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Future Females - Did You Know?

SBS Future Females - Did You Know?
As part of the internship, which I did in 2021, I created a series of drawings that celebrates Female Leadership and Women in Business. 
These illustrations were posted each Monday on the SBS Future Females LinkedIn group page. 
Did You Know?

41 women currently run businesses on the Fortune 500 list — an all-time record.

Source: 
https://bit.ly/3B4IeC5
#femaleleadership #fortune500
Did you know?

The first female self-made millionaire in America was Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919). She owned a line of cosmetics and hair care products for black women.

Source:
 https://bit.ly/3BIAPsg
#femaleleadership #madamcjwalker #futurefemales #universityofsalford
Did you know?

In 1980 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first female democratically elected head of state in the world. She served Iceland for 16 years, which also makes her the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date.

Source:
 https://bit.ly/3vlxSMb  
#vigdisfinnbogadottir #femaleleadership
Did You Know?

Rwanda is a country with over 60% of parliament seats occupied by women. That ranks it first globally.
More women were granted seats due to the effects of the Rwandan Genocide on the population.

Source:
 https://bit.ly/3vHnkHb
#femaleleadership #rwanda
Did you know?

The gender pay gap in the UK has been declining slowly over time, falling approximately a quarter over the last decade. Data from 2021, presented by the Office for National Statistics, is considered questionable, due the COVID-19 pandemic and complexities of interpreting earnings data it caused. Therefore, it is important to focus on the longer-term trends rather than year on year changes.

Source:
 https://bit.ly/3CP0Nv7
#paygap
Did you know?

Women in the UK gained the same voting rights as men only in 1928, with the introduction of the Equal Franchise Act.
Before that there was a Representation of the People Act of 1918 that allowed only women over the age 30, who met a property qualification to vote. 

Source:
 https://bit.ly/3wof7Im  
#equality #women
Did You Know?

Two Black women are running Fortune 500 businesses – for the first time ever (Roz Brewer of No. 16 Walgreens Boots Alliance and Thasunda Brown Duckett of No. 79 TIAA) 
Did you know?

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir - the Prime Minister of Iceland (2009-2013), is the world's first openly LGBT head of government.

Source:
 https://bit.ly/32iifdL
#lgbt #leadership #iceland
Did you know?

The highest-performing companies on both profitability and diversity had more women in line roles than in staff roles on their executive teams.

Source:
 https://mck.co/3xx5sjo
#diversity #femaleleadership
Did You Know?

There are 24 women serving as Heads of State and/or government in 22 countries.

Source:
 https://bit.ly/33wZ7tk
#femaleleadership
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