The list has always measured only active corporate executives so Hillary Clinton, who’s currently having more impact on the nation than any woman in recent history, is absent, but Tory Newmyer’s latest feature for Fortune digs into whether or not she’s good for business.
Tomorrow’s WMPW will also be a late edition to coincide with the publication of Fortune‘s international list of Most Powerful Women, which celebrates women executives who work outside the U.S.
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EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
| No pressure |
| Quartz has a good rundown of the selection process for the UN's next secretary-general, which the publication has appropriately dubbed "the world's hardest interview." The live Q&A aspect of the process could give female candidates a chance to shine, but it could also reflect some of the same bias women in ordinary job interviews face—discriminatory questions, too much focus on their appearance, and a dislike of ambitious women. |
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| An unhappy hour |
| In an odd attempt to support working women, U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn recently decried after-work drinks as a form of institutionalized sexism. The practice benefits men "who don’t feel the need to be at home looking after their children," while discriminating against women "who want to, obviously, look after the children that they’ve got." This writer argues that mothers don't necessarily "want" to be home any more than men want to be away from it, but some factors—namely the gender pay gap—mean they have to be. | | The New Yorker |
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THE AMERICAS
| Not-so subliminal advertising | | Google's clever new approach to deterring potential ISIS recruits places advertising aimed at undoing ISIS’s brainwashing alongside search results for keywords and phrases tied to the extremist community. Yasmin Green, head of R&D at Google-owned incubator and think tank Jigsaw, explains how it works. | | Wired |
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| Chasing Meg's vision | | As part of Meg Whitman's plans to shift HPE's strategy to a few key areas, it's spinning off its non-core software assets and merging them with the U.K.'s Micro Focus International in a $8.8 billion deal. (Whitman is No. 7 on the new MPW list for having pulled off one of the highest-profile tech separations in corporate history.) | | Reuters |
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| A fresh start | | The former VP of communications at Theranos has a new gig. Brooke Buchanan, who left the controversial blood-testing startup in June, has landed a new role at Whole Foods. | | Fortune |
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ASIA-PACIFIC
| Missing the point |
| Former Australia PM John Howard issued some controversial remarks when asked about the declining share of women in Parliament. He said it was a "reflection of society" that "women play a significantly greater part of fulfilling the caring role" so there are "some limits on their capacity." Predictably, his comments set Twitter aflame. |
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IN BRIEF
| J. Crew's Jenna Lyons eats the exact same lunch every single day | | Bon Appetit |
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| This woman is tracking rape in U.S. college football because no one else will | | Broadly |
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| South African students decry a school rule against braided and dreadlocked hair | | NPR |
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| Some see anti-women backlash in the ouster of Dilma Rousseff | | New York Times |
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