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 […]
Independent Couples: Are They The New Normal?
The new normal for one American couple, Matthew and Cole Record, seems to be working independently on social causes. Residents of Columbus, Ohio, the Records volunteered for an interview online with me to discuss the social and political causes that the two have been involved in.
Women’s Refuge finds technology helps women reach out for help
Nelson Women’s Refuge has seen an increase in women using Facebook to reach out for help. July is the national Women’s Refuge awareness month, and this week is the Nelson Women and Children’s Refuge annual campaign to raise funds.
From the Ground Up
Pascale Setbon moved to the United States from France eighteen years ago with one of her children and the hope that she would remain connected to his French culture. She knew right away that as her son became integrated within the states that he would soon become culturally American. Which strengthened her desire to ensure […]
Looking Past the Cubicle
Ciaara Bordeaux is an individual that is far from the ordinary. This young entrepreneur owns her own online store, founded the Young Women Entrepreneurs Club, and also works as a life coach to inspire other women to start their own businesses. Her life opened after closing a door that she thought would always be the […]
