by Stephenie Foster | Mar 17, 2021 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized, Women and Civil Society, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Technology
This article first appeared on Medium. Young women aren’t future women leaders. They are women leaders. Period. When I first published this blog in 2018, my views were informed by my participation in many events focused on young women and leadership across diverse...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Posts, Women and Civil Society, Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Business, Women in Europe/former Soviet Union, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women in Technology, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
As the Biden-Harris administration begins to develop and implement gender-focused policies across the federal government, it is a good time to deepen commitments to gender equality in policymaking, and fully empower the White House Gender Policy Council. In foreign...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 9, 2019 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Technology
My opinion piece appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on October 9, 2019. The Guardian recently reported that Apple’s Siri virtual assistant deflected questions about feminism or the #MeToo movement. More troubling is that when asked about feminism, Siri had...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 22, 2019 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Technology
Here’s my most recent blog on women and climate change. I am grateful to the Japan Times for publishing it. ## When the G20 met last month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe put climate change and women’s empowerment on the agenda. While the Osaka Leaders’...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 11, 2019 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Technology
This post originally appeared on Medium. Late last week, Nature Conservancy CEO Mark Tercek announced he would step down, the organization’s latest departure in the wake of an investigation into sexual harassment and workplace misconduct. His departure came one...
by Stephenie Foster | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured Posts, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Technology
This article first appeared in the Global Policy Journal. Our world faces multiple challenges: fragility of economic and political systems, cold and hot wars, cyberattacks and extremism, and disruptions caused by climate change. We need every tool to understand these...
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 7, 2018 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women & Infrastructure, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Technology
Young women aren’t future women leaders. They are women leaders. Period. Last month, I participated in two events that drove home that point. First, I spoke at the kick-off event for Gender Balance Consulting, a student-led organization at the University of...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 1, 2018 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Technology
Businesses ignore women — and a focus on gender — at their peril. Everyone from startup founders to CEOs of Fortune 500 companies needs to promote women’s leadership, create safe and fair workplaces, support and engage women in the community, and ensure that their...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured Posts, In the News, Interviews, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Technology
GREAT conversation – here’s a link to the podcast. Many thanks to Biana Kovic and Armed Radio for hosting.
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 2, 2018 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Technology
Every day and in every way, we depend on technology. It helps us access information and each other, and organize our business and personal lives. But, there are increasing concerns about technology: how it impacts privacy; how the designers of tech tools (spoiler...
by Stephenie Foster | May 21, 2018 | Featured Posts, In the News, Interviews, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Technology
When women’s participation in the labor force increases, GDP rises. When women start businesses, communities flourish. When women are promoted to senior management and appointed to corporate boards, companies do better. We ignore this compelling data at our peril....
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 9, 2017 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Technology
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 6, 2017 | As governments struggle to find solutions a growing global refugee crisis, the technology industry has found a place to step in with solutions. But too often, the gender gap in access to technology that is accentuated by refugee...