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Oct 5, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read
On Oct. 5, 2017, the New York Times broke the Harvey Weinstein story, igniting a global conversation about sexual harassment.

5 years later the women behind #MeToo discuss what has and hasn’t changed.🧵

bit.ly/3Cdkhdo Gretchen Carlson, Tanuja Gu... Longtime activist @TaranaBurke coined “me too” in 2006, well before the movement went viral in 2017.

In Burke’s iteration, the phrase was a way to support women and girls of color who have experienced sexual abuse. bit.ly/3Cdkhdo Tarana Burke: “We actually ...
Oct 5, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
❓Who will the most powerful women of the future be?

Here are some of the names we expect to see a lot more of in the coming years.🧵

bit.ly/3M9End7 Left to right: Sarah Bond, Kathleen McCarthy, Falguni Nayar. ➡️Christine Beauchamp, SVP, North America Stores, Amazon.

Overseeing all products sold in North America, she joined Amazon’s high-profile S-Team last year. Christine Beauchamp. EVAN AGOSTINI—INVISION/AP
Oct 4, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
The Queen of Denmark has apologized after stripping four of her eight grandchildren of their royal titles.

But she’s not giving them back. 🧵bit.ly/3ru29Hr Last week it was announced that the four children of Queen Margrethe II’s youngest son, Prince Joachim, would no longer be called princes and princesses from January 2023.
bit.ly/3C1WIEu Prince Joachim of Denmark and his family. Photo: Getty Image
Oct 4, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
35-year-old @canva founder Melanie Perkins got rejected by 100 VCs.

Now her $26 billion design startup is ready to take on Microsoft and Google.🧵 bit.ly/3RvxZhp CEO Melanie Perkins conceived of Canva after growing frustra Melanie Perkins, who is Australian, founded design platform Canva with zero Silicon Valley connections.

It’s valued by one estimate at $26 billion, the most of any female-founded and woman-led startup in the world. bit.ly/3RvxZhp Melanie Perkins, Canva CEO. Quote: “People said that to ra
Oct 4, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
💪 Meet Fortune’s 2022 Most Powerful Women in Business.

On the 25th anniversary of our list, we have hit a record-high number of women leading Global 500 companies. 🧵
bit.ly/3Cv9SLy Fortune's Most Powerful Women List 2022 🔺Topping our list for the second year in a row is CVS Health CEO @KarenSLynch.

She also holds the distinction of running the highest-ranking Global 500 company ever to be led by a woman. CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch | JEFFERY SALTER
Oct 3, 2022 7 tweets 6 min read
Melinda French Gates’ small but ambitious organization @pivotalventures tries to tackle gender inequalities in the U.S

@melindagates gave Fortune a look inside her game plan. 🧵 bit.ly/3SQyUtZ Image .@melindagates says she “baked” gender into initiatives funded by the @gatesfoundation, from efforts to fight infectious diseases to programs aimed at eradicating hunger.

But she has now sharpened turned her focus on inequities in the U.S. ⬇️ bit.ly/3SQyUtZ Melinda French Gates, cocha...