Top 10 Jobs for Women this New Millennium

Women's workplace roles and duties have changed drastically over the last fifty years.  No longer are women pigeonholed into the teaching and nursing professions.   Statistics show that women have far surpassed men in terms of college enrollment numbers: For every six female college students, there are only four men.  A disproportionate number of women graduates means a wide variety of traditionally male-dominated careers are now heavily recruiting women.  Here is a list of the top ten … [Read more...]

Women Moving Forward Conference – JUNE 1, 2013 (Toronto, CA)

What is the Women Moving Forward Conference? When: Saturday June 1, 2013 Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (registration & light breakfast 8:30 am) It is a one day conference to Celebrate the Courage of Women who have left abusive situations and to provide them with new tools and motivation to continue to move forward in their lives and not return to unhealthy environments. We are holding the non-profit event which if free to the first 100 women who register. Women from different … [Read more...]

Julia Pierson Is Sworn In As Director of the US Secret Service‏

Julia Pierson, a highly respected veteran of the Secret Service, was sworn in as the Director of that agency in a ceremony with President Obama and Vice President Biden in the Oval Office. As the President said: "I have to say that Julia’s reputation within the Service is extraordinary. She’s come up through the ranks. She’s done just about every job there is to do at the Secret Service." "Obviously, she’s breaking the mold in terms of directors of the agency, and I think that people … [Read more...]

L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards – Women in Science – 2013

15th Annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards - Women in Science - 2013 Each year, five outstanding women scientists – one per continent – are honored for the contributions of their research, the strength of their commitments and their impact on society. The Awards jury was chaired by Professor Ahmed Zewail, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology. The research of the 2013 Laureates … [Read more...]

Employment | UN Women

Employment P_11_form_UNwomen - UN Women Personal History Form (P11) - Required when applying for all vacancies and must be attached as part of online application in place of CV/resume. UN Women is now hiring expert practitioners for the following assignments. (Please contact us if you have questions.) Director, Human Resources Post Level: D1 Location: New York, USA Application Deadline: 26 March 2013 Economic Empowerment Advisor Post Level: P5 Location: Bangkok, … [Read more...]

A BRICS Bank for Development, Meetika Srivastava

A BRICS bank for development BRIC which was first used in the year 2001 as an acronym in the Goldman Sachs’s Global Economics paper No. 66 titled “The World Needs Better Economic BRICs” has now become an important bloc comprising of EMERGING POWERS of the world’s new economic order. It has a prominent economy of Latin America i.e., Brazil - a store house of raw materials, the Chinese Dragon; the fastest growing Asian economy and the second largest world economy after the US, the … [Read more...]

EQUAL PAY DAY – celebrating on April 9

The next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 9, 2013. This date symbolizes how far into 2013 Women must work to earn what men earned in 2012. Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. Since Census statistics showing the latest wage figures will not be available until late August or September, NCPE leadership decided years ago to select a Tuesday in April as Equal Pay … [Read more...]

Karen for Canada !!!

When I decided to run as a Liberal candidate in 2011, I certainly didn't expect it to be easy. A quick glance at Wikipedia will tell you that historically, my riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills is as blue as they come. I traveled all 1500 square kilometres of the riding speaking to the residents and when one gentleman remarked that he would vote Liberal 'when pigs fly', I decided to make it happen. (This is a picture from December 2010, in the run up to the 2011 election.) The hard … [Read more...]

THOUGHTS BECOME ACTIONS …. Where Do I Begin?

  Quite often, our experience of stress comes from our perception of the situation. Often that perception is right, but sometimes it's not. For instance, sometimes we're unreasonably harsh with ourselves or instinctively jump to wrong conclusions about people's motives. This can send us into a downward spiral of unhappiness and negative thinking, and can cause us to be unfair or aggressive with others.   Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking, and Positive Thinking are simple … [Read more...]

How To, ‘Manage The Stresses of Working In Business’

How To Manage The Stresses of Working In Business Stress and anxiety are very common when you work in business. As a result, here is a list of techniques that a business person can use to help manage their daily stresses and anxieties. Sometimes, we get stressed when everything happens all at once. When this happens, a person should take a deep breath and try to find something to do for a few minutes to get their mind off of the problem. A person could take a walk, listen to some music, … [Read more...]

Women Managing Career and Family

How To Balance A Family, Your Job, And Your Stresses It can be difficult for adults to have to take care of their families and manage their careers. This can cause a lot of stress and anxiety. As a result, here are a few steps in how to do take care of your family and your career without getting stressed. Try to set goals for yourself when you manage your family or career. When you go to work each day, try to set some goals for you to accomplish. For instance, let’s say your goal for … [Read more...]

Mobile Money: IT for Tackling Global Poverty?

Did you know that 2.5 billion people in the world are without bank accounts? For many people in developing countries, it is simply too expensive to maintain a traditional brick-and-mortar bank account or the distance to a bank or ATM is too far to travel. This translates into greater economic insecurity for the people who need it most. You also may not have known that 2 billion of these people now have access to a cell phone, and that new mobile banking technologies are allowing millions … [Read more...]

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