“Brokers discuss price offers and deals at the Khartoum Stock Exchange, December 15, 2011.”
via ohyeahsudan:
Love that!
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“Licia Ronzulli, an Italian member of the European Parliament, embraces motherhood while voting on proposals to improve women’s employment rights.”
Women. This is what we do. We balance work and life and make it work!
- Via
- adriennemae
Beautiful Barbie.
On September 9, the opening day of New York Fashion Week, a group of young Black women staged a silent demonstration. The 20-something ladies wanted to acknowledge the first time in their lifetimes that Essence magazine—a formidable Black women’s print beloved by scores Black girls for 40 years—does not have a Black fashion director. The group of professional and educated women, many of whom are fashion and media insiders, also stood in protest of the added fact that there are no Black fashion directors at any mainstream fashion or lifestyle publication.
Bayyina Black, an organizer and walk participant, explained that the demonstration was bigger than Essence. “On a larger scale, in the year 2010 there is only one woman of color, Nina Garcia, who is a fashion director in the entire fashion industry.”
It is this last line that got my attention. Wow. And Nina Garcia is a Latina women. One has to wonder why that is in the year 2010. I applaud their protest but how does this create actual change? Time will tell. But what it does do is promote awareness. And it certainly has. I had no idea before I read the article. Awareness is the first step towards change.
(via Young Women Stage “Fashion in Action!” Demonstration at New York Fashion Week | Clutch Magazine)
The “Women in Forex” Series on FXStreet
I know Raghee (she is brilliant) and I so admire Kathy Lien. There are not many women in trading and even less in the forex world. This is a great opportunity to learn about more fellow lady forex traders who have been in the business for more years than I. An homage to some forex queens.
(via RagheeHorner.com)
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I am really psyched about TEDWomen, coming this December to DC in a two-day conference to focus on women from around the globe and their issues, innovations, insights, the whole shebang. Considering we’re talking about 50% of the population from around the globe - statistically slightly more, even - it’s sort of amazing and mouth-dropping that focusing on women is called “an emerging story,” but hey - TED calls it like it is, not like it should be. From the website:
Over the last several years, our ideas about women have changed. Investing in women and girls was once seen as a radical notion; today, its value is clear. A new lens reveals women as powerful change agents: In developing nations, women and girls hold the vital link to economic growth, public health, political stability. In the West, generations of educated women are forging new directions in the sciences, arts, business and beyond.
To track this emerging story, the first-ever TEDWomen will explore in depth: Who are the women who leading change? What ideas are they championing? How are they shaping the future? TEDWomen will also reveal how women and men, in concert with one another, orchestrate different but complementary approaches to ideas worth spreading.
The cross-disciplinary, cross-generational program will focus on how women think and work, communicate and collaborate, learn and lead—what this means and why it matters to all of us. Speakers from around the globe—from anthropologists to artists, scientists to soldiers, bankers to builders, farmers to futurists—will share their ideas in the world-renowned TED format, creating a program that surprises and inspires.
I’m already surprised and inspired. And excited. Will the dudes come? They should. Not only will it be a sweet pickup joint (ladies in the house holla!) but there is major money to be made off understanding the needs of 50% of the population - oh and also tapping into their brainpower. See you there, Fred Wilson!
Peep This: Jay-Z and Rihanna Perform at UCLA : VIBE.com
A great performance by Rihanna not long after appearing with Diane Sawyer and opening up about her abusive relationship with Chris Brown. The crowd response says it all. Standing tall against the rain!
Thanks for Baby Phat for posting this picture. Glowing or what? on Twitpic (via kimoraleesimmon)
Had to post because I have pictures of myself in the hospital as I wait on my little one (3 different times) to leave the womb for the world. Fabulous women do think alike ;-D Congratulations Kimora!
“…yet it is very difficult for this woman who is “free, black & grown” to take the back seat. And I know that I’m not alone. We’re so used to fending for ourselves and defending ourselves…when we have a man in our life who is strong enough to take that role in our lives…there is fear that we somehow will lose our power. But, I’ve been getting better…”
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 My man belongs to ME. And is OBLIGATED to dress the way I say and give me sex when I want. The world greatly misunderstands the power of women in marriage.
First Lady Michelle Obama. Such a POWERFUL woman. Her power comes in her submission to her husband and acceptance of her role as a wife. Remember that she used to be Barack’s boss?!
I wonder how hard that was for her? If at all. I still seek balance. She and my mother. They are what I want wifehood to look like for me.
Take note ladies: there is power in becoming a wife.
The Meaning of Michelle Obama - TIME
“I think as women until you are willing to give up just a little piece of yourself (not to the point where you are a slave…) then it’s hard to be in a healthy and meaningful relationship. I’ve learned that a man has to feel like a man or he will eventually leave. I’ve said this before but when you’ve worked so hard for everything, it’s hard to give up a bit of your independence to someone that you don’t know will stick around for the long run.”
