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Happy Wednesday: If women make up 51% of the population, how is it that we can allow ourselves, as a group to be subjected to discrimination? We are in the majority after all, so how is this even possible? As one of my mentors shared with me, because women come in all shapes, sizes, colors,Read more

Happy Tuesday: From the career advice file, a recent article from the Wall Street Journal is one of the most worthwhile reads this week. The article examines the effect of cell phone usage on our intellect. While there is no doubt that cell phones have made our lives more convenient and productive, there is aRead more

Happy Monday: From the almost too ridiculous to be believed file, a NY Times article details a backlash growing against the movement to include more women in tech. Just to put this in perspective, women hold only 25% of computing jobs, 11% of executive position in Silicon Valley, own 5% of technology startups and 7%Read more

Happy Friday: As you may be aware, our Houston chapter is hosting its annual Boots & Blackjack event on Wednesday, October 11th. Given the devastation Harvey has wrought on Houston, we have updated the use of proceeds raised at the event to include disaster relief for the students and staff of the Young Women’s CollegeRead more

Wednesday Greetings: As you may be aware, our Houston Chapter is hosting its annual Boots & Blackjack event on Wednesday, October 11th. Given the devastation Harvey has wrought on Houston, we have updated the use of proceeds raised at the event to include disaster recovery for the students and staff of the Young Women’s CollegeRead more

Greetings: I am sure you are all aware of the devastation Houston and the Texas coast experienced over the weekend. Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. In lieu of our normal Monday blog, I would ask each of you to take a moment to make a donationRead more

Happy Monday: The underrepresentation of women in top university economics departments is well known, but a new research report “Gender Stereotyping in Academia: Evidence from Economics Job Market Rumors Forum” uncovers disturbing information about the obstacles women face in the profession. Alice H. Wu completed the award-winning thesis at Berkeley last year. To quote fromRead more

Happy Tuesday: A stunning chart from Business Insider shows how the gender wage gap translates into the top 2% of earners, and at the top the problem gets a lot bigger. In Texas for instance, top women earn just 35 cents for every dollar men make. These statistics put into sharp relief the fact thatRead more

Happy Monday: To begin, a new poll from Survey Monkey asked the question “would you say obstacles to gender equality are gone or that significant obstacles still exist?” Of the 13,331 respondents from across the nation aged 18 and up, 58% of US male workers said all obstacles had been eliminated. The responses from womenRead more

Happy Tuesday: Following on last week’s news in VC land, the Wall Street Journal did a follow up on the issue of gender disparity when it comes to VC funding. Women start almost 40% of all private companies in the US and yet they garner just 3% of VC funding. A recent study examined howRead more