Policymakers haven’t always considered how economic shocks impact women and men differently — or how governments should respond. When the 2008 recession hit, few asked how stimulus measures would affect women compared with men. That approach won’t work for the COVID-19 crisis. As leaders face the enormous challenge of rebuilding post-pandemic economies, women must be […]
The last four or five years have been rough going. It’s tempting to think of that time as one of seemingly endlessly awful, catastrophe piled atop catastrophe in some perverse game of Jenga. We’ve gotten used to everything being so fraught and high-stakes, the times themselves almost hostile to human thriving. So it can be […]
Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a cardiologist and founder of the Mayo Clinic Women’s Heart Clinic, says that, while women’s heart care has significantly improved in the past 20 years, there is still much to learn about heart disease in women. In the U.S., 1 in 4 women die from cardiovascular disease. “We’ve just scratched the surface […]
Heather Pulier Outset is an innovative low-risk take on a joint savings account. “I welcome input from everyone to make sure we are building Outset Financial into an Insurtech company that delivers. I want to have our mission of financial literacy, intimacy, and security touch as many lives as possible.” Charlotte Darr Charlotte is providing […]
Talisa Lavarry was exhausted. She had led the charge at her corporate event management company to plan a high-profile, security-intensive event, working around the clock and through weekends for months. Barack Obama was the keynote speaker. Lavarry knew how to handle the complicated logistics required — but not the office politics. A golden opportunity to […]
With nearly 2.2 million women having left the U.S. labor market since the beginning of the pandemic, women’s workforce progress is spiraling backwards. Working mothers have been forced to quit or drastically reduce their hours as balancing work, childcare responsibilities, and remote school have become untenable. Let’s move beyond the statistics and start the difficult […]
Lorinda Roslund, a 37-year-old single mother of two in Madras, Oregon, has been preparing for an emergency. After a medical crisis took her out of work for a few months in 2013, she spent the next seven years building a strong savings cushion. She opened a massage and facial business in 2016, and even though […]
For over a decade, CouldYou? has driven innovation in the non-profit sector offering transformational programming providing menstrual health education and the CouldYou? menstrual cup in The United States, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Liberia. San Diego, CA-The CouldYou? Women and Girls’ Health Initiative promotes empowerment of women and girls through the distribution […]
Walmart can tell you how many of anything are in a given store or warehouse at any moment. Apps track your heartrate and your phone tracks your location at any moment. C-suite executives monitor everything in their organizations daily. Big Data dominates our economy. Yet, we don’t have consistent, standardized and real-time data on the […]
It’s a New Year. Let’s Welcome It! Saying Goodbye to 2020 2020, I remember welcoming it in with such joy. The buzz was to make sure you date everything with the complete 2020 and not just 20. If only that had been the most important item to have on our minds for the rest of […]