Equity issues - women and girls

Every word has consequences.

Every silence, too.

• Jean-Paul Sartre

It’s about taking action. Because the universe doesn’t actually reward hope...

It rewards being stubborn enough not to take “no” for an answer.

Your number one duty is to make people excited about the future. You need to shake people by the shoulders (metaphorically, don’t get HR involved) and say: “There’s something good coming and you are part of it!” Not vague encouragement. Not “hang in there” kitten posters. But fire. Passion. Nothing is more contagious than someone who’s genuinely ex

Most people mistake discomfort as a signal to stop; the great ones see it as evidence they’re on the right track.

The response has been beyond anything I could have hoped for — and yet there is still so much work to do.

Every day I see evidence — in academic papers, in media stories, and in government policy — that we still treat men as the default human beings — and women as aberrations.

On top of this, we are living through a period of intense backlash, led by

I wrote Invisible Women because I wanted people to see the world as I saw it.

I wanted people to see, and to acknowledge this pervasive, systemic bias that we all share, where we treat men as if they are universal, neutral, standard human beings, and women as an atypical, niche deviation from that universal standard.

I wanted people to recognise the

Division is easier than connection

But connection is where the value lies.

Connected, resilient communities create possibility and forward motion.

Many social goals are best accomplished indirectly; singles parties are never the best singles parties, dinners devoted to a discussion topic rarely produce good conversation; you’ve got to cultivate the conditions, not demand the behavior.

Most people hear Estée Lauder and think of cosmetics—lipstick, perfume, face cream.

But the real story isn’t just about makeup—it’s about an unstoppable force.

Estée Lauder didn’t just build a beauty brand; she rewrote the rules. She turned rejection into fuel, defied industry gatekeepers, and transformed a homemade face cream into a multi-billion-do