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Lipstick Under My Burkha’s “lady-orientated” message got it banned in misogynous India

Gender (in)equality, Women's Rights / /

‘Brand India’ got another smudge when the film Lipstick under my Burkha was banned because it was too ‘lady orientated’ -whatever that means. I find it hard to believe that the land that many people associate with spirituality has such an appalling attitude towards women. Ironically Alankrita Shivastava is drawing attention to that very fact […]

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You want to feel invulnerable? Embrace your vulnerability. Really.

Food for thought, Limiting Beliefs, Personal Development / /

  Isn’t being vulnerable totally scary, and to be avoided at all times? That’s what I thought too for a long time. But guess what: it actually makes you strong. Wholehearted, as Brené Brown says in this delightful talk. So go on: be the master of your fate, the captain of your soul. Be vulnerable.

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Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag 

Gender (in)equality / /

Het mannelijk lichaam is altijd de norm geweest. Maar nu wordt die eenzijdige focus hersteld. Van die inhaalslag schrikt Martin van Creveld, meent Simone van Saarloos, die zijn boek ‘De bevoorrechte sexe’ genadeloos afmaakt in onderstaande recensie. Source: Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag – NRC

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France bans extremely thin models

Body & Beauty, Healthy Topics, Women at work / /

I welcome this new French law, that demands models to provide a doctor’s certificate showing their body mass index is healthy. A previous law, suggesting a minimum BMI, was rejected. I suppose that could have been perceived as dictating what marketable beauty is. But who can be against preventing that anorexia, a serious and often deadly

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Millions waisted on gender diversity programs that aren’t giving women what they need to succeed

Sustainable Leadership, Women at work, Women Leaders / /

Countless studies have shown women to be great leaders who improve company performance. Organizations across a multitude of industries that have embraced the business case for increased gender diversity are spending millions of dollars on programs to help women advance. Yet we have not yet reached gender parity in the C-suite. Why? A new study

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