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Public Protest Against The Sultan of Brunei

On May 1, 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah, The Sultan of Brunei, which is located on the Northern coast of the Southeast Asian Island of Borneo, announced a series of penal codes outlining sanctions that would be placed on members of the LGBTQIA+ community, women pregnant out of wedlock, adulterers, women who have abortions and anything also that is deemed “indecent behavior.” The sanctions included deplorable human rights violations such as flogging, whipping, fines, imprisonment or even death by stoning.

The announcement instantly received outcry from feminist and LGBTQIA+ groups in the United States. The Feminist Majority organization held a protest immediately after, on May 5, 2014. The Feminist Majority also created a petition addressed to the Sultan, the United Nations, and the embassy requesting that the policy be rescinded.

Most recently on February 10, 2015, celebrity Feminist Ally John Legend announced his protest against the Sultan by refusing to perform at the L.A. Confidential Party in Los Angeles. The party was going to be held at The Beverly Hills Hotel, which belongs to Sultan Bolkiah.

In a CNN Article regarding the protest against the Beverly Hills Hotel, Legend’s publicist, Amanda Silverman made the statement, “These policies, which among other things could permit women and LGBT Bruneians to be stoned to death, are heinous and certainly don’t represent John’s values, “Legend’s publicist, Amanda Silverman, said in a statement. “John does not, in any way, wish to further enrich the Sultan while he continues to enforce these brutal laws.”

The general consensus amongst commentators on the Feminist Majority Foundation’s protest announcement seems to be best summed up by Cynthia Neal who said, “Americans will not participate in his [The Sultan’s] blood-soaked enterprises.”

 

Works Cited

Caffrey, Jane. “John Legend Boycott Beverly Hills Hotel, Sharia Law in Brunei –   CNN.com.” CNN. Cable News Network, 6 Feb. 2015. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.

“John Legend Drops Performance at Beverly Hills Hotel in Response to Brunei’s Anti-Gay, Anti-Woman Penal Code.” Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs: U.S. and Global News Coverage. Feminist Majority Foundation, 10 Feb. 2015. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.

Lieben Levine, Simone. “NEWSFLASH: Worldwide Protest Against Sultan of Brunei on   Friday.” Ms Magazine Blog. Feminist Majority Foundation, 26 June 2014. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.

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Most Powerful Women In Business

On September of 2014, Fortune magazine came out with 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. The MPW list (Most Powerful Women) was started in 1998 to give recognition to influential women in the business world. Besides listing the ranking of these women, Fortune provides their age, title, company name and industry. According to Fortune Editors, they considered four criteria:

  1. The size and importance of the woman’s business in the global economy
  2. The health and direction of the business
  3. The arc of the woman’s career (resume and runway ahead)
  4. Social and cultural influence

The 2014 list included a record high of 24 women CEOs. Which includes:

  1. Ginni Rometty: CEO of IBM
  2. Mary Barra: Auto industry’s first female CEO of General Motors
  3. Indra Nooyi: CEO of PepsiCo
  4. Marillyn Hewson: CEO of Lockheed Martin

Besides the increase of women CEOs, the success of women can be seen in the type of industry they thrived in when comparing to Fortune’s 1998 list. Most of the 50 women in the 1998 list succeed in industries that focused on creativity: advertising, media, entertainment, and publishing. For example, Oprah Winfrey was ranked second for her influence in the entertainment industry. As the Julie Creswell, author of 1998 list, pointed out, “No top women at blue-chip firms like IBM, Dell, Compaq, or Intel.” In order to be deem blue-chip, the company has to be nationally recognized, and financially stable. To comment on this achievement, Jennifer Reingold writes, “Creativity is still a requirement for success, of course, but you no longer have to work in a ‘creative’ industry to advance as a woman.”

 

Fairchild, Caroline, Beth Kowitt, Colleen Leahey, and Anne VanderMey. “Most Powerful Women 2014”. Fortune. September 2014. Web

McCoy, Kevin. “Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business”. UsaToday. September 18 2014. Web

Creswell, Julie. “Ranking The 50 Most Powerful Women Fortune’s First Annual Look at the Women who Influence Corporate America”. Fortune Archive. October 12, 1998. Web