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- -: Housewife Superspy? Former MI5 Head Stella Rimington on Leaving Anonymity

July 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_spies_technology_espionage Stella Rimington, former director general of MI5, recalls the complications and tabloid-fueled controversy that followed her appointment as head of the famed British intelligence service, after spending decades in anonym...

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- -: Is Silicon Valley Ignoring Women?

September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/igniting_innovation Are tech investors ignoring women? Business columnist and UC Berkeley visiting scholar Vivek Wadhwa thinks so. Wadhwa slams Silicon Valley venture capitalists for showing an inherent bias for startups created by "boys from Stanford...

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- -: Senator Gillibrand: Women's Role in Innovation Is Key to Advancement

October 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/wie_symposium_2011 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) argues that although women are burdened by economic gender inequalities, they are key to America leading the way in global innovation. ----- WIE Inspiration Day: Getting Women off the Sidelines in...

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- -: Equal Pay and Workplace Flexibility

July 20, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Vice President Joe Biden hosts a meeting of the Middle Class Task Force focusing on new recommendations for equal pay for men and women and for increased workplace flexibility to help families balance the demands of home and work.

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Johanna Blakley: Social Media and the End of Gender

December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)

Women have started dominating the internet social sites in terms of number and hours of use says Johanna Blakley. But this phenomenon will not likely change the landscape into something streamlined only for women.

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Source: TED

Ursula Le Guin: A Left-Handed Commencement Address

May 22, 1983 (almost 41 years ago)

Ursula K. Le Guin urges the women of the graduating class of 1983 at Mills College to see past the common definitions and notions of success and live life on their own terms.

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Michelle Obama: Celebrating Women in the Military

November 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Michelle Obama invites women of uniform, women of achievement, women of valor and women with families to share a moment of woman empowerment and an afternoon of tea.

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Source: The White House

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