A BLOG POST BY LOUISE MEINCKE, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR AT THE CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN Around the world there are countless children who call the streets their home. We believe that street children cannot be considered as a social problem but instead as human beings with full potential to contribute to society and as positive agents [...]
A BLOG POST BY BARONESS GOUDIE FROM THE GUARDIAN: WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP Baroness Mary Goudie explains the difference between the two and why becoming a mentor, or being mentored, could really boost your career Mentoring is vital from the beginning to the end of a person’s career. It can start with finding a mentor whilst [...]
A BLOG POST FROM SUE LAWTON GLOBAL ADVISOR TO WECONNECT INTERNATIONAL A little bit of business history was made at the House of Commons on Monday evening. WEConnect International launched a groundbreaking piece of work supporting the development of contract opportunities for women business owners. This is impressive in the first instance because women are [...]
AN INTERVIEW WITH BARONESS GOUDIE AND LISA QUAST FROM FORBES As you’ve read in my past blog entries, I have long been a proponent of workplace equality. I encourage companies to voluntarily ensure the genders of management teams and boards of directors are representative of their customer base. Baroness Mary Goudie, a senior member of the British [...]
A BLOG POST BY BARONESS GOUDIE I am pleased to be supporting and judging the National Council of Women competition, ‘Giving Young Women a Voice’. This national competition is asking women under 30: If you could influence Government to take some action to improve the lives of women, what would it be? The winning entry [...]
A BLOG POST BY BARONESS GOUDIE Last week I was asked to appear on the AMANPOUR CNN programme. I was honoured to be a guest of Christine Amanpour, a journalist I have huge admiration for and someone who is bringing global attention to important issues. I highlighted the importance of women at the peace table, [...]
A BLOG POST BY NATALIE TURGUT, ADVOCACY OFFICER AT THE CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN Eva sleeps on the street. She also spends most of her day there, selling flowers to earn a living so that she can eat. Eva’s story is not unique. She, along with millions of other children around the world, calls the [...]
A BLOG POST BY BARONESS GOUDIE FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST I recently participated in the ‘Symposium on Gender Inequality in Emerging Markets’, at Green Templeton College, Oxford, with 50 leaders from government, public and private sectors, civil society and academics. Attendees included Jane McAuliffe president of Bryn Mawr College and an important voice in efforts [...]
A BLOG POST BY NAHLA MAHMOUD From my own experience living under an Islamic regime, I strongly oppose Sharia law and other religious-based laws. Instead, I deeply believe in secular, humanist values that treat human beings equally. International human rights are a testament to those values and oppose the discriminatory practices enshrined in and justified [...]
BLOG POST FROM OLIVIA WARHAM, DIRECTOR OF WAGING PEACE It is now more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in a modern conflict. (Major General Patrick Cammaert, 2008 – former UN peacekeeper) There is nothing accidental about the surge in the incidence of rape in war zones. Leaders aiming to ethnically cleansing a [...]
