By Alice Driver* Para leer en español, haz clik aquí Follow @aliceldriver The pressure to find the 276 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls didn’t initially come from the Nigerian government, from international heads of state, or from news organizations. It mounted on Twitter with a flowing river of hashtags– #BringBackOurGirls, #BringBackOurDaughters–hashtags that then made … [Read more...] about Hashtag activism: #BringBackOurGirls
Smart companies: pay attention to women. It pays off
By Sanola Daley* Para leer en español, haz clik aquí Follow @ariels_voice Eight years ago, a newspaper article changed my life. It stated that, although more Jamaican women (70%) than men were enrolling in and graduating from higher education institutions, they kept having a significantly higher unemployment rate -15.6% and 5.7% respectively-. As a Jamaican woman … [Read more...] about Smart companies: pay attention to women. It pays off