The United States celebrates Thanksgiving this Thursday, so we wanted to use this week as an opportunity to highlight good news. Around the world, women are achieving, surviving, discovering, investing, thriving, competing, and helping one another. Please take a minute to check out just a few of their success stories as well as some insights about accomplishments, progress, and recognition. And we’re thankful for each and every one of you, as you join us in recognizing and empowering women every day!
Female STEM Entrepreneurs in Latin America Are Gaining Momentum, from Crunchbase—“Brazil’s Nubank is the largest neobank in the world. Yet few people realize this challenger bank is led by a female co-founder: Cristina Junqueira. […] Women lead 35 percent of Latin America’s fintech startups. Junqueira is just one example; hundreds of brilliant women are applying to accelerators and competitions around the region to share their ideas as well. There are female founders behind several of Latin America’s top startups, although they are rarely in the limelight. Cristina Randall helped found Mexico’s Conekta, Blanca Trevino is behind Softtek, and Ecuador’s Kushki was co-founded by Madeleine Clavijo; these female co-founders have helped build these companies from the ground up.”
How One Girl’s Survival Should Inspire Us All, from CNN—“Bashar began to ask about my work as an advocate for the Yazidi community, and she asked if she, too, could speak on behalf of our torn Yazidi community. Only one month after her operation, Bashar courageously stood before the European Parliament in Brussels and gave her testimony as a survivor of relentless sexual violence under ISIS captivity. […] We ask you to listen to Bashar’s story. Seek out the voices of those who cannot be heard and amplify their message to your communities. We will not rest until every woman and girl is freed from the bonds of violence.”
Women’s Key to Business Success – Bragging More, from Forbes—“Not only does it feel tiring to explain Kuli Kuli’s many accomplishments, I also worry that whoever I’m talking to will find me arrogant. In fact, research shows the opposite. The same study on self-promotion showed that both men and women enjoy hearing women talk about their accomplishments, from achieving their goals to commanding respect in their fields. We all want to be inspired, and not just from the people onstage. Learning about other women’s successes, particularly women who are more advanced in their careers, inspires me to work harder and dream more.”
Badass Millennial Women Are Supercharging Startup Investments, from TechCrunch—“These companies are only viable because so many women — beginning with millennials but expanding out to the rest of us — are now willing and able to invest in themselves. United across a shared mission of female empowerment and inclusivity, She-onomy 2.0 is making it more realistic than ever to empower us to advance our careers, feel good about ourselves and stay healthy.”
Leading a Female Research Team, from Nature Middle East—“Members of my lab team have often come to me questioning their self-worth, wondering whether they are good enough and if they deserve their success. My challenge as lab head is to acknowledge the inconsistency between perception and the reality that women in STEMM leadership positions can inspire female researchers to self-validate, push beyond their comfort zone and own their worth.”
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