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Joan As Police Woman: "Your Song" / "Real Life"

Joan As Police Woman performs a gorgeous, tender version of "Your Song" and "Real Life."
https://www.ted.com/talks/joan_as_police_woman_your_song_real_life

Megan Kamerick: Women should represent women in media

How do you tell women’s stories? Ask women to tell them. At TEDxABQ, Megan Kamerick shows how the news media underrepresents women as reporters and news sources, and because of that tells an incomplete story.
https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_kamerick_women_should_represent_women_in_media

Sunni Patterson: "Wild Women"

With lightning on her tongue, Sunni Patterson performs her powerful poem, "Wild Women," accompanied by the entrancing moves of dancer Chanice Holmes.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sunni_patterson_wild_women

Morley: "Women of Hope"

Inspired by Aung San Suu Kyi's call to action, "If you're feeling helpless, help someone," Morley composed this song. She sings it at TEDxWomen in her gorgeous, warm voice.
https://www.ted.com/talks/morley_women_of_hope

Brian A. Pavlac: Ugly History: Witch Hunts

In the German town of Nördlingen in 1593, innkeeper Maria Höll found herself accused of witchcraft. She was arrested for questioning, and denied the charges. She insisted she wasn't a witch through 62 rounds of torture before her accusers finally released her. Other accused witches weren't so "lucky." Why did these witch hunts occur? Brian A. Pa...
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_a_pavlac_ugly_history_witch_hunts

Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition

Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women talks about three encounters with powerful women who fight to make the world better -- while preserving the traditions that sustain them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kavita_ramdas_radical_women_embracing_tradition

Adrienne Mayor: Did the Amazons really exist?

It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary. But curiously enough, stories from ancient Egypt, Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, India and China also featured Amazon-like warrior women. And Amazons were described in ancient historical accounts, not just myths. Who were the real women wa...
https://www.ted.com/talks/adrienne_mayor_did_the_amazons_really_exist

Kirsten Hall: Women in business: entirely unremarkable

Kirsten Hall has a provocative question: is it time to stop celebrating women in business, just for being women in business? Maybe, she suggests, we can wind down the idea of corporate women's groups - and position women in business as the new normal.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kirsten_hall_women_in_business_entirely_unremarkable

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception

Women aren't micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms-- from home businesses to major factories-- are the overlooked key to economic development.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception

Linda Cliatt-Wayman: How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard

On Linda Cliatt-Wayman's first day as principal at a failing high school in North Philadelphia, she was determined to lay down the law. But she soon realized the job was more complex than she thought. With palpable passion, she shares the three principles that helped her turn around three schools labeled "low-performing and persistently dangerou...
https://www.ted.com/talks/linda_cliatt_wayman_how_to_fix_a_broken_school_lead_fearlessly_love_hard

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Meet the women fighting on the front lines of an American war

In 2011, the US Armed Forces still had a ban on women in combat -- but in that year, a Special Operations team of women was sent to Afghanistan to serve on the front lines, to build rapport with locals and try to help bring an end to the war. Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the story of this "band of sisters," an extraordinary group of women...
https://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_meet_the_women_fighting_on_the_front_lines_of_an_american_war

Robin Hauser: The likability dilemma for women leaders

When women lead, bias often follows. Documentarian Robin Hauser dives into the dilemma between competence and likability faced by women in leadership roles, detangling the unconscious beliefs and gendered thinking that distort what it means to be a good leader.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robin_hauser_the_likability_dilemma_for_women_leaders_may_2022
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