Equal Pay Selfie contest winner urges women to Speak Up & Ask for more!

Meera Kaul Foundation, along with the Parity- Gender Bias Rank App launched an online awareness campaign and contest to express solidarity with the global Equal Pay Day on April 14th.

The contest involved posting a 'selfie wearing red', with a message in support of the Equal Pay. Dr Bina Rabadia, a Specialist Dermatologist in a private hospital in Dubai, was the winner of the contest, who received a 3D printer worth USD1500, courtesy Jacky's Business Solutions.

Bina expressed her happiness, both at winning the contest as well as for such initiatives that helped highlight workplace gender discrimination faced by women worldwide. "For women, this (Gender discrimination) is an everyday challenge. Pay inequality based on gender is unjust and unfair. And I think it is only a mindset issue, that can be changed by raising awareness as well as by women taking on the courage to speak up, negotiate and ask for what is rightfully theirs. I urge all women to insist for right pay!" added Bina.

With current global statistics on female full-time workers making only 78 cents for every dollar earned by men, the gender wage gap of 22 percent is expected to reach pay parity for women only after 44 years. And the situation is not better for the region.

Speaking on the occasion, chairperson Meera Kaul stated, "Change is possible and successful women themselves can serve as role models and the 'social vaccine' that can inspire other women, and help change society's gender metrics".

Disruptive Entrepreneurship

Creating differentiation in ventures does need to be a disruption, says Meera Kaul at TiEcon2015, the largest entrepreneurship conference in the world! Next week we bring you an update on this disruptive event in Santa Clara, where Meera is sharing the platform with industry stalwarts like Jack and Suzy Welch, Suda Chandrasekaran, Jon Zimmerman, Sandy Carter, Tom Reilly and Dr. DJ Patil !

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Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling - Women In Today's Mobile Internet Industry

Global Mobile Internet Conference - GMIC Beijing, April 27th - April 30th
From cloud psychological counseling platform apps to video platforms guiding parents on raising children, from a start-up competition to an inspiring speaker panel, the GMIC Beijing event had it all! Focusing on women in the mobile internet industry, the four-day event saw international business leaders and top executives from the technology and mobile space come together to network and share best practices. Meera Kaul was on the Thought Leader panel, sharing insights and mentoring start-ups and judging new mobile internet apps.

Women in Entrepreneurship by Meera Kaul

Part of the 2015 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE-ILC)
Catch this informative talk and presentation by Meera on the link below. A must-watch for all women entrepreneurs !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_BUqFuLPFA

The World Cup Tech Challenge

It's almost World Cup Tech time - think you're up for the challenge? Apply now to represent your startup-and your country - at the World Cup Tech Challenge on June 4th, 2015 at Microsoft in Silicon Valley! The Meera Kaul Foundation is a Global Community Partner with SVForum's 2nd annual World Cup tech Challenge. Click below to register today - http://www.worldcuptech.com/

THREE CHEERS

Proud to share that our Chairperson Meera has been honored with The Asia & the Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2015 as an Outstanding Entrepreneur!
Meera is also a semi-finalist luminary at the E&Y; Entrepreneur of the Year Awards!

Congratulations Meera on the well-deserved laurels!