‘The Power of Yin’
Highlights benefits of holistic approach to SRI, sustainability, networking, the Love Economy, the empowerment of women.
Relates to: Wealth of Networks, SRI, Global Citizenship
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« A Crisis of Decision Making: What Underlies Our Inability to Respond to Climate Change Open Letter to 3 Women Imagineers of the Integral Age on 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day March 8, 2011 by marilynhamilton This is An Open Letter to Three Women Imagineers of the Integral Age On The Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of [...]
Women, Food And Climate Change
WOMEN, FOOD AND CLIMATE CHANGE WEA and the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, India, (GEAG) are proud to announce the launch of the 2011 India Women, Food and Climate Change Training Program. This year-long program will provide ecological farming and climate change resilience training, appropriate technology, rights education, and seed [...]
Women Lead Latin America’s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements
by Laura Carlsen When George W. Bush left the White House, the rest of the world breathed a sigh of relief. The National Security Doctrine of unilateral attacks, the invasion of Iraq under the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction, and the abandonment of multilateral forums had opened up a new phase of U.S. aggression. Despite the focus [...]
Women Claim Their Seat at the UN Table
Woman Pulse Magazine Taking Your Voice to the UN World Pulse has eagerly anticipated the launch of UN Women, a new UN agency set to tackle the toughest issues facing women around the world. We are celebrating its arrival by gathering recommendations from global leadersand we have organized a letter writing campaign to get the causes you care [...]
Major Dutch Pension Funds, TIAA-CREF Launch Microfinance Principles
RI News Flash: › Major Dutch pension funds, TIAA-CREF launch microfinance principles Click here to read the newsletter
Rutgers’ Coach Stringer Trains Women to Lead in More Than Sports
DiversityInc Newsletter for January 24, 2011 C. Vivian Stringer, head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team, talks about what it takes to be a leader and why today's woman is better equipped for leadership than ever. Click here to read this article
It’s time for Women to Partner with Men for Value Creation
by Lavinia Gene Weissman Some people think I have a "thing" about heart, because I was born on Valentine's Day. Most of us know that the heart is easily associated with love, romance, Valentine's Day. Many people forget what I have been on the fast track to learn, heart implies courage. In fact, the French word for "heart" is le coeur, which [...]
The Heart To Lead – Women as Allies for the Greater Good
Film review by Maria Pinochet, President, Kore Access; Ethical Markets Advisory Board I have been deeply touched by the Heart to Lead (which I had to watch twice!), produced by Imagine the Good. The feature-length film explores the many ways that women take on leadership roles and in so doing are redefining their roles in the workplace, in [...]
The first Champion for Equality in the Workplace is…
Albert Ragon, Managing Director of Danone Belgium is the laureate of the first AXA Wo_Men@Work Award! Diversity is just one part of a more fundamental equation:to enable everyone to realise their potential within the company.Diversity is not therefore based on a programme or a project. It is a culture, an operating principle.The only valid [...]
To quota or not to quota — The results of the Norwegian Experience
I want to dedicate a special newsletter to Norway’s first outcome of the 40% quotas law. A few days ago I had the chance to take part in The international Board Impact Conference in Oslo. This conference brought together board members, executives, investors and researchers to discuss and learn from the experiences of Norwegian corporate boards [...]
