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Joann Lublin is the management news editor at the WSJ and the author of the new book "Earning It. Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World." Her finding? Gender bias is alive and kicking. We talk about the new forms it's taking.
Joann Lublin
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Cristi Hegranes was a foreign correspondent who decided to stop being the voice for the people she was reporting on and instead train women in their own countries to be journalists for themselves when she founded Global Press Institute. What happens to the story when you change the storyteller? Find out in our conversation.
Photo credit: Brad Argo
(Left to right): Mariam Aboubakar Esperance, Esther Nsapu, Cristi Hegranes, Noella Nyirabihogo and Merveille Kavira Luneghe.
This fall, I was invited to moderate a panel for a conference put on by Women In Product, a non-profit formed to create a strong community of women builders and leaders in the tech industry. My panel included four female founders of technology companies: Cheryl Contee of Fission Strategy, Heather Fernandez of Solv, Selina Tobaccowala of Gixo and Aarthi Ramamurthy of Lumoid.
You’ll hear what surprised each of them about starting a company, the pros and cons of running a company while female, from leadership style to sexual harassment and gender bias–and ultimately as business-people what it takes to scale.
Selina Tobaccowala, Aarthi Ramamurthy, Heather Fernandez, Cheryl Contee and Lauren Schiller
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More women than ever are raising their hands to run for office. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will be different when they do? Kate Black, now at the FCC, recorded with me in August when she was Chief of Staff for EMILY's List, an organization that helps pro-choice, Democratic women run for office. And she has her own story of awakening to the fact that we need more women in office.
Kate Black
Will this be the moment, this time?
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It took Jennifer Brea over a year of seeing doctors and getting second, third and fourth opinions to even land on a diagnosis for a disease that suddenly left her bedridden for days, weeks, months–sometimes unable to turn on a light or even listen to music because of unbearable pain. Was the reluctance to diagnose Jennifer due to a lack of knowledge about a condition that affects millions of people in the US–mostly women? Or were there other, unstated prejudices standing in the way of Jennifer getting treatment?
To show the world that this is a real disease with a truly debilitating impact on her life–not just in her head–and to inspire the medical community to take the lead on finding answers–Jennifer created a film, mostly from her bed, out of the videos she captured of herself, others like her and the few experts there are. Her film is called "Unrest."
Photo by Sam Heesen
Erin Ganju believes that world change starts with educated children. I spoke with her in 2015 when her goal was to reach 10 million children. Just two years since she and I spoke on this show, Room to Read has now reached 11.6 million children with quality education. And, they will be reaching their 20,000th school community and 50,000th adolescent girl with their Girls’ Education Program
This is one of my favorites from the archives.
ERIN GANJU, ROOM TO READ
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Leila Janah founded Samasource to connect the poorest people in developing countries to digital work through a pioneering approach she calls “impact sourcing.” We spoke in 2015 and we’re re-releasing this episode now because she’s written a book based on her experiences called Give Work. You’ll also hear her talk about Samahope, which merged last year with Johnson & Johnson’s CaringCrowd platform.
LEILA JANAH, SAMA GROUP
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Whitney Bell got tired of receiving unwanted sexually explicit photos from men, and decided to do something about it: She gathered 200 of these images and put them on display in an art gallery show entitled "I Didn't Ask For This. A Lifetime of Dick Pics." Her conversation with Lauren provides interesting insights into post-modern sexualized male aggression & how women can respond.
Ashton Applewhite is on a mission as old as humanity itself -- to change our attitudes about age and ageing. Her book is "This Chair Rocks. A Manifesto Against Ageism," and her August, 2017 Ted Talk received a standing ovation. She's onto something. This week on Inflection Point, she talks with Lauren about how she plans to end what she calls "the last acceptable prejudice."
