Can the World End Obstetric Fistula and Restore Dignity for Women?
By Staff Writer Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), once made a powerful statement while advocating for maternal health and safe childbirth: “No woman should die while giving life.” Yet for hundreds of thousands of women around the world, surviving childbirth can still come at a devastating cost. Every year, women and girls emerge from prolonged, obstructed labour with a preventable injury that leaves them incontinent, isolated, and stripped of their dignity. This condition, obstetric fistula, remains one of the clearest indicators of inequality in women’s healthcare and one of the most urgent maternal health challenges of our time. For many women, childbirth is expected to be a moment of celebration, the beginning of a new chapter filled with hope and promise. Instead, for those affected by obstetric fistula, it can become the beginning of years of physical suffering, social exclusion, and…
Women in Blue Helmets: The Growing Force Transforming Global Peacekeeping
By Blossom Ukoha As dawn broke over a remote village in South Sudan, a young mother cautiously approached a United Nations patrol. For months,…
She Faced Rejection and Still Rose: The Inspiring Journey of Sibongile Sambo
“Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It’s you who can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai There is…
Raising Confident Girls in a Globalised World
On a warm evening in a bustling city, a mother watched her 11-year-old daughter scroll endlessly through her phone. Between perfectly curated images, filtered…
Exploring Culture through Travel: Why Every Woman Should Experience Africa
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” — Mark Twain There is something profoundly feminine about the way women experience travel. It is…
Why Women Must Be at the Center of Global Space Innovation
By Blossom Ukoha “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever,” said Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Today, as humanity…
Dr. Irehobhude Iyioha Assumes UNESCO Chair on Health Race and Human Right
By Blossom Ukoha What does it take to transform global health systems into spaces of justice, dignity, and equity? For Dr. Irehobhude O. Iyioha,…
Lab Queens: 12 Female Researchers Driving Real World Impact
There is something powerful, almost poetic, about a woman in a lab coat, a lecture hall, or deep in the field, quietly shaping the…
World Health Day 2026: When Women Stand with Science, the World Heals
By Blossom Ukoha There is something profoundly powerful about women shaping the future of health through science not just as caregivers, but as innovators,…
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace: Celebrating Women, Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers
On a modest community field in Latin America, a young girl once stood at the edge of a football pitch, hesitant, unsure if she…
CELD Hosts High-Level Global Policy Think Tank Roundtable: A Strategic Dialogue on Women-Led Investment Ecosystems
The Centre for Economic & Leadership Development (CELD), UK, successfully convened a high-level Global Policy Think Tank Roundtable on 30 March 2026, bringing together…
Isobel Coleman Takes the Helm as CEO of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
By Blossom Ukoha “I’m honored to be announced as the next CEO of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation. Alzheimer’s is one of the defining…
