¤ Field Notes for Feminist Changemakers
A leading thinker and writer on integrating feminism into business practice, CV Harquail, will be the first Feminist in Residence in the inaugural month of LiisBeth’s new Feminist Enterprise Commons (FEC).
Ever heard of a program that measures an entrepreneur’s success by how much they achieve, not by much money they make?
Organizations like Real Women in Canada don’t believe the gender wage gap exists-just for starters. In her review of Lauren McKeon’s “F-Bomb: Dispatches from the War on Feminism,” CV Harquail writes “The anti-feminist movement remains strong and feminists must find ways to be stronger.”
International Women’s Day is over…but LiisBeth playlist curator, Aerin Fogel, founder of Venusfest, asks “Should it be? And why is it just one day?” This playlist reminds us that struggles to transform how we relate to each other takes decades.
I’m comfortable embracing the label “feminism” precisely because the movement it describes is uncertain and messy, and its priorities, ideas and approaches keep shifting. But this is the core: feminism advances women’s equality through systemic change.
In an economic. political, and social climate which increasingly has gender equality on the agenda, can Feminism serve as valuable decision-making framework for today’s business leader and innovator? Find out!
