When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” – Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai also known mononymously as Malala, is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She was shot in the head by the Taliban in her home country of Pakistan in 2012 at age 15. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on her 16th birthday and she has since started a charity to help educate girls, gone on to attend Oxford University and opened her first school on her 18th birthday. Movies and books have been written about her. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan…
Pune Woman Makes India’s 1st Covid-19 Testing Kit Hours Before Delivering Her Baby
Virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale managed to provide India’s first coronavirus testing kit for evaluation just a day before she delivered her daughter Under her…
Jordan Women Workers Continue Making Protective Wears Amidst Coronavirus Hits
Government measures to stop the coronavirus spreading are keeping most of Jordan’s workers at home, but 40 women making crucial protective wear for medics…
WARIF tackles gender-based violence in Nigeria with mobile SMS platform
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – One year after launching a pioneering SMS service used by traditional birth attendants to fight gender-based violence in Nigeria, WARIF…
Innovating A Point-Of-Care Test To Solving Covid-19 Test Delay
By Miracle Nwankwo There is a growing list of women who are becoming more aware of what it means to be an amazon in…
COVID-19 Lockdown and the Fate of Small Businesses
By Boma Benjy – Iwuoha Since the commencement of the lockdown sequence which is being implemented in most cities across the globe to curb…
Words On The Marble
“The best protection any woman can have … is courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Moroccans laud Female Caid’s Sensitization Effort Amid COVID-19 Crisis
In Safi, a city in western Morocco, a female caid has been about the city raising awareness among the region’s inhabitants, telling them to…
Central Maine Women Sewing Face Masks to Help Fight Coronavirus
More than a dozen women in Central Maine are putting their sewing skills to good use by making face masks, which are currently in…
COVID-19 in Singapore: Pregnant Women to Get Priority Shopping Hour at Fairprice Outlets
NTUC FairPrice announced a new measure to help the vulnerable groups to shop at ease with safe distancing during this Covid-19 period. Starting from…
COVID-19: How those Suffering from Anxiety Disorders Can Cope
Being anxious occasionally is a normal part of life. We might worry about things like health, money, or family problems. In fact, a speaker…
COVID-19: How Are Female Caregivers Faring?
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health issue. It is a profound shock to our societies and economies, and as mostly evident in…
