U.S. Soccer and Women’s Players Agree to Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit By Andrew Das Under the terms of the agreement, the athletes will receive $24 million and a pledge from the soccer federation to equalize pay for the men’s and women’s national teams. For six years, the members of the World Cup-winning United States women’s soccer team and their bosses…
Goodbye, Women’s History Month. Here Are 15 Women We Shouldn’t Forget. Compiled By Sharon Attia From an 80-year-old tiger trainer to the motorcycle queen of Miami, these are the stories of trailblazing women you likely didn’t learn about in school. Harriet Tubman. Susan B. Anthony. Amelia Earhart. These are women whose stories you know. But what about Bessie Stringfield, Milicent…
Women’s financial literacy benefits us all — here’s how By Mazamesso Assih African women face obstacles to starting and growing businesses that must be overcome to ensure equitable growth 76% of Africans, many of them women, see entrepreneurship as a good career choice Togo has some of the most financially literate women in Africa, and the whole country benefits from…
The Engineering Journey: A Woman’s View By Joy Burnford In celebration of the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we hear from Dawn Childs, UK Change Director at National Grid plc and President of the Women’s Engineering Society about her trailblazing path as an engineer. After 23 years as an engineer in the UK’s Royal Air…
By Madeleine Muzdakis Can you think of a woman on U.S. quarters? Depending on your age, you may have encountered the Susan B. Anthony dollar or the Sacagawea dollar (which largely replaced it). If you’ve payed close attention to American coinage, you may have also spotted Helen Keller on the Alabama State Quarter. However, these are the only three women on…
By CATRIONA HARVEY-JENNER Barbie is an icon, but it’s not ‘one-size-fits all’ where the famous doll is concerned these days. Mattel, which manufactures Barbie, has just launched a special release doll modelled on the scientist who created the Oxford coronavirus vaccine: Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert. Now that’s iconic. The traditional image you might have of Barbie may be the slim, white, blonde doll that first launched in…
By Madeline Hislop The German women’s gymnastics team elected to wear full length bodysuits at the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers on Sunday, a decision they made to push back against the sexualisation of women in gymnastics. The team, comprised of Sarah Voss, Pauline Schaefer-Betz, Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui, wore red and white full length unitards that covered their legs down to…
By Gavin Haines Mangrove forests have disappeared at an alarming rate in Cambodia, where female conservationist climate-conscious women are trying to turn the tide. When storms whip up the waves, sending white horses charging to the shore, mangrove forests are often the first line of defence for coastal communities in the tropics. And with the climate crisis making the weather…
Germany started the move in 2020, and now it’s France’s turn. By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox After quotas on corporate boards spread across Europe in recent years, countries are now pointing their legislation at Executive leadership. In a historic vote, France’s Parliament this week voted to introduce gender quotas on the Executive Teams and leadership pipelines of companies over 1,000 people. The targets set are…
By Jessie Tu Even before Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer appear on screen in Netflix’s latest film Thunder Force, I was teary with emotional solidarity. “I’m not a nerd, I’m smart. There’s a difference,” a young Emily Stanton (played by Spencer) shouts at her bullies. Along comes Lydia Berman, (played by McCarthy)– a strong teenager who rescues the vulnerable girl on…
