Cannes Lions 2024 Spotlight: 100 Women @ Davos and Serbian Chamber of Commerce Forge Alliance to Boost Female Entrepreneurship
In a landmark event held at The Female Quotient Equality Lounge at the 2024 Cannes Festival of Creativity, Dr. Anino Emuwa, founder of 100 Women @ Davos, and Branisalava Simanic, Director of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Serbia representing the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to […]
IWD 2024! Investing in Women: Achieving Gender Equality for Prosperous Societies.
Happy International Women’s Day! In today’s world, achieving gender equality and ensuring the well-being of women is not just a matter of social justice but a crucial step towards building prosperous economies and a sustainable planet. However, amidst these aspirations lies a daunting challenge: the projected $360 billion annual deficit in gender equality measures by […]
LEAP Africa Founder, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli Takes Helm at The ONE Campaign as CEO.
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli has been appointed as the President and CEO of The ONE Campaign, following a global search. She brings over 25 years of international development experience and is well-versed in agriculture, nutrition, social innovation, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and youth development in Africa. Nwuneli, a Nigerian/American citizen, will assume her role on April 2, 2024, […]
Women Equality Day: 4 Major Realities We Wished Were Different for Women in Nigeria.
It’s National Women Equality Day in the United States and a significant one for women worldwide. Today commemorates the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States based on sex. That is, […]
Nigeria’s Leading Women in the Events Industry
From being overlooked in favour of more lucrative industries including the oil and gas sector, to becoming a $20 billion industry, a figure projected to put the industry in the list of the most extravagant in the world, Nigeria’s events industry is growing by the year. In 2017, the compound annual gain of the events […]
The 2022 Oscars is the most diverse & inclusive one yet! Here’s why
The 94th Academy Awards (Oscars) held on March 27th, took a turn into diversity with its major inclusion of blacks and women across many categories. The Academy, can be commended for making conscious efforts and taking actions; towards inclusion of people of colour, and breaking gender biases. We hope other awarding bodies take a cue […]
Inclusivity in Tech: How are Women Climbing the Corporate Ladder?
Discussions have been had on breaking gender biases and several of them stress the misrepresentation of women in workplaces, public offices and mistreatment of many in their own homes. These discussions however won’t be complete without mentioning tech; the now and the future. Now, let’s talk about female inclusivity in tech related fields. Tech, which […]
The Pros Of Breaking Gender Bias in the Next Normal.
The issues surrounding gender bias are enormous. One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is Gender Equality; and it means the balance of the representation and treatment of men and women. To achieve gender equality, days like International Women’s Day are set aside to; celebrate women’s wins and challenge the issues they constantly face. […]
Is It Even Feminism If It’s Not Intersectional?
Whenever the words ‘Women in the Workplace Issues’ are uttered, one must ask the question; which women are being referred to? Is there some specific mold that all women are supposed to fit into, and therefore a single lens through which their issues can be viewed? Too often, women are viewed as one homogenous group. The […]
#BreakTheBias: Here’s What You Need To Know About IWD 2022!
March 8 is International Women’s Day; a day set aside to appreciate women globally and challenge the issues they face regularly. This years commemoration comes with the official tag line #BreakTheBias. In the early 1900s, women stormed the streets of North America and Europe to; protest biased treatment, gender discrimination and demanded better pay at […]