by Ranjana | Aug 31, 2018 | Change Makers, Empowerment, Gender, Inclusion, Inspirational Women, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
The resignation of PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi in early August was kind of unexpected and this leaves us with a huge void which can’t be filled up. This takes the count of Women CEO’s leading Fortune 500 companies to 23 which is less than 5%, down from 32 female CEO’s...
by Sarika | Aug 31, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Every Day Heroes, Gender, Inclusion Matters, Inspirational Women, Safety, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
For past few days, I had been deeply disturbed by the horrific stories of young girls being raped by the very people who were supposed to be their guardians in the shelter. More disturbing was the fact that many people knew about this, in fact, heard their screams but...
by Shilpi Singh | Jul 18, 2018 | Empowerment, Gender, Inspirational Women, Leadership, Mentoring Matters, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
Tennis superstar Serena Williams had a message for mothers after her loss at Wimbledon: “I was playing for you today.” In an interview after the game, her voice quivering, Williams told mothers that she was playing for them at Wimbledon and they can...
by nikita | Jul 11, 2018 | Change Makers, Events, Gender, Mentoring Matters, Our Projects, Past Events Synopsis – Delhi, Past Events Synopsis – Mumbai, Professional Development, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
“Mentoring is the biggest tool which can support and step up women in their professional aspirations” L.E.A.P. @ BD Mentoring At BD Foundation, we are guided by the same philosophy and believe that mentoring is a critical path to leadership. Mentoring becomes an...
by nikita | Jul 2, 2018 | Events, Gender, Past Events Synopsis – Delhi, Past Events Synopsis – Mumbai, Safety, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
Our recently conducted Twitter Chat on, “Women safety and its impact on economic progress” was an insightful and constructive dialogue with 3 remarkable champions of women safety and women rights, Elsa Marie D’Silva, Founder and CEO Safecity, Sarika Bhattachharya,...
by Suneeta Kaul | Jul 4, 2016 | Gender
The Global Gender Gap Report, 2015, of the World Economic Forum indicates that it will take the world another 118 years, or until 2133, to close the economic gender gap fully. Scary, isn’t it? What is scarier, however, is that it might take the world even longer to...
