Ertharin Cousin: On a Mission to end the World’s Hunger
Ertharin Cousin Executive Director of the World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin is the 12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. She was born in 1957 and raised alongside her three sisters in Lawndale, a poor neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother worked in social services, while her father engaged in volunteer community development work. Cousin started her high school education in 1971 at the Lane Technical High School, Chicago, among the first female freshmen and sophomores to be admitted at the school. Lane Technical was rated among the top high schools in Chicago at the time and admitted all male students, prior to the fall of 1971. Cousin graduated in from High School in 1975. She proceeded to the University of Illinois Chicago, where she earned a B.A Degree in 1979. Cousin also studied international law at the University of Georgia School of Law where completed a…
Turning Undecided Business Dreams into Future Success
By: Lahle Wolfe Even the most motivated women entrepreneurs can struggle with deciding on the right business idea. For some budding entrepreneurs, ideas flow…
Janiece Longoria: Chairman of the board of commissioners for the Houston Port Authority
As chairman of the board of commissioners for the Houston Port Authority, Longoria became the first woman and person of colour to hold the…
Reiko Abe: The Face of Japan’s Globalisation
By: Natalie Obiko Pearson Reiko Abe became a civil engineer in Japan, but she couldn’t find a job. An ancient Shinto superstition, made part…
Tsitsi Masiyiwa Founder and Co-Chair, Higherlife Foundation
Mrs Tsitsi Masiyiwa is an African philanthropist and social entrepreneur who has devoted much of her life to empowering disadvantaged children through education and…
The Role of USAID in Meeting Women-related SDG Goals
After the Millennium development goals (MDG’s) ran for its stipulated number of years, the United Nations in 2015 came up with the Sustainable Development…
How to Deal with a Lazy Spouse
By: Dave Willis One of the most frustrating challenges in a marriage happens when one spouse is doing the majority of the work and…
Gender Equality in Tanzania
By: John Namkwahe Ismail Mohammed, 35, a resident of Mkunwa in Mtwara rural district and a peasant farmer of cassava and cashewnuts, had never…
The Sensational Story of Randa Abdou- CEO/Chief Strategy & Creative Officer, Creative Lab Group Egypt
Despite the challenges women in the middle east have faced trying to do the things they love best, there are some who have defied…
Gambia’s First Female Presidential Candidate Calls on Jammeh ‘to go’
Gambia’s first-ever female presidential candidate recently said it was time for President Yahya Jammeh “to go”, promising to rejoin the Commonwealth community and set…
India: Supreme Court Orders Blocking of Online Pre-natal Gender Testing Adverts
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft will block online ads for gender determination tools in India, following an order by the country’s top court. India’s health…
UN-Women Launches Report Spotlighting Gender Equality in Global Universities
On the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly, UN Women have recently unveiled a report by 10 global universities that lays out…
