Vinita Gupta: Why I, A Woman Tech-Entrepreneur, And Immigrant, Am Voting For Hillary

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a decent human being, hardworking, and refuses to feel sorry for herself. I am a woman of color from a similar era, with an accent, and a successful entrepreneur of Silicon Valley. I have fought the subtle battles that women of our generation have fought. ...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/vinita-gupta-why-i-a-woman-tech-entrepreneur-and-immigrant-am-voting-for-hillary/

The 'Shocking' Rise In Workplace Discrimination Against Pregnant Women

Pregnant women need greater protections in the workplace to combat a “shocking” rise in discrimination in the last decade, a new report has found. 
MPs are calling for urgent action from the government to ensure there is not a further escalation in the number of pregnant women being forced o...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/the-shocking-rise-in-workplace-discrimination-against-pregnant-women/

New York Women in Film & Television: New York Women in Film and Television Celebrates Orange is the New Black and More at Designing Women Awards

When you binged on season three of Orange is the New Black this weekend, perhaps, amidst the drama, laughs and boundaries pushed, you took a moment to admire how even while the inmates of Litchfield Prison wear the same institutionally-issued uniforms, sport only the most basic makeup...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/new-york-women-in-film-television-new-york-women-in-film-and-television-celebrates-orange-is-the-new-black-and-more-at-designing-women-awards/

Rebecca Searles: Calling All Women Futurists

I know a lot of women who work in science and tech. But I don’t know any women who consider themselves ~*futurists*~.


I know part of this is that there are a lot of different definitions of this word. For many people it brings to mind someone who forecasts trends for a major...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/rebecca-searles-calling-all-women-futurists/

Steve Errey: Men: It's Time to Take Off The Armour

Shame researcher and author Brené Brown was at a book signing, when a couple and their kids approached her. After she signed their books, the wife grabbed them in her arms, said “Come on babe, let’s go” and made to leave, but her husband stayed put and said, “No, ...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/steve-errey-men-its-time-to-take-off-the-armour/

Google Pays Tribute To Ida B. Wells, Fearless Journalist And All-Round Badass

When Ida B. Wells was 22, she was asked by a conductor of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company to give up her seat on the train to a white man. She refused, and the conductor attempted to forcibly drag her out of her seat.
Wells wouldn’t budge. 
“The moment he caught hold of my a...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/google-pays-tribute-to-ida-b-wells-fearless-journalist-and-all-round-badass/

Isabel Evans: The Politics Of Bloody Difficult Women

This summer, with Hillary Clinton becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee and Theresa May sailing into the new role of Prime Minister in the UK, I’ve seen a regular refrain on my Facebook newsfeed: “I want a woman leader but not this woman. Anyone but this one.”
It’s pretty easy to unders...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/women+news/isabel-evans-the-politics-of-bloody-difficult-women/