Women and girls living in poverty are often more susceptible to gender-based violence, but teaching them to defend and financially empower themselves has the potential to protect them from such dangers.
By Entrepreneur Staff We are the result of our repeated behavior. Or as Aristotle put it, “Success is not an action, but a habit.” Here, top entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles weigh in on the one mental habit that drove their success and how to cultivate it in yourself. 1. Visualize your goals. Since I was an athlete in high school, I’ve envisioned…
By Jessie Tu As the oldest astronomers in the world, First Nations Australians have fashioned ways of observing the night sky that inform how they navigate the world, their lives and the relationship they have to each other. Despite First Nations people in Australia belonging to the longest continuous culture on Earth and holding this incredible wealth of knowledge, our…
The 10 Tips for Healthier Eating at Home in 2021 Article Courtesy of Munchery and Graham Dixon For most of us, 2020 was a year when uncertainty upended our lives, economic chaos redefined our professions, and Covid-19 brought complete disruption. We can all be forgiven for putting dietary considerations on the back burner for twelve months, not least because many…
“Well-behaved women rarely make history” and we’ve had a lot of those this year. Here are seven lessons we can take from a few key women who made history
A look back at moments that empowered women and girls around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Jessie Tu The Young Champions of the Earth Prize, established by The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have been awarded to seven young environmental trailblazers across the world. The winners were selected from a large pool of candidates who have created meaningful and immediate solutions a diversity of challenges affecting the world; including climate change, biodiversity loss, water pollution and waste…
By Brijana Prooker While the world is still dismissive of women with ambition (the word is seen as a positive in men and a negative in women), plenty of female power players are hoping to change that. The key issue: likability. Women with ambition are seen as “unlikable,” according to a Columbia Business School study. It’s not exactly a revelation, but the gender…
By Jessie Tu The largest local health-tech funding round this year has been taken out by Manuri Gunawardena’s Aussie health-tech platform startup HealthMatch. Gunawardena, the CEO and founder of the Sydney-based startup, raised $18 million in funding from investors including capital market company Square Peg Capital, Venture capital Tempus Partners and Singapore-based January Capital. The family office of Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull…
By Jessie Tu For the first time ever, TIME magazine has created an award to recognise America’s youngest and most inspiring leaders. The Kid of the Year award has been given to 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao, best known for her technological inventions that tackle water contamination and cyberbullying. Rao has appeared on television networks including ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, The Tonight Show…
