07 8 / 2012
How To Get Noticed, Get Hired, And Get Just About Anything Else You Want Too
“When we share ourselves in a genuine way, we build real relationships and create ways for others to help us grow.
Here are my top six tips on how to get noticed, get hired, or get just about anything you want:
- Every time you meet someone, focus on how you can support them first.
- Be self-aware.
- Honor yourself and speak with confidence.
- Don’t shy away from emailing anybody for a meeting.
- Have fun with it.
- Start with your story.”
02 8 / 2012
Women 'are the foot soldiers of climate change adaptation'
“Kusum Athukorala, one of the country’s leading experts on water management, agrees that women are key to adapting effective measures to deal with water challenges and changing climate patterns.
“Women are the foot soldiers of climate change adaptation,” said Athukorala who heads the Network of Women Water Professionals, Sri Lanka (NetWwater) and the Women for Water Partnership…
However, despite their importance, women are still being largely left out of the decision making, according to a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). The report - The Challenges of Securing Women’s Tenure and Leadership for Forest Management: The Asian Experience - found that gender discrimination is still rampant.
Arvind Khare, RRI’s senior director of country and regional programmes, said that women’s roles should not only be recognized but should also be enforced. He took the case of land rights in rural China, where women often find themselves losing land, due to cultural and social norms, despite laws that are gender neutral on paper.
“How can we look at climate adaptation and food security when those who do most of the work at ground level have no say?” he asked.
30 7 / 2012
& it’s barely on the news.
May Allah protect the Rohingya Muslims. “Never Again,” my ass. The world remains silent while our brothers and sisters get massacred. Because you know, they’re not white or Christian/Jewish.
(via siairashawn)
30 7 / 2012
A New Education For Business Leaders For A New Future
Reinventing how we teach young adults to be leaders might be the defining opportunity of our time. But it’s going to take a wholesale rethinking of how we educate.
(via skillshare)
30 7 / 2012
She's 15 And The Mayor
“World’s youngest mayor: 15-year-old teenage girl in Palestine.” It’s a 2-month gig, but for 2 months, 15-year-old Bashaer Othman will be the mayor of Allar, a small West Bank town in the city of Tulkarm.
16 7 / 2012
Trafficking victims in the U.S. under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 include:
Minors (under age 18) induced to perform commercial sex acts Those age 18 or over who are forced, deceived, or coerced into providing commercial sex acts Children and adults forced to perform labor and/or services in conditions of involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery, through force, fraud, or coercion
So you thought slavery was a thing of the past? It is still happening everywhere in the world and it is not something that we can just let happen. If we don’t take the first step, who will? We need to take the first step. The fantastic thing is, is that there are organizations helping put a stop to this. The Red Thread Movement is a great one. You can purchase a bracelet for 3 dollars. 1 dollar supports the girl who made it giving her employment, the additional money goes toward anti trafficking work and wearing it raises awareness for sex trafficking.
What will you do to make a difference?
