women

The way we think about gender inequality has to change

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The future is fearless, writes Hanna Naima McCloskey [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q2_2019_full_book/28″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] In 2014, I decisively left my job as an investment banker and embarked on the most exciting, powerful, hard and important adventure of my life: founding and growing Fearless Futures. Fearless Futures is an education organization that works … Read more

Men: through the looking glass

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Changing gender roles challenge the male sense of self-identity – and that’s a problem for us all, writes Ilka Dunne [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q2_2019_full_book/26″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Have you ever had one of those days when you look in the mirror and – even though you are wearing your favourite outfit – … Read more

Everyone needs to fix gender bias at work – starting with women themselves

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Ilka Dunne explains how Rand Merchant Bank aims to help women take the future into their own hands [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/full_book_dialogue_q32019_569cc21c970cbd/60″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] South Africa is still a highly patriarchal society. Inevitably, that affects the way that our businesses operate: and one of the biggest challenges it creates is that … Read more

Women are a great bet for intense business situations

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Forget the stereotypes of male courage under fire. Women know how to perform under pressure, writes Eve Poole [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q2_2019_full_book/22″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] A devastating study in Harvard Business Review told of raw gender discrimination at work. Using a large multinational with a statistically typical male-biased hierarchy, the researchers collected … Read more

Meet Sharmla Chetty, the Cape Crusader

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READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Sharmla Chetty’s struggle against apartheid set her forward to a life of change Injury. Incarceration. Expulsion. The qualities that shape leaders come from the most adverse sources. So it was for Sharmla Chetty – president of Africa and global managing director for Europe at Duke Corporate Education – much of … Read more

Women: From the top

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We know too little about female chief executives. Liz Mellon shares stories from 11 female leaders around the world [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q2_2019_full_book/16″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Women leaders are in the news – and for all the wrong reasons. In August 2018, when it emerged that Indra Nooyi was stepping down from … Read more