Jen Shahade, World Poker and Chess Champion, Encourages Women to be Aggressive and Take Risks
You’re the only woman at the poker table. The attention turns to you to make your next move. At that moment you ask yourself, ‘What’s my next play?’ ‘How aggressive should I be?’ ‘What am I willing to risk?’ Jennifer Shahade, two-time Global Poker award winner and...
Poker Empowers Women And Girls By Building Confidence And Teaching Essential Leadership Skills
The debate continues whether or not poker is a game of skill or luck. Yet, unlike other forms of gambling that rely solely on luck, poker requires skill to win. This competitive game, when taught to women and girls, inspires confidence, teaches discipline and strategy...
Female Role Models Offer Ambitious Women Wisdom, Advice, And Inspiration To Succeed
Professional women who seek to advance their careers face challenges in a workplace that struggles to support and promote them. Gender bias, still prevalent across all industries, results in an unlevel playing field that is difficult for women to navigate...
Inspired By Tragedy, One Woman’s Fight To Bring Back The Girls Of Chibok
In April 2014, 276 young girls were kidnapped from their school in the Chiba Village of Borno State, Nigeria by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Two hundred nineteen of the girls survived, many sexually abused, raped and forced to marry their captors. Many have been...
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