Women's Conference '09 inspires
Deysi Flores
Issue date: 11/20/09 Section: News
The webcast of the Women's Conference '09 was shown in the new library in LRC 128 on Monday Nov. 2 which started at 12:30 p.m.
It was an amazing inspirational conference for modern women and about women. The conference was two days and many important people showed up as speakers and in the audience.
The event was sponsored by big corporations like Fed Ex, Target, Verizon, and Visa to mention a few.
The webcast was divided into sections and though the conference as a whole was meaningful, the segment "A Women's Nation Changes Everything" was empowering.
A panel of four leading women talked about the subject of living in a women's nation as a positive driving force for this country.
The panel was hosted by David Gregory, from Meet the Press.
The four ladies of the panel were Madeleine K. Albright an advocate for peace and human rights, Valerie Jarrett the senior advisor to President Obama, Claire Shipman senior correspondent for Good Morning America and Amy Holmes a political analyst.
They covered women related issues in the workplace, at home and in society.
Gregory said that statistics show that 42% of the population agrees to have women in the workforce.
Shipman backed up this notion by explaining that men have become comfortable with women being the bread winners of the house.
Women have become leaders in powerful job positions like Jarrett who works with the president of the United States.
Jarrett pointed out that the president has a circle of influential women at his side that work with him on significant issues like the health care and energy reform.
Not only have women obtained better paying jobs than their husbands, but also obtained better job positions than men. "Battle of the sexes is over," said Shipman.
Holmes disagreed that in relationships men can demand for their needs and therefore a conflict between the two genders. She believes there is still a need for change and for men and women to work together.
"There is a need for a good husband, support system and understanding that it's hard work," said Albright. Meaning that women can strive for the job and the marriage, but it's not easy to make choices. They all agreed about the hard work and choices they had to make for their jobs.
Another influential topic they conversed about was on choices. "Stay at home with your children even if it's a set back for you're career because it is the choices you make," said Jarrett.
Jarrett said this in light that she choose her family over her career and believed her job needed flexibility. Even know Jarrett believes women and men could use flexibility in their jobs over their families.
Shipman also enforced the idea that women need to own up to their own choices.
She acknowledge the fact that women can be their own worst enemy but restricting themselves from moving forward. The best that women can do is to accept the choices they make.
It was an amazing inspirational conference for modern women and about women. The conference was two days and many important people showed up as speakers and in the audience.
The event was sponsored by big corporations like Fed Ex, Target, Verizon, and Visa to mention a few.
The webcast was divided into sections and though the conference as a whole was meaningful, the segment "A Women's Nation Changes Everything" was empowering.
A panel of four leading women talked about the subject of living in a women's nation as a positive driving force for this country.
The panel was hosted by David Gregory, from Meet the Press.
The four ladies of the panel were Madeleine K. Albright an advocate for peace and human rights, Valerie Jarrett the senior advisor to President Obama, Claire Shipman senior correspondent for Good Morning America and Amy Holmes a political analyst.
They covered women related issues in the workplace, at home and in society.
Gregory said that statistics show that 42% of the population agrees to have women in the workforce.
Shipman backed up this notion by explaining that men have become comfortable with women being the bread winners of the house.
Women have become leaders in powerful job positions like Jarrett who works with the president of the United States.
Jarrett pointed out that the president has a circle of influential women at his side that work with him on significant issues like the health care and energy reform.
Not only have women obtained better paying jobs than their husbands, but also obtained better job positions than men. "Battle of the sexes is over," said Shipman.
Holmes disagreed that in relationships men can demand for their needs and therefore a conflict between the two genders. She believes there is still a need for change and for men and women to work together.
"There is a need for a good husband, support system and understanding that it's hard work," said Albright. Meaning that women can strive for the job and the marriage, but it's not easy to make choices. They all agreed about the hard work and choices they had to make for their jobs.
Another influential topic they conversed about was on choices. "Stay at home with your children even if it's a set back for you're career because it is the choices you make," said Jarrett.
Jarrett said this in light that she choose her family over her career and believed her job needed flexibility. Even know Jarrett believes women and men could use flexibility in their jobs over their families.
Shipman also enforced the idea that women need to own up to their own choices.
She acknowledge the fact that women can be their own worst enemy but restricting themselves from moving forward. The best that women can do is to accept the choices they make.
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