In case you haven't heard, today, April 17, is Equal Pay Day. Why the 17th of April? It's based on a calculation women would have to work until today to earn what their male counterparts did in 2011.
Depending on which media outlets you visit, you'll hear several contrasting...
0 Comments | Posted February 3, 2012 | 2:40 PM
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg,
Congratulations are definitely in order. That S-1 filing for Facebook's IPO was filled with impressive numbers: $3.7 billion in revenue last year, $1 billion in earnings, and $3.9 billion in the bank account.
There was one number that really caught my eye though:
Zero.
Zero is...
0 Comments | Posted July 28, 2011 | 7:16 PM
I caught today's episode of The View which featured Beyoncé performing her latest single, "One Plus One." She delivered a powerful performance as always but she made a mistake on the lyrics, belting out "algeba" instead of "algebra" with an "r."
Usually I would recognize this as a simple...
0 Comments | Posted March 8, 2011 | 11:10 AM
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on March 8, I feel overwhelming gratitude for the...
0 Comments | Posted January 12, 2011 | 12:00 PM
On the first day of the New Year, history was made when the newest agency of the United Nations, UN Women, became operational with a mandate to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. The new agency launched pretty quietly with no major celebration, despite representing a...
0 Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 2:41 PM