Posts Tagged ‘leaders’
The Gender Gap in Healthcare—Our Stories Behind the Statistics
I was shocked by the experiences Linda Brodsky MD shared when she spoke at an AAUW event about gender discrimination in her medical profession. She’s become a crusader for women in medicine–you’ll see why in this guest post, and we should all cheer her on. Be sure to check out her blog and share your story with her.
Today women comprise more than 50% of medical students, 40% of resident trainees and by the end of 2010, 30% of physicians. Could it be that we’re finally closing the gender gap in medicine? No. And nothing is further from the truth. Until women decision and policy makers are leading the discussion at the table (or on the bench), women will not become impactful leaders soon enough, contrary to what these overly optimistic statistics suggest.
From the halls of medical academia to the editorial boards of medical journals, from the ranks of organized medicine to the NIH committees that judge research worthiness, the number of women are much fewer than they should be. Where are all the women leaders?
Read MoreEncouraging Words and Leaders Who Encourage
Do you ever have a day when you know you need some encouraging words? Today is one of them for me. So may irons in the fire, anxious with waiting for them to come to fruition, feeling like sometimes hard work doesn’t pay. You know. We’ve all been there.
So I want to share two antidotes that are encouraging to me. First is Women’s eNews big fundraising dinner tonight honoring 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. This event produces enough positive energy to levitate our spirits to the sky and fuel our collective passion for bettering the lives of women everywhere. Be sure to read all these amazing, inspiring women’s stories.
One especially close to my heart are my friendMaria Luisa Sanchez Fuentes, head of the Mexican reproductive rights advocacy group GIRE that has led the successful effort to decriminalize abortion in Mexico City based on human rights legal principles
Read MorePow! Bam! Comic Books on Today’s Women Leaders Pack a Strong Message
Superheroines, Quemosabe! If art imitates life and pop culture depicts contemporary life most real and raw, then these new Female Force comic books deliver a powerful message that women in top political leadership have truly saturated our cultural consciousness. Embedded video from CNN Video There’s irony in that Female Force’s creators at Bluewater Productions are male,…
Read MoreThe Shoulders We Stand On
Leadership is about action. A leader is someone who gets things done. But no one does it alone. This touching video reflects on some of the most courageous leaders in American history and how each stood on the shoulders of those who went before them.
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