Kiana Bierria: A young women’s journey to Politics
An interview with Kiana Bierria, a Long Island University student, political campaigner, and aspiring government representative. Bierria began her work as a freshmen in college, where her hopes to inspire future generations of women blossomed. Q: What do you think there are fewer women in political office?
The Voices of Pakistani Women
How a Lack of Negotiation Leads to Maltreatment The conviction of only two of the assailants upon Malala Yousafzai shows the deep level of corruption within Pakistan, as well as the disproportionate level of abuse towards women. The secret military court freed eight of the ten attackers, while the prosecuting attorney also lied to every […]
Team work makes “Dream Work”.
One can find inspiration for pursuing science in something as simple as a museum trip or meeting someone motivational. During my sophomore year of high school, I found inspiration in a speaker in my AP chemistry class who was conducting groundbreaking research in lung cancer. I emailed her the following year, asking if I could […]
Big untapped fashion market for Muslim women
A growing number of big-name designers are hoping to woo Muslim women with specially designed collections. FORTUNE: Think the Muslim market isn’t interested in fashion? Check the numbers: Globally, Muslims spent $266 billion on clothing and footwear in 2013. That’s more than the total fashion spending of Japan and Italy combined, according to a recent […]
Sheryl Sandberg Joins SurveyMonkey’s Board
Sheryl Sandberg is taking a seat on the board of SurveyMonkey, her late husband’s online survey and polling company. Ms. Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the book “Lean In,” unexpectedly lost her husband, Dave Goldberg, while on vacation in May. Since then she has published on Facebook a widely read post […]
Fereshteh Forough Is Empowering Afghani Women Through Code
To Americans, Afghanistan can call to mind war-torn cities without much economic opportunity. But the truth is that the country has a growing tech economy. Unfortunately, those tech opportunities are often hard for women to come by in Afghanistan’s conservative, male-dominated culture. But Fereshteh Forough, founder and CEO of Code To Inspire, aims to change […]
5 Weird Ways Ovulation Can Affect Your Body
Your senses might seem heightened Once a month, women of reproductive age go through ovulation—the process in which an egg is released from an ovary into the fallopian tubes, which can then be fertilized by sperm. At the same time, our hormones begin to fluctuate and our brain chemistry shifts
Women’s health tied to socioeconomic status
Chelsea Keenan, The Gazette: Low-income women have poorer mental, physical health: report. As education and income levels drop, so does a woman’s access to health care.
Family planning cuts put women’s health at risk
The need to ensure widespread access to reproductive health services was once an issue that united Republicans and Democrats in Washington. Now it’s an issue that divides them. And it will take lawmakers known for their ability to mediate and collaborate – like Maine’s moderate Republican senator, Susan Collins – to work to resolve this […]
Mwamvita Makamba empowering African Women through the Technology
African women are to play an ever-increasing role in the telecoms industry and with this will come a whole new way of thinking that is set to revolutionise the tech industry An increasing number of African women are taking the lead in the technology space, bringing with them a whole host of meaningful innovations and […]