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(Talk) Vivek Wadhwa: “Entrepreneurship: where are all the women and minorities?”

Today’s Berkman luncheon hosted Vivek Wadhwa, a “a senior research associate with the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, an executive in residence/adjunct professor at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, and a visiting scholar at the School of Information at University of California at Berkeley.” Wadhwa’s talk centered around entrepreneurship, [...]

20.07.2010

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A Step Forward for Women?

As Hisham notes here, the Moroccan elections were significantly overshadowed on the world stage by those in Iran, and no wonder – no matter the outcome, they would have been met with little protest anyway.  What was notable this time around however was a rise in the number of female candidates, as reported by MAP: [...]

26.06.2009

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On Diversity in Gender

This morning, I came across a comment from a total stranger on FriendFeed, a platform which – up until today – didn’t impress me much.  The comment, by Mona Nomura, was simply: Any female who says she is ok with being a “friend with benefits” is lying to themselves. Stop it, you’re worth more. Immediately, [...]

03.05.2009

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