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headhoncha: Vagabond of French Cinema finally wins her Palme
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A blog for and about women in leadership globally. Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Vagabond of French Cinema finally wins her Palme. Apart from New Zealand's Jane Campion, no woman has won a Palme D'Or at Cannes. And no woman has been awarded an honorary palme – a plaudit reserved for those who, for whatever reason, have missed a Palme d'Or. Until now. On Sunday May 24th the Cannes Film Festival 2015 will close by paying homage to one of the country's unsung heroes of art house. 29 November 2015 at 22:15. So many ...
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headhoncha: Happy IWD 2015 - ditch the booth babes and let in the geek girls
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A blog for and about women in leadership globally. Sunday, 8 March 2015. Happy IWD 2015 - ditch the booth babes and let in the geek girls. Happy International Women's Day! Consumer Electronics Show, 2012. A recent report by US law firm, Fenwick and West,. Shows that just 11 per cent of executive positions in Silicon Valley are held by women – and just 9 per cent of executive officers are female. The report compares Silicon Valley companies with the S&P 100 where women comprise 16 per cent executive roles.
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headhoncha: Are you a Glass Ceiling Woman or Harrassed Hipster?
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A blog for and about women in leadership globally. Monday, 9 February 2015. Are you a Glass Ceiling Woman or Harrassed Hipster? It is election season in the UK and media channels have been buzzing with the new tribal classifications used by campaign bosses to help delineate the British electorate. The regular reader of this blog is perhaps the Glass Ceiling Woman. In her 30s or 40s; stuck in the 'marzipan' layer under the male-dominated icing; struggling with childcare). Not you? In the last week we have...
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headhoncha: Women elected Heads of State still under 8 per cent
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A blog for and about women in leadership globally. Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Women elected Heads of State still under 8 per cent. Updates its list of elected heads of state globally. Here is the updated list, still numbering 16 of the possible 204 independent countries (if you include contested states such as South Korea). All but 11 countries globally now hold some form of national election, although not all are considered either entirely free or reliable. Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany, 2005. Laimdota S...
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headhoncha: Top ten women economists: no such thing?
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A blog for and about women in leadership globally. Wednesday, 10 June 2015. Top ten women economists: no such thing? Carmen Reinhart at WEF. The Economist's 2015 list. Of the world's 25 most influential economists does not include one woman. In the UK, the number of women who study economics at university has fallen over the last decade so that now just 27 per cent of economics graduates are women. Less than one in three (32.4 er cent) choose economics as an A level subject. Any all-male club is a turn-o...