UNITED NATIONS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- To mark International Women's Day, the UN Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, on Thursday launched a new report Women at Work: Chinese companies taking action on gender equality. The global publication, available in English...
Melanie Burns: How playing sports can help empower women in the workplace Growing up in a small town in central Ontario, there weren't many opportunities for women and girls to participate in team sports. It seemed the prevailing thinking from much of the community was that girls didn't wan...
“empower”的中文翻译是“使有力量;授权;准许”。这个词在不同的语境中可能有不同的含义,但通常都与给予某人或某物权力、能力或授权有关。例如: Empower individuals to make their own decisions.(赋予个人自行决策的权力。) The new policy aims to empower women in the workplace.(新政策旨在增强职场女性的...
The tech and design worlds need more balanced leadership. Seventy percent of graphic design students are women, yet only 11% of creative directors are women. In the tech industry, which is notorious for gender imbalance, design leaders are looking for wa
On behalf of the Red Hat Women’s Leadership Community, I am pleased to share that Red Hat has partnered with Lean In, a non-profit organization founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, to support their efforts in helping women gain the confidence and kn
"The mission of Fairygodboss is to empower women in the workplace through transparency. That's why we're so excited to have a partnership with Lumen, a company that is genuinely investing in progress towards diversity and equity of all kinds. Lumen's unifying principles make it a unique an...
One of the primary barriers for women in the workplace is the lack of representation in leadership positions. To address this, businesses should create pathways for women to advance to senior roles. This could involve leadership development programs, mentorship schemes, or simply ensuring that women...
surveyed work in a majority female team, with 48% in a male-dominated environment and 39% in an evenly split workplace. As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, where do women stand in technology and IT? Kaspersky decided to build on the research it began in 2018, and in 20...
This study assesses the role of financial knowledge and empowerment in contributing to the gender gap in savings. We evaluate the effects of financial education delivered to women in the workplace, using administrative data on 31,000 public-sector workers in Wisconsin. All of these workers ...
And this isn’t because women don’t want to advance. In its 2023, report –Women in the Workplace– McKinsey found that 90% of women under the age of 30 are actively seeking promotion. And amongst these women, 75% are targeting senior leadership positions. ...