It was six short films (including two animated works) in one evening of spectacular possibility. The first-time juried Female Filmmakers Night at the Midwest Independent Film Festival in Chicago proved stories on screen produced, written, directed and performed by and about women are

“The Voice” has blind auditions for singers who aspire to be the next national singing sensation. So why not recruit anonymously in tech and let the talent be the deciding factor before an interview? So gender is not a factor? This is the mission for Gloat (formerly Workey), a tech re

If you think remote work means pursuing your dream job in your pajamas, you may be right. But that may be just one reason why more people now than ever are interested in –and doing –remote work. Other factors are child care, family obligations, commuting costs, continuing

Esther Kestenbaum, CEO of DayOne Baby, envisions a world “where all workplaces and public spaces have accommodations for lactating mothers.” A mother and grandmother, Kestenbaum says DayOne Baby offers portable mothers’ rooms workplace services, education, breast pump rentals, classes

“This is so no 12- year-old girl is sorry she’s a girl.” Heather Hardy, the World Boxing Champion International Female Super Bantamweight with a 21-0 undefeated record, and an MMA fighter, wants you to know that the lessons she shares on pay equity, persistence, winning, passion and d

In Puerto Rico, a struggling economy plus the onslaught of two hurricanes is often seen in either of two ways: opportunity for investors with innovation from entrepreneurs or a landscape of serial disasters. Pipeline Angels, a group of more than 300 Latina investors funding Puerto Ric

Courtney Love, Hilary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Marcia Clark, Tonya Harding and The Spice Girls taught women as much about how to be as how not to be. In her new book, 90s Bitch: Media, Culture and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality, author and journalist Allison Yarrow shows ho

Thousands of available tech apps address the needs of mostly white, male Silicon Valley tech workers. None were addressing the needs of deskless workers who are field officers, delivery persons, remote workers in construction, healthcare, transportation, hospitality, manufacturing and

While Take The Lead has a mission of gender parity across all sectors in leadership of 2025, the rest of the world may be on a much slower time frame. Implementing diversity and inclusion efforts to make a fair and balances workforce that represents the population by gender, race, age

In her first job in 1990 after graduating from a small Iowa college, Rae Shanahan worked in human resources for Maytag in Newton, Iowa. At the manufacturing company, she says all the women employees were told they had to wear a skirt every day to work. Pants were not an option. Now Ch