Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, sat down with Arianna on HuffPost Live at Davos, where she addressed the issues women continue face in the workplace.
“Even with all the progress we’ve made, it’s still hard to speak in a professional setting as a woman,” Sandberg said. ‘Women face real barriers.”
Sandberg referenced a piece she wrote after a December 2014 press conference, when President Barack Obama only called on women and made headlines. She challenged employers to lead “Obama-style” by calling on more women in the workplace.
Sandberg said it’s an issue that women do more work than men, both at home and in the workplace. She said men and women need to equally split “office housework” — tasks like note-taking that women are often expected to complete without appreciation.
“Women do more everywhere they are,” Sandberg said.
Below, live updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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“People have a right to expect that they are not going to be subject to unwelcome sexual advances,” Salovey said.
“There are ways we can learn to prevent those kind of situations, prevent the conditions that give rise to that very unwelcome kind of behavior happening,” Salovey added.
Salovey spoke on free expression on campuses, reflecting on the incident at Berkeley where students protested comedian Bill Maher’s appearance at a graduation ceremony because of comments he made about Muslims.
“It’s very difficult. You see this controversy playing out on many different campuses over the last couple of years,” Salovey said.
Salovey said he thinks people want to live in an environment where others are respectful and they’re not offended, but being offended can be a learning experience.
Peter Salovey, President of Yale University, told HuffPost Live about “emotional intelligence” and a model he pioneered 25 years ago.
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Ertharin Cousin on HuffPost Live at Davos
Ertharin Cousin said her organization works in different ways, helping farmers to grow and sustain their food production; helping mothers get food so their children won’t be born malnourished; and more.
“If we can make those kind of development preemptive investments, then people can feed themselves,” she said.
Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, said her organization is “not doing enough” despite feeding millions of people. She said they only feed “the most vulnerable.”
“Food insecurity means you don’t know where your next meal is going to come from,” Cousin said, noting it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re hungry today, but that you don’t know where you’re getting food tomorrow.
“What we address are those direct hunger needs of those who are food insecure,” she said.
Reverend Jim Wallis, President and Founder of Sojourners, explains why he is still stunned by the Oscars’ ‘Selma’ snub.
Tupperware CEO Rick Goings explains to HuffPost Live what qualifies as a Tupperware party.
“I design technologies that are meant to maintain our adherence to the values we care most about,” Cassell said.
