Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap — a systematic attempt to measure the economic status of women worldwide. http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/files/misc/WEF_SpecialReport_Web_Harvard_site.pdf
Experience of running one of the largest PC software companies in the world: Carol Bartz, Executive Chairman of the Board and CEO of Autodesk for the past 14 years, reflects on her experience of running one of the largest PC software companies in the world while finding a balance between her career and personal life. She also stresses on the importance of continued learning and addresses the challenges of succeeding in a global market. http://www.stanford.edu/group/edcorner/uploads/podcast/bartz060301.mp3
The Hidden Brain Drain Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women's Careers "The Hidden Brain Drain: On-Ramps and Off-Ramps in Women's Careers," a groundbreaking report prepared by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Carolyn Buck Luce, Peggy Shiller, and Sandra Southwell of the Center for Work-LifePolicy. http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/files/misc/9491p4_rev_Harvard_site.pdf
Women's right to choose
Investigation: Free to Choose - tackling gender barriers to better jobs
The Equal Opportunities Commission has recently completed a two year investigation looking at why women and men continue to work in traditional jobs and why young people choose Apprenticeships and other vocational training in traditional sectors. We have now published the final report that presents our findings and recommendations for change. http://www.eoc.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=18476
Womenomics 101
Life for women in the American workplace is far from paradise -- they face economic punishment for almost every aspect of their biology. http://www.alternet.org/workplace/33581/
Women Redefining Role In Workplace
Management researcher claims women are questioning whether they really want to reach the top
Women are redefining their role in the workplace and are more likely to seek personal fulfilment than top flight career success, research from the University of Leicester suggests. The stereotypical view of women at the pinnacle of their profession in business and commerce -as illustrated by movies Disclosure and Working Girl- is outdated says Dr Jo Brewis, Reader in Management at the University of Leicester Management Centre.......see the website for the full article http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/press-releases/2000-2009/2006/03/nparticle-98r-t42-skd
Women and Work Commission
The Prime Minister announced in July 2004 the creation of a Women and Work Commission to examine the problem of the gender pay gap and issues affecting women's employment. It included looking at howmen's and women's education and skills affect which jobs they can get; promotion and career progression; women's experiences in the job market before and after having children and the different experiences of women working full-time and part-time.
On Monday 27 February, Woman's Hour discusses the recommendations of that commission with the Minister Tessa Jowell and the chairwoman Baroness Margaret Prosser.
If you have a question you'd like us to put to them, or would like to share your experiences, then please do email us below. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/contact/email_women_work.shtml?wh_h
Info on Women and Work Commission http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/women_work_commission/
taken from the British Computer Society Mailing List to Women
Jess asked me to post to thinking women as I am always coming across snippets of information from the mailing lists that I belong to which I then send on to various friends and family. The majority of the wording and these links are courtesy of the mailing list Daphnet (daphnet@imperial.ac.uk)
Typecasting at an early age Not exactly SET, but I have inside information that some of you are parents or grandparents of under 11s and so you might be especially interested in this. For some reason I originally read the piece as counting adults, but obviously it means children too, and that is even more worrying. Three out of four characters in General Audience (G-rated) movies are male and fewer than one out of three speaking characters are female, affecting the gender attitudes of young children under age 11, a Feb. 9 report from the See Jane program founded by actress Geena Davis indicates. After analyzing the 101 top-grossing G-rated films released from 1990 through 2004, researchers at the University of Southern California found "a pronounced imbalance in the representation of male and female characters" in these movies.http://www.seejane.org/
Thinkingwomen think so hard, and so often that they haven't really had a chance to talk and get together and think some more. We love our gatherings but we four are so busy that we have not had a chance to organise any for a while.. And yet, we have women joining the network every day. We now number 784 women, all looking for a space to talk about social, political and economic issues that concern us, often but not always with a gender theme. We have invited other women to get involved in organising the network but it is the same old story, everyone is doing so hard that it is hard to find time to do in order to find space to think. And when you have kids it just gets harder. But we haven't forgotten and we will come back. For now, if you want to post your thoughts on here, email me and if you would like to organise a similar event, go ahead, forward the invitation to me and I will pass it onto the thinkingwomen network. Meanwhile, raise the topics that concern you with your friends - they might think you're a bit odd ("no let's talk about shoes some more..") but after a while, they get used to it and after a longer while, they have some great thoughts themselves! Also, have a look at these women's networks. In Solidarity Jess
