Via TEDWomen, Halla Tomasdottir shares her thoughts regarding her approach to surviving Iceland’s financial crisis:
“…we felt a bit overwhelmed with testosterone. And I’m not here to say that men are to blame for the crisis and what happened in my country. But I can surely tell you that in my country – like on Wall St and the city of London and elsewhere – men were at the helm of the game of the financial sector, and that kind of lack of diversity and sameness leads to disastrous problems…Doing emotional due diligence is just as important as doing financial due diligence. It is actually people that make money and lose money, not Excel spreadsheets…I am fed up with this tyranny of either/or choices in life – either it’s men, or it’s women. We need to start embracing the beauty of balance. So let’s move away from thinking about business here and philanthropy there, and lets start thinking about doing good business. That’s how we change the world. That’s the only sustainable future.”
[Watch Halla’s entire talk below or go here.]
“We’re organizing another wikipedia edit session, called Feminists Engage Wikipedia, or #tooFEW. I’ve seen a few announcements about #tooFEW on here, but wanted to put out a call/plea for help tomorrow. The event has become WAY larger than any of us anticipated, with 5 in-person sessions and a big virtual component. Almost everyone is a first-time editor, with a few experienced people guiding the way.
We’ve developed a chatroom for asking questions, sharing resources or just meeting other folks. If you’ve participated in another edit-a-thon, or have some experience editing Wikipedia or negotiating disputes that arise, we’d love to have you in the chatroom as a resource! And if you want to take your first editing steps with us, jump in!”
Friday, March 15th
11am – 3pm EST
Collaborative wiki for resources, keeping tabs of blogs on #tooFEW, etc.:
http://hastac.org/wiki/toofew-collaborative-wiki-page
Official Wikipedia page – please register here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Feminists_Engage_Wikipedia
Dear Geekgirl
My name is Judith Williams and I am a Masters student at the University of New England, in Armidale, NSW. As part of my Masters degree, I am carrying out a research project under the supervision of Dr Sue Watt. The project is about women’s experience of sex before, during and after menopause.
I am writing to ask you to consider particpating im my research project and ciculating the link to my research to your readers and others in your network.
This research may be of particular interest to some of your readers as it aims to clarify the nature of changes in the sexual experiences of women during and after menopause. There is a great deal of contradiction in the current literature about whether such changes take place, exactly what kind of changes might occur, and how many women are affected by such
changes. There is also very little research to investigate the role of women’s relationships and partner characteristics, in reported changes. The study aims to better equip clinical psychologists and other health care providers to support women and their partners.
Women between the ages of 35 and 70 are invited to participate in this research. It is a very quick and easy process. Just use the following link and you will find the online survey. It should take less than 10 minutes to complete. There are some direct questions in the survey, but please be assured that participation is anonymous, and all results are kept confidential.
http://tinyurl.com/3kput42
Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011 (London, UK)
Earlybird applications close: Friday October 1
Regular applications close: Friday November 5
www.birds-eye-view.co.uk
The 2011 Birds Eye View Film Festival is seeking short film submissions from women filmmakers from around the globe, to be part of an innovative and inspirational celebration of talent. Screenings will be held at leading London film venues, including the British Film Institute (Southbank) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
The Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011 will open with a special gala screening of short films on March 6. The rest of the festival will include retrospective screenings, live music, workshops and master-classes, feature and documentary screenings and Q&A’s with inspirational women in film.
For more information visit the website or email submissions@birds-eye-view.co.uk
UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries – Call for Artists
Artists, writers musicians :: Various Locations & Deadlines
The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme aims to promote the mobility of young artists through art residences abroad, gives priority to artists and artist residency institutions from the global south and promotes the participation of women in international artist residencies.
Participating institutions select three candidates for each bursary and submit the list of names to UNESCO for review by an international selection panel, which makes the final selection taking into consideration the priorities of the residency, geographical distribution and gender equality.
http://www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg
