Just because a lot of jobs are now being performed from home doesn’t mean that the gender biases often found in the office space have suddenly disappeared. If anything, remote work has exacerbated previous gender inequities at home. As reported by the Harvard Business Review, … [Read more...] about How men can support their female colleagues remotely
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NASA’s 2024 mission will see first woman astronaut on the Moon
NASA is going back to the Moon, but this time around, there will be a woman stepping foot on the lunar surface. Recently, the American space agency formally outlined its $28 billion plan to return to the Moon in 2024, with the mission being called Artemis. The plan involves … [Read more...] about NASA’s 2024 mission will see first woman astronaut on the Moon
Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team is making ventilators using car parts
With Afghanistan in great need of ventilators to treat COVID 19 patients, a team of Afghan teenage girls has stepped up to build ventilators from used car parts. The girls are members of the all-girls robotics team, named the Afghan Dreamers, whom you might remember from 2017. … [Read more...] about Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team is making ventilators using car parts
OPTIMIST VIEW: Rebalancing Act, or the art of being human in 2020
“It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backwards all their lives.” - Jill Ruckelshaus BY KRISTY JANSEN In honor of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2020, I’ve been … [Read more...] about OPTIMIST VIEW: Rebalancing Act, or the art of being human in 2020
Stock photos notoriously objectify for women. This campaign is changing that
Anyone enters the search term “woman” into a stock photography site has to wade through plenty of objectifying and exclusionary images to find what they need. Nearly everything you’ll find is white skin, bikini and underwear shots, and over-sexualized glamour (trust us, we see it … [Read more...] about Stock photos notoriously objectify for women. This campaign is changing that