Gender Empowerment, Legal, Personal Thoughts, Reviews

Celebrating the first Black woman in the US Supreme Court

It is a historic moment with the double celebration of the US Supreme Court welcoming its first Black female member - Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and four female associate justices serving in the Supreme Court for the first time. US Supreme Court 2022Source: https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx After President Trump appointed female Asso. Justice Amy Coney Barrett,… Continue reading Celebrating the first Black woman in the US Supreme Court

Change Management, Gender Empowerment, Inclusivity, Leadership, Recruitment, Strategic Change

Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too

Today is the day when organisations will publish statements of how great they have been working towards women empowerment, and some will even throw in the UN SDG5 for a top-notch touch. The day, when the world acknowledges the 49.6% of humans alive! A few days back EM2030 made it clear that the 2030 gender… Continue reading Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too

Aurora, CPD, Development & Training, Gender Empowerment, HigherEd, Inclusivity, Leadership

My Aurora Experience 2019-2020 & Beyond

Although I only undertook the Aurora Women's Leadership Development Programme in 2019, I had it on my mind since it was first introduced 2013. I was based at the University of Reading then, and was coming out of a full-time contract into a visitor role. Despite being the founder of the Women in Academia network… Continue reading My Aurora Experience 2019-2020 & Beyond

Gender Empowerment, Legal, Personal Thoughts, Reviews

Remembering Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“When I'm sometimes asked, when will there be enough women on the Supreme Court, and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.” Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. On the morning of 19th Sep 2020, I woke up to the news… Continue reading Remembering Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg