Seaweed has been hailed as a new superfood, and it’s also found in toothpaste, medicine and shampoo. In Zanzibar, it’s become big business – and...
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Wimbledon: ‘historic day’ as more women’s matches than men’s on show courts
Majority of women’s matches on tournament’s show courts for first time in 25 years. Read more…
The Most Dangerous Countries for Women
The Thomas Reuters Foundation released their annual poll of the world’s most dangerous countries for women based on the following parameters: healthcare, discrimination, cultural traditions, sexual violence,...
Latest Class of Oscar Voters Is Nearly Half Women
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences keeps opening its doors wider as it tries to end its days as an...
Women kept on winning in Tuesday’s primary
Democratic women kept on winning during the primaries on Tuesday, playing a key role in fueling a progressive insurgency and securing nominations in key districts that...
Jeff Sessions’s asylum decision hurts women the most
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision on who does not qualify for U.S. asylum could affect women trying to flee the sort of men who President Trump has...
Canada raises more than 3.8 billion for girls education
QUEBEC — The Trudeau government announced at the G7 summit that it has raised more than $3.8 billion in an effort with other countries to...
Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
Muslim societies have sometimes faced criticism for failing to adequately educate women. Boko Haram’s kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai have contributed to this...
Half of women in science experience harassment, a sweeping new report finds
Science has a sexual harassment problem. From the most polished ivory tower to the local community college, harassment pervades lecture halls and laboratories, observatories and...
Nearly half of Afghan children don’t go to school, with girls disproportionately affected
Conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls are reportedly the main reasons they miss out on educations. Read more…