Girl Power

1,000 Dreams Fund, a national nonprofit that supports the dreams of talented young women in need, has announced the establishment of its 1,000 Dreams Fund - Twitch BroadcastHER Student Scholarship, in collaboration with Twitch Student, to encourage and support women students interested in careers in the gaming industry. In 2021 and 2022, the new program will annually award $1,000 scholarships to 24 young women students who are currently enrolled in […]

Women Joining Public Boards November Monthly Report, empowered by Equilar, clearly demonstrates the call for diversity is being heard by public companies. In November 2020, public companies appointed women to fill 112 seats, or 42% of the 266 overall appointments including 33 women who identified as women of color. Black women comprised 72.7% of those women. The 42% figure marks a rising trend for appointments and is up from the […]

WBC Women Joining Public Boards November Monthly Report, empowered by Equilar, clearly demonstrates the call for diversity is being heard by public companies. In November 2020, public companies appointed women to fill 112 seats, or 42% of the 266 overall appointments including 33 women who identified as women of color. Black women comprised 72.7% of those women. The 42% figure marks a rising trend for appointments and is up from […]

Public Interest Registry, the people behind .ORG, has named Days for Girls International as the .ORG of the Year for its ground-breaking work to improve health, education and livelihood for millions of women and girls around the world. Last week, Days for Girls was also honored with the 2020 .ORG Impact Award in the Combatting Coronavirus category. For more information, please visit daysforgirls.org. Days for Girls is being honored as […]

Alicia Kali has been named the winner in five categories at the Stevie® Awards for her non-profit Purpose DRV'N, and her DRV'N Brain product startup. Kali triumphed in Startup of the Year, Woman of the Year, Female Executive of the Year, Female Innovator of the Year, and Most Innovative Woman of the Year, in the 17th annual International Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Kali, delivered unprecedented alliances as a […]

3-time EMMY winner journalist, speaker, and entrepreneur Gaby Natale is breaking barriers by becoming the first Latina to be published by HarperCollins Leadership when her book The Virtuous Circle hits the stands on January 5th, 2021. "I believe that every time we pioneer, we move the world forward. This door I am about to open is not just for me. It is a door that I hope will be there […]

December 6th is the 31st anniversary of the violent act at Polytechnique Montréal that claimed the lives of 14 women, we pause to remember all those we've lost to gender-based violence in Canada. Each year, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women reminds us of the ongoing need to invest in programs and services that support victims of intimate partner violence and those trying to escape […]