another of the commitment we have made at Network Plus supporting Women in Network Plus this year. The support from the business on the initiatives of this Group grows stronger every day and this pledge from the Directors of the business to help grow and support our female talent is another stepping stone in gender equality.
As part of our commitments and targets for 2026 Women in Network Plus and the 25 Directors at Network Plus have pledged that each one of them will mentor a woman working at Network Plus this year. This is part of our 2026 plan to help women go for that promotion and advance their career at Network Plus.
🎬 #TheDevilWearsPrada2 Congratulations to @Anne Hathaway — and thank you to UN Women for reminding us that equality is still a movement, not a milestone. The original film gave us an unforgettable narrative about ambition, power, and the unseen labour of women. Today, the conversation has evolved — but the underlying question remains: are we redesigning the systems that shape women’s careers, or just asking them to dress differently? Let’s keep pushing. Not just for representation on screen — but for equal say, equal pay, and equal power in every room that matters. #ForAllWomenAndGirls #AnneHathaway #UNWomen #sHeroInternational #EqualLeadership
Equality? #ForAllWomenAndGirls? Groundbreaking. Celebrating our UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway on the success of her latest movie release 👠 #TheDevilWearsPrada2
