global economy

Lady Business: Women are 60 Percent of Breadwinners, But Still Opting Out of High-Paying Work. Why?

Social Commentary post by J. Victoria Sanders on May 10, 2012 - 1:26pm; tagged global economy, the Economy.

It's great that we know more about the business lives of women and celebrate them for the progress they've made. But what is it about corporate culture that keeps it unfriendly to women? And why haven't women achieved more in business? There are 12 Fortune 500 CEOs. That's 12 who weren't there three decades ago, but that's still a pretty low number. In the words of Sue Shellenbarger in a special "Women in the Economy: An Executive Task Force" report published in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago, "You would think the problem would be solved by now…So why are we still talking about this?"

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Factory Girl

Article by Lois Leveen, Illustrated by James Hindle, appeared in issue Genesis; published in 2008; filed under Broadcast; tagged children, Dora, global economy, global trade, globalization, NAFTA, tv.

Dora the Explorer and the Dirty Secrets of the Global Industrial Economy

Genesis

Dora the Explorer, eponymous Latina star of the animated Nickelodeon series, is a bilingual problem solver who confidently traverses unknown territory in every episode. In “City of Lost Toys,” a typical episode, Dora sets out to find her missing teddy bear, Osito, and other toys her friends have lost. She’s helped along the way by her sidekick (a monkey named Boots), her trusty map, and a group of magical stars she and Boots catch. The first landmark Dora reaches on her journey is a Mesoamerican-style pyramid where she must complete basic counting and arithmetic problems.

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