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Leyla Hussein interviews her home country’s first female presidential candidate Fadumo Dayib, and is re-inspired to keep fighting for women’s empowerment oftly …

“You should never have a fear of doing what you really aspire to do or what you’re passionate about. You can prioritize …

Film making, like many other fields, is dominated by men. It’s not that women have no interest in film making or film …

Funke is a solicitor leading the UK & Ireland legal team of the world’s largest biotech company. She has received multiple awards …

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Although she is an Octogenarian, Chief (Mrs) Opral Benson (OON) is still bubbling with life. Popularly known as Iya Oge of Lagos, …

Where there is money there is power. And while the “mega-donors” of the political world—who wield hefty influence in political outcomes—have traditionally …

While the world is watching Rio, there’s a much scarier reality in the country at large. In Brazil, 500,000 people are raped …

“I can’t believe that I’m saying that a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women.”  Michelle …

We all know that time waits for no man – except in the office, it transpires. New research from the World Economic …

You don’t sit around waiting for men to handle anything else in your life, so why are you waiting for one to …

“You should never have a fear of doing what you really aspire to do or what you’re passionate about. You can prioritize …

Entrepreneurs often start businesses in order to fill a need or to solve a problem. That was the case with Kristal Bush …

Tina D. Howell, a mother of three and a former school teacher, realized that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to …

For me, education has never been simply a policy issue — it’s personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the …

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its 2017 induction ceremony today.  This year’s nominees include Tupac Shakur, in his …

Global children’s charity Theirworld and Oando Foundation, an independent charity organization, have partnered to empower Nigerian girls and young women. This initiative is …

San Francisco, CA — A pioneer in the field of medicine, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a leader in the movement to …

Remy Ma has decided to take an important stance against mass incarceration, pointedly in regards to one population that has received little …

Ava DuVernay knows the power of a fearless woman. The director, screenwriter and all-around badass filmmaker recently sat down withGlamour for the magazine’s …

NEW DELHI: This is the story of Haritha. Haritha can be you, me, a friend, that distant cousin, or colleague. She can …

CHICAGO (WOMENSENEWS)— American women have been growing older without a roadmap since the upheavals of the 1960s. This has been both liberating …