Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Founder and CEO of Panorama, a non-profit action tank working to solve global problems through audacious thinking and bold action.
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The route to true gender equality? Fix the system, not the women
By taking the focus off women, we can search more broadly for solutions.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Depressing #genderequity news out of @WEF #Davos: The road to gender equity has lengthened since their last report - we are now looking at 257 years til parity at the current rate of change:
How to achieve true gender equality in the workplace weforum.org/agenda/2020/01… via @wef
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Ascend Fund Aims to Elect More Women, With a Boost From Melinda Gates
The collaborative dedicated to helping women get elected to public office, called the Ascend Fund, announced it first grants to two organizations that recruit and train candidates.
Dow tumbles on the first case of coronavirus in the United States
The Dow dropped nearly 200 points Tuesday afternoon on reports of the first case of the Wuhan coronavirus in the United States.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that the first case of the illness in the United States...
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
"The risk with any virus is its economic impact. . ." Look what ONE case did to the Dow. . .imagine if we have a widespread airborne pandemic?
Dow tumbles on the first case of coronavirus in the United States via.q13fox.com/do6VI via @Q13FOX
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Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.
The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks.
Would a 37-Year-Old Woman Be Where Pete Buttigieg Is?
Conversations with 37-year-old women in politics might offer some answers.
Why American workers are especially at risk during flu season
Flu season demonstrates how misguided Americans are in putting productivity above health.
Questions and answers on immunization and vaccine safety
WHO: Q&As on immunization and vaccine safety
Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030
The scientific consensus is clear. The world confronts an urgent carbon problem. The carbon in our atmosphere has created a blanket of gas that traps heat and is changing the world’s climate. Already, the planet’s temperature has risen by 1 degree...
Public-Private Collaboration Commits to Accelerate Access to Health Services in Africa, Reaching 1.7 Million People | Living Goods
Healthcare companies and philanthropies to fund training of thousands of community health workers as part of larger initiative led by Last Mile Health and Living Goods to advance universal health coverage.
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Public-Private Collaboration Commits to Accelerate Access to Health Services in Africa, Reaching 1.7 Million People
Healthcare companies and philanthropies to fund training of thousands of community health workers as part of larger initiative led by Last Mile Health and...
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
We're so proud to support @Living_Goods @LastMileHealth & partners @GatesFoundation @JNJGlobalHealth @LillyPad @Novartis @Pfizer @GSK to deliver #community-based #healthcare to nearly 1.7 M people in #Africa! #healthforall
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New grant fund looks to power gender parity in elected office
The Ascend Fund, a venture powered by Panorama Global and given seed money by Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures, looks to grant money to organizations hoping to recruit and train women to run for office.
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Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Thank you to @mel_holzberg for bringing attention to @panoramateam's new #TheAscendFund, which will work with nonpartisan + nonprofit organizations that recruit and train women to run for office: nbcnews.com/politics/meet-… #WomeninPolitics
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2 billion life-saving mosquito nets: a global community milestone
In 2000, half the world went to sleep at risk of a deadly mosquito bite. Since then, a committed global effort has helped save more than 7 million lives from...
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
How has the mosquito net shaped the fight to #endmalaria? Among the most effective technological advances against malaria, the mosquito net is responsible for 68% of cases prevented through control interventions in Africa🌍 since 2000. bit.ly/2Np7H2u @EndMalaria
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The Word Female Presidential Candidates Have Been Hearing Over and Over
Elizabeth Warren confronted the idea of electability head-on at the debate, noting the men onstage had lost more than the women.
Despite gains, the US ranks 75th globally in women's representation in government
America lags far behind other countries on women representation in government. It ranks 75th out of 193 countries according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Urgent health challenges for the next decade
As a new year and a new decade kick off, WHO is releasing a list of urgent, global health challenges. This list, developed with input from our experts around the world, reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in...
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
The @WHO released 13 urgent #globalhealth challenges for the decade, including: the importance of delivering health in conflict & crisis & preparing for #epidemics -- 2 challenges that we at @panoramateam focus on
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2019 Was the Second-Hottest Year Ever, Closing Out the Warmest Decade
Last year was only a fraction of a degree cooler than 2016, the warmest year on record.
A Japanese Politician Is Taking Paternity Leave. It’s a Big Deal.
Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of a popular ex-prime minister, was praised for setting an example for Japan’s workaholic fathers.