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Lady of the iLab: Kristen Suchanek

Lady of the iLab: Kristen Suchanek

Kristen Suchanek Kristen was born and raised in Pittsburgh. She is currently a marketing intern for Women’s iLab and a student at Robert Morris University, working towards a degree in Business Marketing. When she is not working or going to class, she loves to draw and paint. Location: Pittsburgh, PA          

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Eid Mubarak! We asked some people to tell us how they’ll be celebrating the end of Ramadan

“In Ramadan it’s really easy to feel very spiritual and very connected. There’s a routine – you’re fasting together, you’re all praying together. But it’s only after Ramadan you see whether it’s kicked in, whether the habits have been kept up – praying on time, being patient, being kind. Eid is supposed to be a really spiritual day as well, it’s not supposed to be about just eating and having a good time. There’s a lot spirituality to reap in it. I think this year I’ll take some time out and be thankful for the whole month and having another Eid.”

Hania Naeem, 22, fashion student, London

“A big part of Eid is giving. The prophet commanded all Muslims to give a portion of barley and grain to the poor. We can’t give barley, so we give money to charities instead. It’s not compulsory but it is recommended that you give to charity before we make it to the mosque. This year I’ll be visiting the Royal Oldham Hospital’s children’s ward in partnership with Human Aid and I’ll take Eid gifts for all the children in the ward.”

Abdullah Al-Mubin, 25, works in banking, Oldham

“Eid basically starts the night before. The children get new clothes and they gather in my house, we put on henna and chop the nuts together for the sheer khurma [traditional sweet vermicelli dish]. The children help or they write cards to their cousins. The preparation is part of the fun.

I have four adult children and three grandchildren. The tradition is the younger people go to the home of the oldest person. I’m a widow now, I lost my husband three years ago, so I stay home and all the children come to me.

I do all the cooking. I love it. My children [two daughters, both university lecturers, and two sons, both doctors] all have such busy lives and they don’t live with me anymore, so when I have them around I like to feed them and cosset them a bit. I can do the cooking slowly over a couple of days and it’s nice to have a proper sit-down meal with curries and biryani and salads.”

Unaiza Malik, 71, retired IT director and current treasurer of the Muslim Council of Britain, London

“When we reach the mosque [on Eid] there are thousands of people; men, women and children come along. The imam starts off reciting a few words from the Qur’an in Arabic, a few prophetic narrations, then they give a small sermon in English about what Eid day is, how to enjoy it, how to celebrate it, also about not letting go of all the religious duties we’ve been celebrating throughout Ramadan.”

Sayful Alam, 28, secondary school teacher and imam, Cambridge

“Eid is a day of reward for Muslims, it’s a day of happiness and joy. I have four children – aged 15, 12, eight and six. They’ve been waiting for Eid the whole month. On Eid day I bring them with me to the mosque in the morning, we have Eid prayers. After that we go home and enjoy lunch together. In the evening we invite friends and family members over, or we go to their houses, we exchange gifts, the children often get money as well as an Eid token. There are also special parks and funfairs with events for the children, they’re very excited about that.”

Muhammad Ali, 43, mosque administrator, Birmingham

Full story: UK Muslims on the end of Ramadan: ‘My grandmother always hosts Eid’

[womensilab]

Eid Mubarak everyone!!

[womensilab]

Harriet Tubman Could Be The First Woman On A $20 Bill

Harriet Tubman Could Be The First Woman On A $20 Bill #WiLabLoves #Womenon20s

Americans want Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Photo from HuffingtonPost.com

Tubman was the winner of a 10-week poll conducted by the nonprofit group Women On 20s, which wants to replace President Andrew Jackson with a woman on a $20 bill.

Tubman, who helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad, received 33.6 percent of the 352,431 votes cast in the final round of the…

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[womensilab]

Stop Asking Yourself "What's My Passion?" and Start Asking This Instead

Stop Asking Yourself "What's My Passion?" and Start Asking This Instead #WiLabLoves

Whenever you’re unsatisfied with your job, people advise you to figure out what you’re passionate about and then just turn that into a full-time gig.

Honestly, how tired are you of asking yourself, “What is my passion?” I’m pretty sick of it myself, and I’m a career counselor. (Am I even allowed to say that?) The question is so big that it’s completely paralyzing for most people. In fact, it’s…

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[womensilab]

Salesforce CEO Takes Radical Step To Pay Men And Women Equally

Salesforce CEO Takes Radical Step To Pay Men And Women Equally #WiLabLoves #Salesforce

Equal pay for equal work isn’t typically a mantra you hear from the chief executive of a multibillion-dollar company. Yet Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is taking the radical step of reviewing employee salaries to ensure men and women are paid fairly.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Photo from huffingtonpost.com.

Benioff told The Huffington Post that he is methodically examining the pay of all 16,000…

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[womensilab]

How to help victims of the Nepal earthquake

How to help victims of the Nepal earthquake #WiLabLoves #NepalEarthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal with devastating force Saturday, killing more than 3,800 people and injuring at least 7,000. Many more are unaccounted for as the search for survivors continues. Google has launched a People Finder toolto help victims touch base with friends and loved ones. It allows users to look for victims or post information about people, and it also works by text…

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Nike Women's New Ad Campaign Is Full Of 'I Can't'

Nike Women's New Ad Campaign Is Full Of 'I Can't' #WiLabLoves #BetterforIt

You’re about to be very inspired by the worlds “I can’t.”

Nike’s new “Better For It” ad campaign is all about women finding motivation when that sneaky little voice starts telling them that they can’t do it, and the clip above calls attention to the inner thoughts so many people have while working out: “Oh good, a bunch of models…

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[womensilab]

A simple 2-step exercise for figuring out what you're really good at

A simple 2-step exercise for figuring out what you're really good at #WiLabLoves

This story comes from “Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, And Never Get Stuck” by Jon Acuff. Photo from BusinessInsider.com

If we ever had coffee and I asked you what your skills are, you’d probably tell me one of two things:

1. I don’t know what my skills are.

2. I don’t have (m)any.

The first answer might be born from the simple fact that you haven’t thought about that question often.

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[womensilab]

The top 13 companies for women in tech

The top 13 companies for women in tech from @mashable #WiLabLoves

If there’s anything the Ellen Pao trial showed, it’s that sexism is still alive in Silicon Valley. But some tech companies are trying to change that.

The Anita Borg Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in technology, has released a study on the top companies in the world for female technologists. It analyzed35 companies with a combined workforce of more than 435,000…

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Women now control more than half of US personal wealth, which 'will only increase in years to come'

Women now control more than half of US personal wealth #WiLabLoves #BusinessInsider

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Photo from businessinsider.com

Women have overtaken men and now control more than half of all U.S. wealth and will likely take an even bigger piece of the pie in coming years, a new study has revealed.

About 51 percent, or $14 trillion, of American personal wealth is now controlled by women, according to the Bank of Montreal’s Wealth Institute. The Canadian bank also…

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[womensilab]

A 101-year-old shares her best advice for young women

A 101-year-old shares her best advice for young women #WiLabLoves #BusinessInsider

“Just go ahead and do your thing no matter what,” says Marian Cannon Schlesinger to today’s young women.

Maria Cannon Schlesinger. Photo from http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu.

At 101 years of age, she is still painting, writing, watching Rachel Maddow, and reading two newspapers a day.

As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s assassination, many of the people who can recall the era in…

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This map shows every state where women are more likely to live in poverty than men

Wait… hold up. Every state is colored in. That can’t be right… right? 

Unfortunately, the map is accurate. And it’s especially problematic for millennial women, who are much more likely to have a bachelor’s degree or higher than millennial men, but who are consistently earning less living and living in poverty more. 

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Equal Pay Day: Women Nearly Twice as Likely to Retire in Poverty

Equal Pay Day: Women Nearly Twice as Likely to Retire in Poverty

The promise of America from one generation to the next is a simple one: After a lifetime of hard and rewarding work, Americans can expect to enjoy a secure retirement.

But for a growing number of us, especially women, making good on that promise has become nearly impossible. kate black bailey childers Kate Black (left) and Bailey Childers.

As we mark Equal Pay Day on April 14, it’s important to…

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Well, the inaugural Riot Grrrl Day is over, one last post for now and see you April 9, 2016! 

Mayor Walsh Proclaims April 9 as Riot Grrrl Day

“He’s signing the proclamation in honor of original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna.

Mayor Marty Walsh has now officially one-upped himself after the ‘Roadrunner’ stunt: today, the mayor is proclaiming April 9 as ‘Riot Grrrl Day’ in the city of Boston in honor of original riot grrrl, Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna.

Hanna, one of the most pivotal figures as a musician and activist in the hardcore-punk feminist movement, is in town this Thursday to lecture and perform at the Wilbur Theatre. There, Walsh’s chief of policy and the city’s unofficial arts aficionado, Joyce Linehan, will introduce Hanna and present her with the proclamation. Linehan and Hanna, funny enough, have known each other for about 20 years now.

“[Kathleen’s agent] called me to see if I would introduce Kathleen, probably based on the fact that Kathleen, back in the day, used to stay at my house when bands came through town,” Linehan told Boston. “We knew each other from the indie rock world.”

That connection ended up evolving into the creation of Riot Grrrl Day “just because we can do that sort of thing here,” Linehan said.

The proclamation itself is signed by Mayor Walsh, and disclaims that it is in part adapted from Kathleen Hanna’s ‘Riot Grrrl Manifesto.’ A portion of the proclamation reads: “The riot grrrl philosophy has never felt more relevant, with misogyny still rampant in many cultural spaces;” and “Riot grrrls redefine the language used against them and continue to fight the newest incarnations of patriarchy. In doing so, they ironically confirm one ex-congressman’s accidental wisdom: ‘the female body has ways to try to shut that down.’ It sure does: women’s voices telling their stories can shut that down.”

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“Creating Riot Grrrl Day, “just because we can do that sort of thing here” - now THAT’S punk! 

RIOT GRRRL MANIFESTO: http://onewarart.org/riot_grrrl_manifesto.htm

[upworthy]

Michelle Obama’s instantly classic speech at the ‘Black Girls Rock’ Awards is a must-watch.

[womensilab]

Dove's One Beautiful Thought Will Have You Thinking Twice About Yourself

Dove's One Beautiful Thought Will Have You Thinking Twice About Yourself #WiLabLoves #OneBeautifulThought

Dove is back with yet another ad campaign that has us reaching for our tissues and re-evaluating how we talk about body image.

This time around, Dove is asking that we share #OneBeautifulThought. As in, one positive feeling about our bodies, instead of the negativity we usually direct toward ourselves.

Created by Dove France, the…

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Ellen Pao on Reaction to Kleiner Case, Workplace Sexism and Running Reddit

Ellen Pao on Reaction to Kleiner Case, Workplace Sexism and Running Reddit #WiLabLoves #WSJ #Reddit

Ellen Pao, interim CEO of Reddit, speaks with The Wall Street Journal during an interview at the Reddit offices in San Francisco on Thursday. Photo from WSJ.com

On Thursday, Ellen Pao sat down with The Wall Street Journal in her first interview since she lost her legal battle against venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Speaking from the San Francisco office of social-media site…

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