California Law Adds Women to Boards but Leaves Latinas Behind
Latina candidates are being left behind as California boardrooms add more women, even though Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing ethnic group in the state. Latina directors were appointed to only 3.3% of new board seats over the last 17 months as the companies scrambled to add women to meet a new state requirement that public boards have at least one female director by the end of last year, according to an analysis released Monday by the Latino Corporate Directors Association. White women gained the largest share, at 78%, the data showed. “When you’re sitting in a boardroom, sometimes they’ll say, we need to have some minorities, but sometimes that doesn’t mean Hispanics, and when they say women, sometimes that doesn’t mean Hispanic,” said Maria Contreras-Sweet, a director at Sempra Energy and Regional Management Corp. and former head of the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama. “It has to…
South Korea’s First Feminist Party Launches On International Women’s Day
South Korea’s first feminist party has vowed to push for equal pay and tougher laws to end widespread voyeurism against women as it gears…
On the Marble
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina…
Global Female Leaders summit 2020: Today’s World Needs Bold Female Change-makers!
This economic forum annually brings together 300 inspiring visionaries and female leaders from across the globe to share their perspective, expertise, and acumen on…
AWM Honorees on ‘The Spotlight’- Reinette van der Merwe
In line with the Amazons Watch (AW) Magazine 2020 vision of showcasing diverse perspectives, insights, strategies & case studies that will challenge women at…
Saudi Arabia to Launch First Women’s Football League
Saudi Arabia is set to launch a female football league, two years after women were first allowed into stadiums in the Gulf kingdom. The…
Betsy Devos Speaks On Need to Bring More Education Opportunities to America’s Children
“I want to tell everyone today you are either for children or against children when it comes to educational freedom and choice in education.”…
KENYA: Azuri Technologies Encourages Rural Women to Use Solar Energy
Solar home systems provider Azuri Technologies has recently launched the “Brighter Lives” project in Nairobi, Kenya. The initiative aims to encourage rural women to…
Ensuring Pastoralist Survival in Chad
“We are connected to nature, we find our resources in nature, we protect it; nature is completely intertwined with our culture and way of…
What does your Child Want to be versus What problems do they want to solve?
Business and Academic experts from around the world, have said that by 2030, 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist have not…
Do The Best You Can In Every Task
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a…
Afropop Singer Angélique Kidjo Wins ‘Best World Music’ Grammy Award
Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer emerges winner of the Best World Music Album, recently at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards 2020. Her emergence is hinged on…
