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Patricia Arquette dedicates her Oscar speech to women's equality by TIME @FortuneMagazine February 23, 2015, 10:29 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons This article is published in partnership withTime.com. The original version can be found here. By Daniel D'Addario and Charlotte Alter, TIME As had been widely predicted, Patricia Arquette won the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the Oscars for her role in Boyhood. Arquette played the protagonist's mother, a role that grew in importance and emotional sweep over the running time of the film. Arquette, a veteran actress who rose to prominence in films like True Romance and Ed Wood, had never been nominated for an Oscar previously; over the course of Boyhood's 12-year filming period, she won an Emmy for her role in the TV procedural Medium. In her speech, Arquette dedicated her Oscar to American women, and ended with a powerful call to action. "To every woman who gave birth to every citizen and taxpayer of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights," she said. "It's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America." Meryl Streep got out of her seat to cheer for Arquette.
Compared to other nations, the U.S. lags in promoting women leaders by TIME @FortuneMagazine January 26, 2015, 3:49 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons The article below is being published with permission from Pew Research Center. It originally appeared on the Center's Fact Tank blog. By Drew DeSilver, Pew Research Center Women now make up 20% of both the House and Senate — a record high for the U.S. Congress. But that figure pales in comparison with most of its high-income peer nations — and lags even farther behind most lower-income nations around the world. As part of the Pew Research Center's examination of women and leadership, we analyzed how the U.S. stacked up against other nations in terms of women in key government posts and other senior positions. We consulted the World Economic Forum's "Global Gender Gap 2014" report, the latest in a series of studies examining the state of gender parity on more than a dozen different parameters. The U.S. ranks an unimpressive 33rd when it comes to women in the national legislature, among 49 "high-income" countries (defined as those with per-capita incomes above $12,615). Among a larger group of 137 countries with data available, the U.S. ranked just 83rd. (The data in the WEF report are as of May 2014, but even if the figures for the current 114th Congress were used the U.S. would only rise to about 75th place.) The only country with more female legislators than males was Rwanda: 51 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (64%) are held by women. Following Rwanda in the WEF standings were Cuba, Sweden and South Africa (although, according to more recent data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Bolivia and Andorra now are in second and third place). The U.S. fared better on a different category, the share of Cabinet-level or ministerial positions held by women: It ranked 25th out of the 141 countries for which data were available, and was tied with Canada for 12th place among high-income countries. (The WEF report, which uses data as of the beginning of 2014, put the U.S. percentage of women Cabinet members at 32%; currently six of the 21 Cabinet or Cabinet-level positions that require Senate confirmation (28.6%) are held by women.) The WEF also drew on data from the International Labor Organization to rank countries on the ratio of females to males among "legislators, senior officials and managers," a broad occupational category that includes lawmakers and other government policymakers, corporate managers, and top officials of unions, political parties, special-interest groups, nonprofits and other such organizations. Among the 125 nations with available data the U.S. was tied for 16th (with Namibia); but among high-income countries the U.S. tied for fourth place, with Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. Women have served as heads of state (or heads of government, in nations where that's a separate office) at some point over the past half-century in 63 of the 142 countries studied by the WEF. India leads the list, with women as either president or prime minister for 21 out of the past 50 years (Indira Gandhi was prime minister for a total of 16 years between 1966 and 1984; Pratibha Patil served as president from 2007 to 2012). At the other end of the spectrum, Cécile Manorohanta was Madagascar's prime minister for two days in December 2009. Still, that's more than the United States, where no woman has ever held the presidency. However, in a recent Pew Research Center survey, 73% of adult Americans said they think the U.S. will elect a female president in their lifetimes. That sentiment transcends gender and party lines: 75% of men and 72% of women said they expect to see a female president before they die, as did 85% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 75% of independents.
Why are so many women in China rich? by TIME @FortuneMagazine January 15, 2015, 5:11 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons I'm halfway through Age of Ambition, Evan Osnos' riveting account of 21st century China, when I start noticing the number of ground-breaking women who populate his story. Osnos compares modern China—a billion-plus people suddenly baptized in the waters of aspiration and ambition—to the Gilded Age, when the number of U.S. millionaires exploded from 20 to 40,000 in just a generation. But while America's rush to fortune in the late 1800s was a man's story, China's financial wild west (as Osnos notes) includes the other half of the population. And if American women have been historically tepid about embracing a get-rich culture, women in post-Mao China haven't been shy at all. In China, where "the ethos of the last 30 years is that to get rich is glorious, that instinct is gender neutral," Osnos tells me. "I never encountered a sense [among women] of being inhibited about wanting to get rich. One of the measurements they have for themselves is the financial success of their companies and themselves." Consider these numbers: The number of Chinese women in senior management positions has recently doubled, with 51% of those jobs held by females, making China a standout in Asia. Some 550 publicly-traded companies, or about 21%, have women on their boards. And Shenzhen-based Ceetop Inc. and China Teletech Holding Inc. are two of the four companies in the world with all-female boards. Half of the world's self-made female billionaires are Chinese. There are, of course, endless caveats to be applied to any conversation about the status of women in China. Osnos notes that women went into business because the Communist Party was–and still is–a boys' club that shuts them out of political leadership. And men still boast far higher net worths, helped by parents eager to help them build real-estate nest eggs to attract daughters-in-law from a limited pool of women, But the same one-child policy that led to a shortage of prospective daughters-in-law (with parents favoring sons in the womb) has also produced a generation of doted-upon only-children who happen to be girls. Deprived of sons, parents and grandparents heaped their high expectations on daughters and grand-daughters. Hence, Osnos notes, the most popular Chinese parenting guide was called Harvard Girl, not Harvard Boy. The ambitions of Chinese women remain curtailed by family—they, more than men, are expected to care for aging parents—and entrenched cultural bias. A leading Chinese business school describes the paradox this way: "In a country where men-only jobs proliferate, and hiring managers often probe female applicants about their dating life and maternal plans, it's easy to forget that China is home to some of the highest net-worth female individuals in the world, the majority of whom achieved such status through their business success." Osnos prefers to go beyond the numbers to tell us the human story—like that of Gong Hainan, born small and sickly in a rural village, her leg and face later crushed in a tractor accident. Despite all that, Gong couldn't repress her entrepreneurial gene. As a child, she bought and resold ice pops to villagers, mapping out a route of likely buyers and noting, "Whatever you do, you have to be strategic." Her mother was so dedicated to her daughter's education after the tractor accident that she carried her up and down the stairs to classes. Gong later worked on a Panasonic assembly-line before returning to school and excelling in college. Considered "ugly" and unable to find a mate, she launched an online dating service, thereby breaking into the male-dominated high-tech world. By 2010, she was known as China's No. 1 matchmaker. She took her company public on NASDAQ and ended the day worth $77 million, shared with –yes, she found one—her husband. Gong's story—from farmer's daughter to board room "so fast she never had time to shed the manners and anxieties of the village," as Osnos puts it, made me think of so many other up-from-the-bootstrap stories featuring women. One is SOHO China CEO Zhang Xin, the real estate developer who is transforming Beijing's skyline. Zhang spent her teenage years on a Hong Kong assembly line but eventually made her way to New York, prominent UK universities, and onto Goldman Sachs. Like China's men in this "age of self-creation,' these women "defied a history that told them never to try," in Osnos' words. But all that long-pent-up ambition, Osnos writes, is now colliding with another powerful force–China's authoritarianism. For women, that clash is playing out in government-led social pressure on ambitious women to marry or risk becoming Leftover Women, the title of Leta Hong Fincher's 2014 book. The ruling Communist Party is pushing marriage to counter fears of social instability that could come from so many unmarried men–but the blame is being heaped on women, especially educated women. As Fincher notes, the government's All-China Women's Federation had this to say about unmarried urban females over 27: "Do leftover women really deserve our sympathy? Girls with an average or ugly appearance … hope to further their education in order to increase their competitiveness. The tragedy is they don't realise that, as women age, they are worth less and less, so by the time they get their MA or PhD, they are already old, like yellowed pearls." It remains to seen how these "yellowed pearls" respond.
10 ways women can avoid 'manterruptions' in meetings by TIME @FortuneMagazine January 14, 2015, 12:48 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Jessica Bennett, TIME Manterrupting (n): Unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man. Bropropriating (n): Taking a woman's idea and taking credit for it We all remember that moment back in 2009, when Kanye West lunched onto stage at the MTV Video Music Awards, grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift, and launched into a monologue. "I'm gonna let you finish," he said as he interrupted Swift as she was accepting the award for best female video. "But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!" It was perhaps the most public example of the "manterruption" – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she's trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor. At the VMAs it might have counted as entertainment, but ask any woman in the working world and we all recognize the phenomenon. We speak up in a meeting, only to hear a man's voice chime in louder. We pitch an idea, perhaps too uncertainly – only to have a dude repeat it with authority. We may possess the skill, but he has the right vocal chords – which means we shut up, losing our confidence (or worse, the credit for the work). We might have thought we were just being paranoid. But thanks to Sheryl Sandberg and Wharton business school professor Adam Grant (a man!) we can feel just a little less crazy when we mentally replay those meetings gone wrong. In a new op-ed in the New York Times, they point out the perils of "speaking while female," along with a bevy of new research to prove that no, this is not all in our heads. (Disclaimer: I edit special projects for Sandberg's women's nonprofit, LeanIn.Org. Though I did not edit her Times op-ed.) Sandberg and Grant cite research showing that powerful male senators speak significantly more than their junior colleagues, while female senators do not. That male executives who speak more often than their peers aredeemed more competent (by 10 percent), while female executives who speak up are considered less (14 percent less). The data follows a long line of research showing that when it comes to the workplace, women speak less, are interrupted more, and have their ideas more harshly scrutinized. "We've both seen it happen again and again," Sandberg and Grant write. "When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she's barely heard or she's judged as too aggressive. When a man says virtually the same thing, heads nod in appreciation for his fine idea." My friends have come up with terminology for it: Manterrupting. Manstanding. (Or talk-blocking, if you want the gender neutral version.) And the result? Women hold back. That, or we relinquish credit altogether. Our ideas get coopted (bro-opted), re-appropriated (bro-propriated?) — or they simply fizzle out. We shut down, become less creative, less engaged. We revert into ourselves, wondering if it's actually our fault. Enter spiral of self-doubt. But there are things we can do to stop that cycle: women, men, and even bosses. Know That We're All a Little Bit Sexist — and Correct for It The reality is that we all exhibit what scholars call "unconscious bias" — ingrained prejudices we may not even know we have. (Don't think you're among the culprits? Take this Implicit Association Test to be proven wrong.) When it comes to women, that bias is the result of decades of history; we've been taught that men lead and women nurture. So when women exhibit male traits – you know, decision-making, authority, leadership – we often dislike them, while men who exhibit those same traits are frequently deemed strong, masculine, and competent. It's not only men who exhibit this bias, it's women, too: as one recent study found, it's not just men who interrupt women more at work — it's women, too. But acknowledging that bias is an important step toward correcting for it. Establish a No-Kanye Rule (Or Any Interruption, for That Matter) When Glen Mazarra, a showrunner at the The Shield, an FX TV drama from the early 2000s, noticed that his female writers weren't speaking up in the writer's room – or that when they did, they were interrupted and their ideas overtaken — he instituted a no-interruption policy while writers (male or female) were pitching. "It worked, and he later observed that it made the entire team more effective," Sandberg and Grant wrote. Practice Bystander Intervention Seriously, stop an interrupter in his (or her) tracks. Nudge him, elbow him, or simply speak up to say, "Wait, let her finish," or "Hey, I want to hear what Jess is saying." The words are your choice — but don't stay silent. Create a Buddy System With a Friend Or, better yet, if you're a woman, create a buddy system with a friend who is a dude. Ask him to nod and look interested when you speak (when he's interested, of course). Get him to back you up publicly in meetings. Seriously, try it. It's not fair, no. But dammit, it works. Support Your (Female) Colleagues If you hear an idea from a woman that you think is good, back her up. You'll have more of an effect than you think and you'll establish yourself as a team player, too. Give Credit Where It's Due Yes, everyone wants credit for a good idea. But research shows that giving credit where it's due will actually make you look better (as well as the person with the idea). Women: Practice Assertive Body Language Sit at the table, point to someone, stand up, walk to the front of the room, place your hand on the table — whatever it takes. Not only do these high-power poses make you appear more authoritative, but they actually increase your testosterone levels – and thus, your confidence. In some cases, it may actually help to literally "lean in": in one study, researchers found that men physically lean in more often than women in professional meetings, making them less likely to be interrupted. Women more often leaned away — and were more likely to be interrupted. … And Own Your Voice Don't undermine your authority with "I'm not sure if this is right, but—." Speak authoritatively. Avoid the baby voice (leadership and authority are associated with the deep masculine voice, not with a softer, higher pitched tone). And please, whatever you do, don't apologize before you speak. Support Companies With Women in Power We know that companies with more women on their corporate boards have higher outcomes and better returns. Teams with more diverse members perform better, too. But having more women in power may actually encourage women to bring their ideas forward. In one study cited by Sandberg and Grant, researchers looked at the employees of a credit union where women made up 74 percent of supervisors and 84 percent of front-line employees. Shocker: women here were more likely to speak up, and be heard. If all else fails, you can always learn how to talk really, really loud. Jessica Bennett is a contributing columnist at Time.com covering the intersection of gender, sexuality, business and pop culture. She writes regularly for the New York Times and is a contributing editor on special projects for Sheryl Sandberg's women's non-profit, Lean In. You can follow her @jess7bennett.
For Turkey, more women on boards means little by TIME @FortuneMagazine January 13, 2015, 7:36 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons A new report out today from Catalyst, a nonprofit focused on women in the workplace, finds that women across the globe are gaining seats on corporate boards. The results are encouraging, but look beyond the Catalyst results and you'll see that gender dynamics in some countries that have been lauded are, in fact, not so good. Turkey provides a prime example of how misleading it is to view boardroom diversity as the sole barometer of equal opportunities for women. Although Turkey was not included in Catalyst's report on 20 countries' boardroom diversity, a similar report released on Monday by the International Labor Organization surveyed 44 countries on the gender makeup of their corporate boards. Turkey came out of the report as an apparent winner. Aside from Norway, which enacted gender quotas for corporate boards in 2003, Turkey had the highest percentage of female chairpersons; 11.1% of the country's chairman roles are occupied by women. Turkey is also among the top 15 countries in the world with the most women sitting on boards overall. These stats make Turkey seem like a leader in the global fight for gender equality. But when the World Economic Forum rated 142 countries on gender equality and the opportunity gap between genders, Turkey ranked 125. When it comes to labor force participation as well as women holding management positions both in the public and private sector, Turkey lags significantly behind most of its European peers. In Sweden, for example, 60% of women participated in the labor force in 2013. With a 29% female labor participation rate, Turkey ranks closer to countries like India and Morocco. Despite efforts by the Turkish government to invest in the country's female business leaders, progress has significant cultural barriers to mount. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan brought the country's gender problems into sharp focus when he said last year that women are not equal to men because of their "delicate natures." "In Turkey, we are left alone with lots of demotivation by people around us," Bedriye Hülya, a business owner in Turkey, told Fortune in November. "Especially as women, we continuously have to face explicit and implicit negativity." Dig beyond the boardroom numbers in other countries and the findings are less dramatic, but similarly gloomy. In Norway, for example, a mandate to bring more women into the boardroom has not translated into more women in leadership positions further down the pipeline. While measuring progress (or lack thereof) in gender composition at a boardroom level is necessary, its by no means an accurate metric of progress toward gender equality at all levels of global corporations. To subscribe to Caroline Fairchild's daily newsletter on the world's most powerful women, go to www.getbroadsheet.com. Katherine Noyes contributed reporting to this piece.
Meet the woman behind Emma Watson's viral feminism campaign by TIME @FortuneMagazine December 18, 2014, 7:57 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Before actress Emma Watson turned a discussion on gender equality at the United Nations into a viral YouTube video, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of UN Women, was hard at work. Nyamayaro is the lesser-known head of the HeForShe campaign, a movement aimed at getting men, not just women, to champion gender equality. In September, Watson, a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and the spokeswoman for HeForShe, got the campaign an impressive amount of attention — over 6 million hits on YouTube — with an impassioned speech announcing her involvement. Three months later, now that the excitement surrounding Watson's speech has died down, I checked in with Nyamayaro to get a sense for what's next for the campaign and how she plans to continue to build off its initial momentum. What inspired you to launch HeForShe? I joined UN Women about 11 months ago, and during my orientation, it became really clear that if we were going to advance the conversation about young women, we needed something that was going to change how we look at gender equality in a positive way. We need to make it a global issue. If it remains a women's issue, then progress will remain slow. Men still hold power so you can't really speak about imbalance against women without finding a way to engage men as meaningful partners. How did you convince Emma Watson to become a spokeswoman? There was no convincing. Which was a wonderful thing and that speaks to her passion and commitment. I approached her a few months and we started having a dialogue about her coming on as a Goodwill Ambassador. Emma struck me as someone who was fresh, passionate and intelligent. Did you think her speech would have as big of an impact as it did? No, it exceeded what we expected. We just didn't know. In three days we saw the whole world light up as more than 100,000 men signed up for the HeForShe Commitment for gender equality. I would have never thought that would happen. What have you been doing since September? The campaign took us by surprise. Initially we were asking the question, 'Do men care about gender equality?' and we found out that they do care. Then we started to get a lot of emails from men who signed up, who now want to do more. Men in Nigeria wrote us about what they could do to help find the missing girls. A man in Norway emailed us wanting to know what he could do about the woman who was raped in an Uber in India. Now we are working with McKinsey for a strategy about the other areas of the campaign. We have HeForShe as an awareness platform, but now we are moving to make it an advocacy platform to change public policy and the law. What are you doing to engage business leaders on this issue? In the latest gender equality report from the UN, we identified that corporations have a lot more work to do, so we are targeting companies to participate as well. We want concrete actions and concrete commitments within these companies to support gender equality. We have set up an advisory council within the private sector that includes business leaders such as Coca-Cola KO CEO Muhtar Kent, Unilever UL CEO Paul Polman, Chanel CEO Maureen Chiquet and Goldman Sachs GS CEO Lloyd Blankfein. To subscribe to Caroline Fairchild's daily newsletter on the world's most powerful women, go to www.getbroadsheet.com.
How analytics helped Kimberly-Clark solve its diversity problem by TIME @FortuneMagazine December 10, 2014, 6:00 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons What do you do when most of your customers are women, but the majority of your top managers are men? Kimberly-Clark KMB faced that exact dilemma in 2009. The parent company of Huggies, Kleenex, Kotex and Cottonelle had data showing that just 17% of its director-level-or-higher employees were women, while a whopping 85% of its consumers were female. In November of 2010, Sue Dodsworth became the company's global diversity officer, and she went to work. After using analytics to pinpoint (and resolve) the problem, K-C made a dramatic turnaround in just four years. Today, 30% of its director-or-above employees are women, and 35% of those in middle management or higher are—up from 25% in 2009. It all started with acknowledging that there was an issue, Dodsworth says. "Gender diversity has been a priority for K-C for about 20 years," she says, "but it wasn't until about four years ago that we started to take it very seriously because people started getting very frustrated that we hadn't caused much movement." After being named to her new post, Dodsworth says she set out to win over minds first and hearts second. She and her peers traveled to 20 countries and spoke to business leaders across the company's brands. They championed inclusion and explained why gender balance is, at its core, a savvy business strategy. "We want to look, think and behave like the people who use our products," she says. "If we don't represent them, we're not necessarily making all the right decisions. Companies like Apple have shown us that's the way to go—it's obvious, really." The corporation also created a one-person analytics "team"—now a group of three who use Workday's management software—to track and scrutinize HR data, including who comes in, who gets promoted, who moves sideways for development, and who leaves. They found that women were hitting glass ceilings at two points, Dodsworth says: after the first professional promotion, and again just below director. "When we saw that," she adds, "we knew where we needed to concentrate in terms of career development." To understand the two sticking points, Dodsworth and her team asked K-C employees tough questions. They discovered that in many cases, women simply weren't applying for promotions or certain jobs. "When we asked why, it was, 'Because of these 10 things that I need for the role, I've only got eight,'" she says. "Whereas when I talked to the men who applied, they had five and they were going for it." Dodsworth's group also found that some job descriptions were more aligned with men's work experience than women's: necessary years in mill management, for instance, which is an area with relatively few women. Now Dodsworth asks her hiring managers to think about transferrable skills when writing job postings, rather than mandating specific areas in which those skills were gained. Dodsworth admits that there were bumps along the road to increased gender diversity. She remembers the first 18 months as "difficult," despite strong support from the company's CEO and senior leaders. "Some [men] were worried that they wouldn't be promoted ever again, which is completely untrue," she says. "All our data tells us differently, even now. There was a lack of understanding that all we're doing is creating a level playing field." But now, "we can hardly keep up with demand for diverse slates," she says. "Having hired a more diverse group of people as their team, they see it makes a difference and they want more of it. This started as an initiative, but now it's the way we work." And Dodsworth says the changes at K-C go beyond hard numbers, such as the oft-cited 82% increase in women who hold director-level or higher positions. "People don't finish each other's sentences," she says. "We don't have teams that have worked together in the same group for the last 15 years. There's not over-familiarity. I hear more debates, more discussions, and I see many more solutions to old problems." Molly Petrilla is a freelance journalist who often writes about business, leadership and innovation.
Apple's CEO becomes the Fortune 500's only openly gay CEO. Here are 11 other workplace stats by TIME @FortuneMagazine October 30, 2014, 4:48 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Apple's AAPL CEO Tim Cook came out publicly today to great fanfare from the business community. "While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven't publicly acknowledged it either, until now," said Cook in an essay. "So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me." While Cook is currently the only openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company, there are other top execs for him to thank for leading the charge. In the essay, first published by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Cook took the opportunity to not only discuss sexual orientation, but also instances of inequality that affect individuals in the U.S. and around the world. "Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one's sexuality, race, or gender," he said. "The company I am so fortunate to lead has long advocated for human rights and equality for all," added Cook. "And I will personally continue to advocate for equality for all people until my toes point up." Here's a look at significant numbers and statistics for Fortune 500 companies and countries around the world on the topics of gender, sexuality and race. 1: The number of openly gay CEOs currently in the Fortune 500 after Tim Cook's announcement today. 5: The number of black CEOs in the Fortune 500. Donald Thompson became the fifth black CEO after taking over at McDonald's MCD in 2012. 19: The number of countries where same-sex couples can marry, according to advocacy group Freedom to Marry. 20: The ranking of the U.S. for gender equality by the World Economic Forum in their 2014 Global Gender Gap Index. 27: The number of women CEOs in the Fortune 500. Lisa Su became the 27th female CEO after her promotion to the top position at Advanced Micro Devices AMD earlier this year. 29: The number of states in the U.S. in which you can be fired for coming out, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. 53: The percentage of LGBT workers nationwide who hide who they are at work, according to the group Human Rights Campaign. 91: The percentage of Fortune 500 companies that mention sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policies — that's up from 61% in 2002 and just 5% 17 years ago, according to a recent Fortune article. 1973: The year that Katharine Graham of the Washington Post (now Graham Holdings) became the first woman CEO. 1999: The year in which Franklin Raines became the first African-American Fortune 500 CEO by heading up Fannie Mae. 2007: The year John Browne, the former CEO of BP, resigned after being publicly outed as gay by a British tabloid newspaper. He's since written "The Glass Closet" about his experience, and recently penned this feature for Fortune about how corporate America can unlock the closet.
Why the U.S. is losing the global fight for gender equality by TIME @FortuneMagazine October 27, 2014, 7:37 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons The gap in economic opportunity between American men and women is narrowing, but the U.S. still can't seem to get ahead in the global race for equality. The United States came in at No. 20 out of 142 countries in this year's ranking of gender equality by the World Economic Forum. It marks a comeback of sorts for the country after having slipped out of the top 20 for the past two years. The Global Gender Gap Index, released Monday night, measures gender-based disparities in individual countries over time. The organization ranks countries based on the progress they've made to close the gender gap in four categories: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment. The highest possible score on the index is 1 and means that a country has fully eradicated the gender gap in every measured category. No country has actually done so since the index was first published in 2006. Iceland, which has had a female head of state in 20 of the past 50 years, ranked No. 1 on WEF's index with a score of .859. The country was closely followed by its Nordic neighbors: Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The U.S. finished with a score of .746, putting it behind countries like Canada, South Africa and France, but ahead of other developed countries like the United Kingdom and Australia. A surprising finding is that the U.S. ranks lower than some countries with considerably less economic development. Rwanda and Nicaragua both have less than $9 billion in GDP, but both rank among the top 10 countries in the world when it comes to gender equality. The index measures gender disparities in access to resources and opportunities, regardless of overall resource availability and level of economic development. "Both rich countries and poor countries can afford gender equality," World Economic Forum Senior Director Saadia Zahidi said in an interview with Fortune. "Gender equality doesn't have to only come along once a country is fully developed." Among the four equality categories WEF uses to rank countries, the U.S. ranked lowest in health and survival. While women outlive men by an average of about six years in OECD countries, American women outlive their male counterparts by just about three years, which hurt its ranking, said Zahidi. The U.S. was also penalized by the shortage of women in political power, ending up ranked No. 54 in the political category largely because it has never had a female president. At a cabinet level, the U.S. has seen a slight increase with women holding 32% of positions compared with 27% last year. In Sweden, a relative utopia for female political leaders, women make up 57% of all ministers. America is making the most progress closing the gender gap in terms of economic participation and opportunity. Ranked No. 4 on WEF's list behind Burundi, Norway and Malawi, the U.S. has closed nearly 83% of the gender gap in the workplace since WEF first conducted the study in 2006. For the first time, the U.S. exceeded gender parity for professional and technical workers, 55% of whom are now women. Yet it still has work to do on wage equality for similar work: In the sub-category of wage equality, the U.S. received the low score of .66. At this rate, the global gender gap in the workplace is not expected to close until 2095. Efforts to narrow the gap are moving at a glacial pace because a lot of the benefits are just coming to light now, Zahidi said. More companies globally are acknowledging that businesses that include more women at the top tend to outperform those who don't. Also, more women are graduating from college than men while buying power among women is growing as well. As public figures like Melinda Gates and Hillary Clinton take on investing in women and girls and closing the gender gap as public platform, Zahidi added the rate of change should increase. "The notion that gender equality is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing is a fairly new mindset that did not exist in the public consciousness even five years ago," she said. "In the short-term, this kind of change is hard because it is millions and millions of individual changes that need to come together on a global level." To subscribe to Caroline Fairchild's daily newsletter on the world's most powerful women, go to www.getbroadsheet.com.
Microsoft CEO says he was 'completely wrong' to suggest women shouldn't ask for raises by TIME @FortuneMagazine October 20, 2014, 11:49 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Dan Kedmey, TIME Microsoft MSFT CEO Satya Nadella said in a new interview that he was "completely wrong" to suggest it's "good karma" for women to wait for a raise instead of asking for one. "It's been a very humbling and learning experience for me," Nadella told CNBC in his first interview since his initial comments drew outrage. Nadella said anyone held back in their career by gender bias should push back against their managers, and that he had wrongly extrapolated the advice from his own experiences. "I basically took my own approach to how I've approached my career and sprung it on half of humanity," he said. Nadella had previously apologized for his remarks in a letter to the company. "I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work," he wrote. "If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask." See the interview below. [CNBC]


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Give your living room, study, or office a contemporary touch with the finely crafted twin console table. This stylish console table is sure to enhance any room in your home.- Materials: Wood, metal
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Introducing fashionable coffee, sofa and end tables to your living room opens up many new decorating possibilities. Not only are console tables good for fashion, but they are ideal storage solutions as well. Different types of living room tables, like coffee tables, sofa tables, end tables and console tables often prove themselves useful at parties by offering extra space for snacks or board games. Of course, not all console tables are equal. There are certain criteria you'll need to consider before purchasing your new console table. When you follow these tips on choosing a console table you'll find the right table for your living room.
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In the world of living room furniture, the sofa and coffee table might be the stars, but your end tables are important parts of the supporting cast. Without end tables, where would you put your lamps? Where would you set your drink? Where would you pile up the last week's worth of newspapers? End tables, also known as console tables, come in many shapes, sizes and styles. Whether you are looking for a traditional end table, round end table or basically any variety, this end table buying guide will show you how to buy end tables that will be just right for your home.
Sofa Table Buying Guide
When you set out to purchase a new sofa table, it's best to think about the basics. By zeroing in on the fundamentals of your living room, like coffee, sofa and end tables, designing your living room will be much easier. A sofa table can add so much to a living room, but with so many options available, you want to make sure you find the right sofa table for you. Consider the size, type of material, style and type of sofa table you seek, and there's no doubt that you will find something that matches your lifestyle ideally.
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Nothing will accent the furniture in your home quite like end tables selected to accent and complement sofas and room decor. Not only do end tables, or console tables, have the power to make the rest of your furniture sparkle; they are a functional addition to any living room. A cocktail table or some modern coffee tables make a perfect place to house reading material or room decorations, in addition to drinks for visitors. There are many reasons to pick up some end tables for every room in your home. Here are some end table facts to help you on your way.
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Fashionable and elegant coffee, sofa and end tables make a stunning addition to any room. Their unique and versatile appearance easily allows them to match many different living room styles ranging from modern to classical or traditional. A glass coffee table acts as an instant furniture focal point in your living room. However, because it's made of a delicate material, it must be treated with caution and care in order to make it last. The glass table top is susceptible to scratches and nicks. However, keeping glass coffee tables clean and scratch free is easy if you follow the instructions below on how to care for a glass coffee table. Your glass coffee table will last for many years if treated with care.
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Whether you're looking for a place to set drinks or a way to divide a room with style, coffee tables, sofa tables, and end tables are the solution. Accent tables can be the perfect finishing touch for your living room, making the space more functional and fashionable. If you need a companion to your vintage-inspired velvet couch or want a piece that will perk up your contemporary leather chairs, try adding an accent table. Here are the best way to use them in your living room.
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Adding a decorative end table to your living room is a smart and classy move. End tables are elegant, stylish and convenient. Putting a table next to your sofa or recliner gives you a place to set your favorite books, magazines and coffee mug. When you add an end table to your living room there are a few things you need to be aware of in order to help it fit the rest of your living room furniture. A large end table will add a sophisticated look and feel to your living room. They're easy to add, but there are a few rules you should follow. Keep reading for more tips and ideas on how to decorate with a large end table.
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Any living room can be granted that finishing touch simply by adding a side table to two. Placing a side table against one end of a couch or between the two ends of your living room sofas can quickly tie together your home furniture. However, end tables aren't just a living room accessory; they can help enrich your entire home. Next time you shop for end tables, don't just stop at the living room. There are many other places in your home for end tables. Here are some ideas to get you started on a full-out end table assault on your house.
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Once you have a sofa, the next most important pieces of living room furniture are accent tables. But do you know which ones to use in your space? Sofa tables and end tables both offer distinct benefits for your home, but they're often lumped together. In order to choose the best furniture for your living room, you'll want to learn the differences between sofa tables and end tables.
Coffee Table Fact Sheet
Coffee tables aren't limited to holding coffee cups and oversize books. A popular piece of furniture, the coffee table may be in the living room, den or recreation room, or on the patio: anywhere people using a sofa and chairs may gather and require space to place a beverage or plate. They may hold game boards for spirited competitions or the pieces for a jigsaw puzzle. A coffee table can be a focal point or a demure accessory. This coffee table fact sheet should help you learn more about this versatile piece of furniture.
Best End Tables for Each Room
Although the most popular room for end tables is undoubtedly the living room, you can place these tables in nearly every room in your home. When considering how to fit end tables in the rooms of your home, consider the room decor and whether or not the style of the end table matches your own. Even more basic than the style of end table is its shape, so consider how it will fit into your room. End tables can be square, rectangular, round or oval. Some end tables even nest together. One shape of end table might look best next to a recliner, while another might be perfect next to a sectional sofa. Look carefully at the room in which you will be placing the end tables. Is dark wood or light wood prevalent? Is it a small room or large room? Will the table sit in a corner, against a wall or in the middle of the room? As you can see, end tables are quite flexible. Here are some tips on placing end tables in your home.
Tips on Choosing a Sofa Table
Do you need to add function to your living room? Sofa tables can be placed between the sofa and the wall, where they provide a surface for lamps, books, or other objects. They also allow air flow from a radiator or heater vent that may be behind the sofa. This isn't the only way you can use these versatile living room tables. To pick the best sofa table for your space, follow these tips.
Best Coffee Table Materials
When it comes to coffee tables, materials aren't much of an obstacle. Coffee tables have become so popular that they are now made out of pretty much every material used to make furniture. Whether you have a square coffee table or a round coffee table, you can find it in just about any material you like. Next time you are choosing a new accent table, cocktail table, end table or coffee table, you'll have plenty of options. However, some comparison might be helpful. Here are some of the most popular materials used to make coffee tables to help you on your way.
Best Tables for Your Living Room
Taking the time to decide on the right kind of tables for your living room is time well spent. The right kinds of living room tables will enhance the appearance of your home, while the wrong kinds will detract from its decor. Trendy and stylish end tables create visual interest in your living room. Their versatile nature means that you can leave them bare or add charming accent pieces. Choosing the right coffee, sofa and end tables for your living room is a very important choice. Keep reading for more information on the best tables for your living room.
Necessary Living Room Furniture - Sofas
Take a good look at your living room furniture. Sofas and loveseats are a staple when it comes to the way your living room looks. Pair your sofa with a loveseat or ottoman, and your living room is well on its way to looking its best. Although most people own living room furniture like ottomans and end tables, few realize what an impact their sofa can have on a living room. Sofas and other accompanying furniture can either tie a living room theme together or break it. Keep reading for more information about sofas.
How to Arrange End Tables
You can use end tables in so many more places than just the two ends of your sofa. Look around your home and see where you could use a decorative accent piece, a little bit of storage, or just a place to set something down. Then you can shop for the end tables that will fill all of those needs.
How to Choose a Coffee Table
Usually, a coffee table is the center point of a sitting area. This area might be a small, cozy place with a sofa and a couple of chairs, a medium-sized family room that needs to be inviting for kids and their friends or an elegant living room designed for entertaining guests. You'll want to keep several considerations in mind when choosing your coffee table, including size, material, style and function. Taking a little time to prepare for the purchase can help you find a great addition to your existing furniture.
Best End Tables for a Cozy Living Room
Your living room can easily become cozy simply by grouping end tables, sofas, chairs, and other furniture together to create a more intimate setting that encourages conversation. The best end tables for a cozy living room often serve multiple purposes. They can be used simply as a place to set a warm drink on a winter evening or as a useful storage area where magazines, knitting, or other living room essentials are kept. Here are some things to consider when you're shopping for the perfect end tables.
Couches vs Sofas
When shopping for living room furniture, the most important piece is your couch or sofa. It will be at the hub of all your living room activity. In addition to sitting and relaxing on your comfortable couch or sofa, you'll offer this seating to any guests who happen to stop by. Although the terms "couch" and "sofa" are often used interchangeably and they do refer to similar pieces of furniture for the home, there are distinct differences that exist between the two.
Best Additional Features for Coffee Tables
Don't ask what you can do for your coffee table; ask what your coffee table can do for you. Coffee tables are nothing if not multi-tasking furniture pieces that can accomplish a lot with a little. Trunk storage, magazine racks, drawers, shelving, hidden seating or even built-in ottomans are all possibilities, but beware of the busily tricked-out coffee table that includes all of these features. The message bears repeating: Think about the form and function of your coffee table. How will its design impact how you use it? The modern coffee table comes with plenty of extras, so choose carefully.
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James, I'm still planning to head up as well....despite "Winter storm 2012".... I do keep hearing about the impending closure of the river though....has a date been set? I just wanted to make sure we were still within the acceptable window. Looking forward to it!! Thanks, Scott
Two main tribs above Rockport that may have an affect on camp water. The largest is the Cascade River and the second would be Bacon Creek. These two tribs could blow the river down to Rockport but I think we would need more rain and higher temps for that to happen. Still it is advisible to watch the gauges; http://wa.water.usgs.gov/cgi/realtime.data.cgi?basin=skagit
Steve, The last time I drove up that way which was a week or two ago, I seem to remember a couple of different signs selling wood. I wish I had better information but it is not something I was looking for. I am fairly sure I saw them though so keep you eyes open along the way.
it was no fun doing a 360 with the drifty in tow at 5 AM on I-5 North. Thank god no one else was as stupid as us to be out at that time in those conditions and we were able to get straightened out and moving before we saw any other traffic coming our way.
I believe that is the park. 10 inches of snow at my place now which means they got every inch of that and likely plenty more in Rockport.
yep, right at HMSH park. Floated down to Fabers and didn't see another soul on the river. it was great.
OK then.... looks like you guys got way more snow than we did up here. i think we will have to make a call, weather depending on thrusday night/friday morning. KerryS. Since you are pretty dam local to the area would you mind PM'ing me with your number and I will give ya a call Thursday/friday to see about conditions? Eric.... wholly shit.
Do we want a contingency plan for the following weekend - Jan. 28-29 - if this weekend is a snow-out/wash-out?
holy shit eric...I was there on sat. and there was nothing at rockport...some snow falling but not like up in other spots...fished lower down till 3 and left and it was sunny on the way down...guess sat. was the better day...even broke the spring on my pre war on a hot fish..
I picked up another 3 or 4 inches this morning in the hills north of Sedro. I would again guess Rockport received as much and likely more. Temps are now a blamy 22 degrees. Rising from 17 earlier this morning. Slight north wind blowing. If the north wind picks up it will get down right cold around here quick.
According to the Weather Channel website, nearby Concrete got an inch of snow each today and yesterday - a lot less than Bellingham. Thursday and Friday are forecast around 40 degrees and rainy. That may reduce what snow is on the ground. Personally, I'd favor postponing it for a week. Jan. 29 and 30 are the lull before the Super Bowl on Feb. 5. But I don't know if there's a weather forecast for Concrete that far out.
I agree with you Wayne... Think Kerry can make the call and hopefully we can get the cabins/huts the following week...
I called Grace Haven Cabins last night and they have just over a foot of snow, they are just above Rockport.
I'm afraid I already have a commitment for the following weekend and won't be able to make it. As it stands I've already got a 5 hr trip in good weather. So I'm hesitant to make the treck this weekend only to find a foot or more of snow. I've already got 1 night paid for the cabin and will have to give Rusty a call to cancel. Let me know if something else changes. Thanks, Scott
I'd be down with next weekend, and wouldn't mind covering the cost of any cancellation fees or whatever in my share of the adirondack. But I'm just a tag along, so whatever you guys decide...
Guys. I am out for the following weekend as I am commited to other things. How as the "big snow event" for you guys down there today? it was nothing really up here....1" tops. Looking at current weather and forecasts I would be willing to bet that by midday friday.... there will be no snow left and back to rain as per usual.... Weather forecasts. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/uswa1012 http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/ Please let me know by tomorrow night (thursday) if you are still interested in meeting up as planned. I will need to pack up gear thursday night so I can be at the passport office by 7:30 am friday in downtown Vancouver.
OK, it looks like it's either this weekend or no go for James and Scott. Since Scott is driving the farthest as far as I know, I'll drive up if it's doable. Roads around Oly were marginally functional today and aren't expected to improve tomorrow. However just as soon as the warm rain hits, all the roads should be OK. But the river will go out - at some point. I won't cancel the Adirondack for Friday since I won't be out much and would've needed to cancel today to get both nights refunded. I'll cancel it for Saturday only if we call it off. Nothing like last minute planning. Which is kinda' how I roll anyway. Sg


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Piazza della Repubblica I - 91025 Marsala
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Deep garnet-brick. Mature Cabernet notes of warm cassis, dried herbs, mushrooms, black pepper and sweaty saddles. The medium to full bodied palate provides plenty of gamey, dried berry fruit with a medium level of silky tannins and medium to high acidity. Great balance. Long finish. Drink now to 2013. (7/ 2009)
Deep crimson with very youthful rim. Strong mineral elements on the nose -- sweet and beguiling. Lively, dancing palate impact -- very good balance and quite readable. Far from thick and sweet and heavy. Excellent length. Very lively and just a very slight kick of tannin on the finish -- but its slight! 18.5/20 points. (8/ 2007)
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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Wedding services and tour/ticket assistance can be provided. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- One meeting room
- Wedding services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 2
- Number of floors - 2
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Shower only
- Television
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Boat tours nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Playground on site
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 10 PM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service dogs are allowed