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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

Success

18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. Nearly 60 years later, on Oct. Charpentier and Doudna received the Nobel for their work on the technology of genome editing.

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WeWork’s Potential Bankruptcy: What Will Be The Effect On Office Vacancy Rates?

Allwork

It is a problem for the company’s landlords, who will be faced with the choice of negotiating to accept a lower rent and write-off of arrears or losing an occupier in a very weak market. percent in San Francisco, up from 10 per cent in late 2020, according to data from CBRE.” This raises questions for U.S. real estate as well as U.S.

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A quick explainer for COP26 — here’s how climate negotiations work and what’s at stake

Ideas.Ted

For two weeks this November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss what to do about climate change. I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations. What is COP26? 31 through Nov. Why is COP26 so important?

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders.

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