The Fix
The Fix is a podcast that shares stories of women and men who are taking action and innovating to advance equality in the workplace and beyond.
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Films are a powerful way to tell stories and raise awareness of the diverse experiences people have in life. But there is one problem: Female filmmakers are consistently underrepresented across all sectors of the international industry. Kweighbaye Kotee, founder of the Bushwick Film Festival is determined to tackle this issue. The Bushwick Film Festival was founded over 12 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. What started out as a small community event is now an established film festival. Born in Liberia, Kweighbaye recently teamed up with the Accountability Lab to co-produce the Reel Peace Film Festival in Liberia. In partnership with the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the project is a two-day festival featuring short films created by 45 local Liberian women. In this episode, Kweighbaye will share why gender inequality in the entertainment industry is a global issue, and what each of us can do to solve it.
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Valerie Jarrett served for eight years as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama. In her New York Times bestselling book “Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward,” Valerie recounts her early life and later experiences in the White House. In July 1991, Valerie interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson for a role in Chicago city government. At the time, neither of them knew that it was their first step on a path towards the White House.In this episode, you’ll hear from Valerie about her time in the Obama Administration and her remarkable journey with finding her voice through her work — from ensuring equality for women and girls, advancing civil rights, reforming our criminal justice system and improving the lives of working families.
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Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed. However, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing's history, with athletic commissioners refusing to sanction or issue licenses to women boxers, and most nations officially banning the sport.The boxing industry is rife with gender bias and sexism, with the imposition of “gender-based” uniforms (wearing of skirts during competition) as an example. On today’s episode, we'll be hearing from Lesley Sackey, boxer for Great Britain and Co-Founder of WEBOX, an organization that supports employee development by applying the principles of boxing. Lesley will share her journey on becoming a boxer, why the sport needs more women and how each of us can develop a champion’s mindset.
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Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
On June 4, Busy Philipps actress, author and host of the talk show "Busy Tonight" testified in Congress about her experience having an abortion at the age of 15. The testimony is part of her condemnation of the new extreme abortion restrictions in states like Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Missouri. During her testimony, Busy also detailed the widespread nature of abortions and the impact these bans would have on women’s health.According to Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research center, one in four American women will have an abortion before age 45. Today, Busy is asking women who have had abortions to tell their stories as part of a push against anti-abortion legislation being considered and enacted in a number of states. In this episode, we'll be hearing from Busy on her testimony, personal experience and what each of us can do to advocate for a woman’s right to choose.
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Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
The 2019 Women in the Workplace report states that women who are a numerical minority at work are more likely to experience microaggressions, exclusionary behavior and an increased pressure to perform. They are also twice as likely to have been sexually harassed during the course of their career. In Part 2 of our "Women Working In Male Dominated Industries" series, we have the pleasure of hearing from Nicole O' Keefe, Electrician and Board Chair at TradeUP Australia, and Michelle Cowan, an Australian Football League High Performance Coach. In the episode, Nicole and Michelle will share how they developed the passion for their careers and the challenges they have faced as women working in male dominated fields.
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Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
According to a Pew Research survey, about 4 in 10 employed women say they have experienced some form of gender discrimination at work. But for women who work in male dominated fields —which includes workplaces with 25 percent or less women— gender inequality can be particularly difficult to navigate.In a two-part special series on The Fix podcast, we’ll be unpacking the challenges women face in male-dominated industries. In this week’s episode, we have the pleasure of hearing from Maya Prabhu, Managing Director and Head of Wealth Advisory at J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Lauren von Stackelberg Director of Global Communications and Diversity at Expedia Group.On this episode, we will learn about the barriers women face in the field of financial services and the far-reaching impact this has. We will also unpack solutions and strategies that all of us can use to tackle the issue.
This episode is supported by the WealthiHer Network: www.wealthihernetwork.com
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
A study by USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism found that, across the top 600 songs between 2012 and 2017, women made up only 22%of artists, 12% of songwriters, 3% of engineers, and a mere 2% of producers.
To tackle this issue Citi announced the launch of its #SeeHerHearHer program, in partnership with the Association of National Advertisers.
The program, which is an extension of Citi’s existing partnership with ANA will address gender bias in music by pairing established female artists with up-and-coming female musicians to serve as mentors.
In this episode, we’ll be hearing from Jennifer Breithaupt, Chief Marketing Officer at Citi and Brittany Howard, lead vocalist and guitarist of American rock band Alabama Shakes. Together, they will unpack why gender inequality is a huge issue in the music industry and what can be done to solve it.
This episode is supported by the WealthiHer Network: www.wealthihernetwork.com
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Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Since 2004, reports of child sexual abuse material online have increased by 10,000 percent. This year in the U.S. alone, more than 45 million images and videos of suspected child sexual abuse were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. To combat this epidemic, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore co-founded Thorn, an organization that builds products, programs, resources, and campaigns to tackle online child sexual abuse. The founders learned about the issue from a documentary that highlighted what was happening to children in Cambodia.On this week’s podcast, you’ll be hearing from Julie Cordua CEO of Thorn — who recently shared the stage with amazing innovators and changemakers at Ted ‘s The Audacious Project. Thorn has been selected as 1 of 8 projects that will share in $280 million in funding to turn their bold mission into reality.In this episode, Julie shares how Thorn is working to eliminate online child sex abuse. She will also detail the magnitude of the problem they’re solving — and what organizations and parents can do to tackle this issue.
This episode is supported by the WealthiHer Network: www.wealthihernetwork.com
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