When an Esquire author says his list of books is "incomplete" and "utterly biased," he's not kidding. Out of the 80 Books Every Man Should Read, just one is written by a woman.
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Delight Conference is "a unique gathering of designers, technologists and businesses that care about creating experiences people love." This two day event kicks off on October 5, 2015 and they recently announced their speaker lineup.
Out of 15 speakers, 7 speakers are women. Delight Conference's 47% female speaker gender ratio has landed them a spot in the GenderAvenger Hall of Fame!
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MozCon 2015 is Moz.com's annual marketing conference, which takes place July 13th through July 15th. Their tagline is "not your typical marketing conference." We would love to see speaker lineup gender ratios like this become more typical across the board! With 44% women speakers, MozCon is our newest entry into the GenderAvenger Hall of Fame .
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TEDMED 2015 just announced speakers for their conference on November 18th through November 20th, and their lineup has landed them in the GenderAvenger Hall of Fame!
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The Institute for Health Technology Transformation (IHT2) is "the leading organization committed to bringing together private and public sector leaders fostering the growth and effective use of technology across the healthcare industry." Their three upcoming events feature an array of speakers, topics, and panels — and a startlingly dismal number of women onstage.
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The A Capitol Fourth annual celebration includes breathtaking fireworks, big name artists, and a balanced gender ratio. 50% of the performers are solo female artists or musical groups with a mix of men and women!
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August 7th is the kick off for Outside Lands 2015, a three-day-long festival in San Francisco featuring over 50 musical acts. Only 31% of those musical acts in the 2015 lineup include women.
While several all-male bands appear on the lineup, First Aid Kit is the only all female band. The festival also includes 25 male solo artists and just 8 female solo artists. Most of that 31% comes from bands with just one woman in their lineup.
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A recent newsletter from Inter-American Dialogue was jam-packed with new content, experts in the news, and announcements for upcoming events.
So what was missing? Women's voices. Out of 20 experts and writers listed, only two are women.
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Datacenter Investment Conference and Expo, a product of e-pub and events company Bisnow, boasts 24 speakers for its upcoming event on July 15th.
Number of women? ZERO.
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Personal Democracy Forum showed that they practice what they preach with their 2015 lineup, which featured a Hall of Fame gender ratio of 47% female speakers. When they brought together thought leaders from various fields to discuss their 2015 theme, "Imagine All the People: The Future of Civic Tech," they made sure that women were an equal part of their dialog. And this isn't their first balanced speaker lineup: PDF 2014 featured 49% female speakers.
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The 2015 class of Pew Scholars in Biomedical Sciences has 10 women out of 22 scholars: that's 45% women!
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Social Innovation Summit 2015 took place this week on June 10th and 11th, and featured a Hall of Fame gender ratio in their speaker lineup. Out of 95 speakers, 44 were women. This attention to balance extended to their featured speakers, which included 6 women and 9 men.
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