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☆ Cherie Blair and Helle Thorning-Schmidt discuss AI and gender equality
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCherie Blair and Helle Thorning-Schmidt discuss AI and gender equalityHelle Thorning-Schmidt, the former prime minister of Denmark and co-chair of the Oversight Board, and Cherie Blair CBE KC, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, discuss how to advance gender equality.

Persons: Cherie Blair, Helle Thorning, Schmidt Organizations: KC, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Locations: Denmark

☆ Cherie Blair on gender equality and the global impact of tech on women and business success
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCherie Blair on gender equality and the global impact of tech on women and business successThe founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women tells CNBC's Tania Bryer about the key findings of its latest research in partnership with Intuit, which explores the challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs and technology today. Cherie also shared some of her own personal experiences of gender inequality.

Persons: Cherie Blair, CNBC's Tania Bryer, Cherie Organizations: Cherie Blair Foundation, Women, Intuit

The Dells contributed nearly $976 million to their charitable funds, which distribute gifts to a wide array of charities. Together, the 50 donors on the list contributed a total of $11.9 billion to charity in 2023. Only 23 of the richest Americans on the Forbes 400 list donated enough to appear on the Philanthropy rankings. 13 on the list, they contributed $210 million to the Institute for Protein Innovation, which shares its data with scientists for free. _____Maria Di Mento is a senior reporter and Jim Rendon is a senior writer at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where you can read the full article.

Persons: Michael Bloomberg, Phil Knight, Penny, Michael Dell, Susan, Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, Bernie Marcus, Ken Langone, Arthur Blank, “, ”, Renee Kaplan, — Franklin Antonio, Hugh Hoffman, —, Tim Springer, Chafen Lu, Diego’s Jay Kahn, Lauder, Sergey Brin’s, Michael J, Robert Kraft, Lucia Woods, David, Kathleen LaCross, Pierre Omidyar, Pam, They’re, John, Laura Arnold, Laura, ” Laura Arnold, Wendy Schmidt, Eric Schmidt, “ Younger, Kaplan, Jeff Sobrato, _____ Maria Di Mento, Jim Rendon, Kay Dervishi Organizations: New, New York City, Nike, Bloomberg, Knights, University of Oregon, Dells, Forbes, Forward, Qualcomm, Summer Science, SETI Institute, ALS Association , University of Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati Zoo, Botanical, Nature Center, Yale University, Institute for Protein Innovation, Price Club, Apple, San Diego Foundation, Discovery Foundation, Google, Fox Foundation, Parkinson’s Research, New England Patriots, Foundation, Combat, Ms, Foundation for Women, Chicago Foundation for Women, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, eBay, District of Columbia, Associated Press, Philanthropy Locations: New York, Portland , Oregon, Ohio, Moderna, California, Florida, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Hawaii, Massachusetts

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said it was a relief to have Clark's pursuit of the NCAA record end. “There are so many people who have come before me and laid such a great foundation for women’s basketball, and that has to be celebrated, too. The NCAA doesn't recognize that record because it was set when the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women governed women's college sports. Woodard and Maravich set their records when there was no 3-point shot in college basketball. ___AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball

Persons: —, Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Plum, Lisa Bluder, “ It's, ” Bluder, “, Clark, Angel Reese, ”, “ We’re, Bluder, Lynette Woodard's, LSU’s Pete Maravich, Woodard, Maravich, Francis Marion’s Pearl Moore, Moore, Francis Marion, Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, ___ Organizations: IOWA CITY, NCAA, Michigan, Big, Hawkeyes, LSU, DePaul, Kinnick, Indiana, Association for Intercollegiate Athletics, Women, AIAW, Anderson Junior College, Wall Street, AP, womens Locations: IOWA CITY , Iowa, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas

☆ Cherie Blair and Helle Thorning-Schmidt on advancing gender equality and economic inclusion
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCherie Blair and Helle Thorning-Schmidt on advancing gender equality and economic inclusionTania Bryer invites Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former Prime Minister of Denmark and co-chair of the Oversight Board and Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, to the CNBC Sanctuary at Davos to discuss how to advance gender equality, economic inclusion and female leadership today.

Persons: Cherie Blair, Helle Thorning, Schmidt, Tania Bryer Organizations: Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, CNBC Locations: Denmark, Davos

The Ms. Foundation published research last week advocating for more financial support for women and gender nonconforming people of color leading nonprofits on the frontlines of social justices issues. “At this moment, when women and women’s bodies and gender nonconforming folks are being attacked on a daily basis, are they willing to move 10% to us?” Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation’s president and CEO, said of other foundations. The Ms. Foundation found that many frontline organizations, like Power Rising, work across issue areas, often in tandem with other groups and in response to unfolding events. The organization advises foundations to build on trust-based giving, to support self-guided capacity building for these organizations, and to diminish grantmaking tied to specific issue areas. ___Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Persons: Alex Soros, George Soros, Trump, ” Alex Soros, Shawnda Chapman, ”, ” Teresa Younger, it’s, Laleh Ispahani, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Leah D, Daughtry, grantmaking, Ispahani, Mark Malloch, Brown Organizations: Open Society, Society, Ms, Foundation for Women, OSF, National Women's Law, Alliance for Youth, U.S, Supreme, Foundation, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: U.S

These interviews have been edited for length:HOUSTON — A longtime resident of Houston, Monica Fulton, 51, prioritizes giving to organizations serving the city’s residents. That changed in 2018 when she helped organize a group of donors who pool their funds to support small organizations serving women and girls on Chicago’s South Side. The giving circle makes relatively small grants to organizations that have budgets of less than $500,000, where those grants can make a big difference. During the height of the pandemic, they took an online training through the organization Philanthropy Together about how to run a giving circle. “They trust that the group is doing the vetting and that their money’s going to a good cause.

Persons: Monica Fulton, She’s, ”, Fulton, “, Alicia Bailey, Bailey, ” Bailey, she's, I’ve, Ruben Brooks, Brooks, Ezekiel Taylor, ” Brooks, it's, ___, — Lynne Garfinkel, Pam Lowy, ” Lowy, Garfinkel, GivingTuesday Organizations: Associated Press, Houston Food Bank, Fulton, ”, Chicago Foundation for Women, ATLANTA, American, Atlanta Beltline, Big Brothers, Sisters, America, of Georgia, Ezekiel Taylor Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Houston, Panama, Chicagoland, Atlanta, ___ LAFAYETTE, Lafayette, Boulder , Colorado

☆ Lack of female access to capital a huge issue, Cherie Blair says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLack of female access to capital a huge issue, Cherie Blair saysCherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, talks about financial independence and the importance of financial support for female founded VCs.

Persons: Cherie Blair Organizations: Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

☆ Role of women in society at stake in Polish election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"PiS doesn't respect women," Magdalena Bojko, a 36-year-old office worker, said during an opposition rally this month. Some surveys show the mainstream opposition could form a majority government even if PiS is in first place. Activists say that's in part because women are scared of having children following a handful of cases when pregnant women died of sepsis in hospitals as doctors waited for the fetus' heart to stop beating. "Women in Poland are terrified." "The opposition says the biggest problem for women is the lack of access to abortion.

Persons: Kacper, Agata, Magdalena Bojko, PiS, Anna Materska, Antonina Lewandowska, Anna Giszczak, Karolina Kowalewska, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Justyna Pawlak, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Law and Justice, Foundation, Civic Coalition, Reuters, Political, Warsaw University, Foundation for Women, Thomson Locations: Europe, Warsaw, Poland

☆ Opinion | The Legal Foundation of Women’s Sports Is Under Fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

What is the legal foundation for women’s sports? After all, the most potent federal statute supporting parallel men’s and women’s sports leagues would appear — on its face — to also prohibit separate leagues. Race segregation in athletic programs is a legal and cultural taboo. Excluding a football player from a team simply because of his race is unlawful discrimination. Instead, Title IX has resulted in the expansion of women’s sports into an enormous, separate and parallel apparatus, where women by the millions compete against one another, winning women’s titles in women’s leagues.

Persons: “, ”, IX Organizations: Civil, Black Locations: United States

☆ Prince Harry, wife Meghan in 'near catastrophic car chase' involving pararazzi, Harry's spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive at the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at the Hilton Midtown in New York on December 6, 2022. Britain's Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi photographers, a spokesperson for the prince said on Wednesday. Pictures that have appeared on social media have shown Harry, Meghan and her mother, Doria Ragland, in a taxi. "Last night, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi," the spokesperson said in a statement. Harry and Meghan stepped down from their royal roles in 2020 and moved to the United States partly because of what they described as intense media harassment.

☆ Harry, Meghan in 'near catastrophic' paparazzi car chase, spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The incident occurred after they left the Ms. Foundation for Women on Tuesday night where Meghan was honoured for her work. "Last night, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi," the couple's spokesperson said in a statement. The couple's spokesperson said the chase could have been fatal and involved paparazzi driving on the sidewalk, running red lights, and driving while taking pictures. Pictures that have appeared on social media show Harry, Meghan and her mother sitting in the back of a New York taxi. The spokesperson said these were "a small glimpse at the defense and decoys required to end the harassment".

☆ Cherie Blair on gender equality and goal to support 1 million women entrepreneurs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCherie Blair on gender equality and goal to support 1 million women entrepreneursCNBC's Tania Bryer talks to the Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women about the barriers to gender equality which women are facing around the world today and the action she is taking to help. Cherie also told Tania about the early challenges she faced herself, joining a male-dominated legal profession.

☆ Dorothy Pitman Hughes, pioneering feminist who co-founded Ms. Magazine, dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and activist who co-founded Ms. Magazine with Gloria Steinem, formed a powerful speaking partnership with her and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the feminist movement, has died. Gloria Steinem, left, and Dorothy Pitman Hughes attend the Ms. Foundation for Women Gloria Awards in New York in 2014. Hughes, a pioneering voice in child care, organized the first shelter for battered women in New York City and co-founded the New York City Agency for Child Development. She met Steinem in 1968, according to a biography on the Ms. Magazine website, when Steinem, then a journalist, was writing a story for New York Magazine about Pitman Hughes’ child care center. Hughes was born Dorothy Jean Ridley on Oct. 2, 1938, in Lumpkin, Georgia, her family wrote in an obituary posted by the funeral home.

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