This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Ramaphosa has revealed the government’s plan to boost South Africa’s economy in a speech during parliament proceedings on Thursday. Within this plan, the president has put measures in place to develop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For society to advance the cause of gender equity, intersectional feminism must become part of the mainstream narrative and mindset. Philanthropy is our opportunity to be change agents, so that this statistic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sixty-two percent of women in the green building industry report the pandemic has negatively affected their workplace equity, according to a recent U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) survey of 500 women. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Thursday, the third anniversary of the now famous spread of #MeToo posts, and 14 years after the Me Too movement truly began, the advocacy group behind the rallying cry is launching a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There was great excitement this month when Melinda Gates announced she would spend $1 billion over the next ten years to help close the gender gap. The announcement refocused attention…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 is hard on women because the U.S. economy is hard on women, and this virus excels at taking existing tensions and ratcheting them up. Millions of women were already…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed flawed systems that have failed marginalised communities living in the Global South for decades. These groups now face myriad crises all at once, from job…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Georgene Huang was two months pregnant, unemployed and looking for a work environment that promoted women and offered decent maternity leave policies. Yet asking questions about aspects of a job…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 may leave an additional 130 million people hungry by the end of the year, according to the United Nations. And a recent report by CARE shows how women and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 50 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say that they were sexually abused by humanitarian health workers during an Ebola outbreak, according to a new report. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mild cases of COVID-19 do not appear to affect the health of pregnant women and their fetus, the study finds. Pregnant women with mild cases of coronavirus disease 2019 had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mashable’s rounded up six activists who can teach you about feminism. Their social media channels are full of lessons you can absorb every day to learn about the do’s and…