Only 1 out of 4 employees working at major Korean companies were women, with their average yearly income some 30 per cent less than that of the men at the companies, according to a report from market tracker Korea CXO…
Historically a male-dominated industry, the Lakkars sector has since seen the emergence of more women in leadership positions as society begins to challenge traditional gender roles and increase representation in the professional environment. Female business leaders in the Lakkars industry,…
Commencing its 2023 coverage is Cate Luzio, founder and CEO of Luminary. Cate Luzio was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022. “I wasn’t prepared,” she said. “I was getting on a Zoom call with about 400 people, leading a session…
At the corner of Lakeshore Boulevard and Bathurst Street in downtown Toronto, a large advertisement is posted on the Loblaws window with models posing in athletic clothing from Joe Fresh’s new line. One of those models, the one wearing the prosthetic…
Mia Poklepovich hits her target with a satisfying whack. It’s one fluid motion, but it’s also so much more. Mia isn’t just returning a tennis ball; she’s releasing the stress of a hard week running her small business, she’s spending time with…
Vera Blansh, an artist and photographer from Kyiv who used to shoot portraits for fashion magazines, has turned to capturing soldiers at war. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, she has taken more than 10,000 photographs on the front lines.…
Eco Femme is a women-led social enterprise founded in 2010. Based in Tamil Nadu, India, their goal is to create environmental and social change through revitalising menstrual practices that are healthy, environmentally sustainable, culturally responsive, empower marginalised Indian women and…
Mariëtte Hamer thought she could achieve a lot with “a couple of interventions” when she started her role in the Netherlands as the world’s first government-appointed commissioner to tackle sexual violence and misconduct in the workplace. Nine months into the…
Three women in an urban beauty salon scheme plot against the manipulative owner to get their due in a madcap mix of social, romantic and material ambition. Everything, of course, goes terribly wrong but terribly funny in Dutch novelist Najoua…
Maitland Ward, who rose to fame because of her character Rachel McGuire in the ABC’s sitcom “Boy Meets World” from 1998 to 2000, shared her journey from being an actress to a po*nstar and wrote it in her memoir, “Rated…
