Gender – Shoba Narayan

Women in Diplomacy Panel

By: Shoba Narayan January 11, 2020

Events, Gendercanada, denmark, diplomacy, foreign policy, France, Gender, israel, ModeratorLeave a Comment

Moderated a panel at the Bangalore International Centre on Women in Diplomacy

Napa Women winemakers

By: Shoba Narayan October 4, 2019January 23, 2020

Drink, Gender, Sommelier India, Wine & Champagnecabernet sauvignon, california wine, cathy corison, Deepak Gulrajani, Lynmar estate, Napa, napa valley, Nicholson Ranch, Sonoma, wineLeave a Comment

Is there a feminine style of winemaking? My column in Sommelier India

Was it right to fire the Google engineer?

By: Shoba Narayan August 17, 2017December 21, 2017

Comment Essays, Gendergender bias, Google engineer, implicit association test, James DamoreLeave a Comment

Google shouldn’t have fired the engineer who questioned its diversity efforts — it should have co-opted him

Namrita Jhangiani on women leadership

By: Shoba Narayan March 2, 2016September 17, 2017

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Namrita works for Egon Zehnder and is passionate about women leaders. Here is a piece she wrote for Mint today about Leaders & Daughters. See it here As a mother and a daughter, I think this is really cool. Check out #leadersanddaughters and @namritasj in Twitter. Show your support by sharing this link. Thanks.

Men’s rules

By: Shoba Narayan December 8, 2014August 14, 2017

Columns, Gender, Op-ed and Comment, The Nationalcompetence, corner office, corporate ladder, Helen Fisher, temperament2 Comments

At work, women don’t need to play by the same rules as men Indian politician and novelist Shashi Tharoor. (David Levenson / Getty Images) At work, women don’t need to play by the same rules as men Shoba Narayan December 8, 2014 Updated: December 8, 2014 09:30 AM My grandparents had four sons and one…

Women’s Colleges

By: Shoba Narayan December 7, 2014August 14, 2017

Columns, Gender, HT Media, The Good Life/Mint LoungeGillian Flynn, Ivy League, liberal arts, Mount Holyoke, Seven Sisters., Women's colleges12 Comments

LEISURE» THE GOOD LIFE Why your girl should go to a women’s college Making a case for women’s colleges as an option for young women Shoba Narayan George Bernard Shaw knew what he was talking about. “Youth is wasted on the young.” Our college years exert a long shadow, recognized only in adulthood. I studied…

Women’s colleges

By: Shoba Narayan December 7, 2014August 14, 2017

Columns, Gender, Op-ed and Comment, The NationalBarnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Seven Sisters., Smith, Vassar, Wellesley, Women's collegesLeave a Comment

Inspired by the visit of Sonya Stephens of Mount Holyoke, I began thinking about women’s colleges. An all-women’s college changed my life Shoba Narayan November 29, 2014 Updated: November 29, 2014 05:48 PM Those involved in higher education – and I say this as the daughter of a college professor – sometimes forget just what…

Maternal Deaths

This appeared in Christian Science Monitor. India’s MMR statistics are shameful, something which I didn’t know. But there is a nice report called “State of the World’s Mothers” that outlines where India stands. The process is complicated because everyone has a view on how to get women into hospitals and take care of themselves. Given…

Educating Girls

By: Shoba Narayan February 21, 2014September 21, 2017

Comment Essays, Gender, Philanthropy, The NationalBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CARE USA, Educating girls, Gender equality, India, Join My Village, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, KGBV, Philanthropy, UdaanLeave a Comment

This was part of a trip with CARE USA where we visited an NGO called Udaan/Join My Village. The tour was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It was an unexpected pleasure to meet my friend, Michael Pelletier, back in India as Deputy US Consul at the reception. Thanks to this trip, I…

CARE USA Learning tour

By: Shoba Narayan February 19, 2014August 14, 2017

Gender, PhilanthropyCARE USA Learning tour, PhilanthropyLeave a Comment

I went on a tour with CARE USA to look at education, public health, and maternal mortality issues. The trip included some chiefs of staff of US congressmen and women. It was fascinating to interact with them and see how the US Congress functions. It was amazing to see the work done by the several…