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From Where I Stand: “If women are empowered, we can create more peaceful societies” – Papiya Parvin, Bangladesh

Guest ContributorMarch 26, 2019

By UN Women - Papiya Parvin from Debhata Upazilla, Bangladesh, has just bought a cow to start her own farm. She is also the first woman from her village who tr...

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From Syria To Turkey… One Woman’s Story On Rebuilding Her Life And Business

Guest ContributorMarch 21, 2019

By Angela Wells - Like many hopeful new graduates around the world, Dara wanted to take a leap of faith. In 2013, after earning her bachelor’s degree in interi...

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Nkeiruka Obi, Banker Turned Champion Of Children With Clefts And Their Mothers, On How We Can All Be Humanitarians

Guest ContributorMarch 8, 2019

By Nkeiruka Obi - Here’s the story of a woman you should know: Konate Diomande Siami, a mother from Côte d’Ivoire in Africa who gave birth to five children, th...

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Girl Rising Debuts Powerful Short Film ‘Brave Girl Rising’

wyskMarch 8, 2019

On this International Women’s Day, Girl Rising, the non-profit behind the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, debuts their powerful new short...

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Downloadable STEM Role Models Posters Inspire Global Frenzy, Released In 7 Additional Languages

wyskMarch 8, 2019

Last month we featured a downloadable set of eight stunning and brilliantly inspiring STEM Role Models posters commissioned by Nevertheless podcast, and illust...

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Empowerment Starts Within You… High School Senior Shares Her Powerful Perspective

Guest ContributorMarch 7, 2019

By Liz, a high school senior at Milton Hershey School - It has taken a lot for me to become the woman I am today, and I still have a long way to go. At the ...

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60 Minutes Cut Women Leaders Out Of A Story On Getting Girls Into Tech, And It Broke The Internet

Guest ContributorMarch 7, 2019

By Ruthe Farmer & Dr. Leigh Ann DeLyser, CSforALL - Sunday March 3, at the start of Women’s History Month, 60 Minutes aired a segment on changing the rates...

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Powerful Recruitment Video Celebrates Heroic Women Pilots Serving In U.S. Air Force

wyskMarch 7, 2019

In honor of International Women’s Day and leveraging the excitement around “Captain Marvel”, the first Marvel Studios superhero movie led by a woman, Oscar-win...

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Period. End Of Sentence. The Menstruation Taboo-Busting Documentary Short That Just Won The Oscar

wyskFebruary 25, 2019

"When a girl gets her period in the United States, she may miss a class. When a girl gets her period in a developing country, she may never go to school again....

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