10 Reasons Women Should Become Agents of Change in Their Communities and Society at Large Women are capable and powerful change agents and great role models for future generations. BY ATHALIA MONAE As a woman, and after starting my journey to entrepreneurship, one of the questions I asked myself was, “what can I contribute to making a positive impact in society?” I…
“Can you see my underwear?” It’s a question every woman has asked her friends at some point—one that Sara Blakely, billionaire, founder, and sole owner of shapewear empire, SPANX®, turned into a billion-dollar solution. As a matter of fact, in 2012, Forbes named Blakely as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. While it’s difficult to imagine the funny, vibrant, smart, and candid entrepreneur destined…
How This Entrepreneur Is Uncorking The Wine World By Laura Begley Bloom When it comes to the global wine industry, straight white men dominate the field. A new company, Go There Wines, is aiming to disrupt things by building a unique platform that is making a difference by championing women winemakers, winemakers of color and queer winemakers from lesser-known regions around…
‘MPower’ Trailer Celebrates the Women of the MCU in New Disney+ Series Zoë Saldaña, who plays Gamora in the franchise, also serves as an executive producer for the show. By Diego Peralta To celebrate International Women’s Day, Disney+ has launched a new series focused on the women of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, called MPower. Throughout four episodes, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), Carol…
Celebrating Women’s History Month: 5 Powerful Women Who Paved the Way With fights for equal pay and increased job opportunities still necessary in today’s world, it’s inspiring to look back on those in history who’ve sparked change. By Kelly Hyman March is Women’s History Month, making it a special time to honor women who have worked tirelessly and fearlessly to advance future…
The Clinical History of Women’s Health Decades’ worth of exclusion has resulted in a knowledge gap in the women’s health sphere. But as pharma companies reevaluate their approach to medicine making in this area, they will have to acknowledge the past that has contributed to the current R&D outlook. By Maryam Mahdi For centuries, societies worldwide have been governed by…
Skeptics of the Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan By John L. Dorman and Ayelet Sheffey Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was skeptical of a large-scale student-loan forgiveness plan as President Joe Biden was mulling over the specifics to address student debt, with first lady Jill Biden also expressing reservations of such a plan, while Vice President Kamala Harris was one of the administration’s staunchest backers…
Women’s Health Fundraiser Ann McGuiness Leaves Legacy By Neil Genzlinger Ann McGuiness, a behind-the-scenes force in women’s health and reproductive rights who raised vast amounts of money for Planned Parenthood and other groups and then was a founder of the Contraceptive Access Initiative, which seeks to make hormonal birth control more available over the counter, died on Aug. 3 in…
Nafis Sadik, Champion of Women’s Health and Rights, Passes By NPR writers/journalists UNITED NATIONS — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference, died five days before her 93rd birthday, her son said late Monday. Omar Sadik said his mother died…
Female Protesters Beaten by Taliban Fighters Shots fired into air and rifle butts used to attack dozens of women protesting outside Afghan education ministry. By The Guardian Taliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days before the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists’ return…
