A Resource Sharing Platform for International Female Students to Pursue Their Career in US by Xuantong Wu https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw en-us 2022-05-12 17:28:29 UTC 2025-11-09 22:01:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Podcast-Women at Work xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181693958 Introduction
Women at Work is a series of podcasts about how women can prepare to deal with the gender discrimination in the workplace. HBR staffers Amy Bernstein, Amy Gallo, and Emily Caulfield interview experts on gender, tell stories about their own experiences, and give lots of practical advice to help women succeed in spite of the obstacles.

Inspiration
These podcasts are educational for women work all over the world, especially for women work in US. It is a good item for me to promote on my website.]]> 2022-05-12 17:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181693958 Communication Leadership Program xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181713949 Communication Leadership is a program have high percentage of international students and women make up the majority. As a career oriented program, many international female students want to pursue their career in US. 

So I want to invite the international female students in Comm Lead to be the first visitor of the website. Then, as the students have master's degree in communications, they have multiple skills to promote the website to more audience. ]]> 2022-05-12 18:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181713949 FIUTS xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181715660 FIUTS is a nonprofit organization founded on campus at the University of Washington and focused on promoting international understanding and community.

As an organization serves for international student at UW. FIUTS is the potential partners of my resources sharing platform. Their great follower base can help the website to reach out more audience.
]]> 2022-05-12 18:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181715660 Thought Leader - Erica xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181728358 Introduction
Erica is a Chinese fitness & feminist influencer who has 388.9 K followers on Weibo (a Chinese social media platform). She was a 6 years international student in Singapore and now working in there. She writes educational blogs in diverse field, such as wellness, work, study, etc. to encourage Chinese girls to break the stereotype, pursue their own career and life.

Inspiration
She aims to teach girls how to support themselves and help other girls. For female international students living in US, if there is a place for them to gather together, sharing resources to each other, they might have a better live. That is how my project idea came up.]]> 2022-05-12 18:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181728358 International Women's Day xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181735103 Introduction
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality.

]]> 2022-05-12 18:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181735103 Report- Women in the Workplace xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181742415 Introduction
Women in the Workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. Based on data from 423 companies employing 12 million people.

As the report shows, a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, women in corporate America are even more burned out than they were last year—and increasingly more so than men.

Inspiration
Women in the workplace in US are still facing many issues. The situation of international women working in US might be worse. A resources sharing platform might help them to overcome some issues they are facing in the work place.]]> 2022-05-12 18:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181742415 American Association of University Women (AAUW) xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181747805 American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. AAUW (formerly known as the American Association of University Women) is a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, 1,000 branches and 500 college and university institution partners.]]> 2022-05-12 18:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2181747805 Women Who Tech xtwu8 https://padlet.com/xtwu8/bcm2cwuo6ldh5mmw/wish/2182017676 Introduction
Women Who Tech is nonprofit organization building a culture and inclusive economy to accelerate women tech entrepreneurs and close the funding gap.

Why it relates to my project
The mission of WWT is to share educational resources for women to better pursue their career in tech industry in order to solve the issue of gender inequality issue in the work place. My project's mission is to relieve the bias female international students are facing in the workplace.

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