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“Glass Cliff” is the phenomenon of women taking leadership roles during periods of crisis or downturn, when the chance of failure is highest (coined by Michelle Ryan and Alex Haslam, of the University of Exeter).
After the Icelandic banking crisis in 2008, several women were appointed to repair the industry to prevent the same mistakes made by ambitious male executives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/22/iceland-women
A century ago, after years of campaigning, women over the age of 30 who owned property were given the right to vote in the UK.
https://www.google.com/a…/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-42704341
Grammys establish task force to address anti-women bias in music industry.
https://www.theguardian.com/…/grammys-atask-force-neil-port…
So simply and attractively depicted by Tomates Felices, a nonprofit organization from Spain.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults (Frederick Douglass). We need empowered women to keep the smile on every child's face!
Until 1975, ‘Sexual Harassment’ was the menace with no name. Lin Farley, Susan Meyer, Karen Sauvigne, and Carmita Wood from Cornell University organized a meeting to brainstorm how to refer to the problem and they settled on the term “sexual harassment.”
http://www.history.com/…/until-1975-sexual-harassment-was-t…
Do you know that between 2013 and 2018, 90.7% of Grammy nominees were male whereas just 9.3% were women.
7 Principles of the Women's Empowerment:
1- Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality
2- Treat all women and men fairly at work - respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination
3- Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers...
4- Promote education, training and professional development for women
5- Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women
6- Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy
7- Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality
Rachel Morrison became the first female cinematographer to be nominated for an Oscar with “Mudbound,”
https://www.nytimes.com/…/movies/oscars-snubs-surprises.html
Margaret McNamara Education Grants updated their profile picture.
A win-win-win story about 2017 MMEG Fair's lucky draw winner. http://www.mmeg.org/…/what-were-the-odds-a-win-win-win-story
Meet an MMEG grantee!
Riddhi Shah is a 2017 grantee who is obtaining her master’s degree in city and regional planning at MIT. She is leading the design of the “Kumej” portable chair-desks that young students in India can carry to create comfortable work surfaces, whether at a construction site where their parents work or in a rural or street school. You can read more details from http://www.mmeg.org/…/i-realize-architecture-is-not-just-ab…
Dear MMEG friends!
We hope you enjoyed your holiday and wish you a prosperous and healthy New Year! With your support, MMEG awarded a total of $296,000 to 33 grantees in 2017. Our grantees are studying in diverse fields. For more information check our annual report from https://static1.squarespace.com/…/MMEG+Annual+Report+FY17.p…
MMEG was founded in 1981 by members of the Women's Information and Volunteer Services, present-day World Bank Group Family Network, to honor the memory of Margaret McNamara, an ardent advocate for gender equality and education. Margaret was married to Robert McNamara, the World Bank Group’s 5th President, and used her influence to integrate these two critical development components into the WBG’s programs. (Photo: Margaret McNamara)
