“More women should demand to be involved. It’s our right. This is one area where women can get in on the ground floor and possibly help to direct where space exploration will go in the future.” – Mae Jemison. American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
By Meresia Aloo
Ms Liya Kebede, is an unstoppable Ethiopian-born supermodel, international clothing designer, and top-notch actor who began her career at the mere age of 16 and became a mother at the age of 22.
A child’s identity begins the moment they are born; however, the teenage phase is a defining period. In this phase, critical decisions that will affect and shape their identities into adulthood will be made. One of such is the frequently asked question, “What will you want to be when you grow up?” Parents play a crucial role when it concerns kids’ aspirations of what they want to be. The adolescent age is where self-limiting thoughts can appear especially for girls, but the parent can help keep the passion of the teenage girl in check through conversations and creating the right opportunities.
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called for deliberate efforts to bridge the existing gender gap at all levels of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across the country.
By Khadija Yusra Sanusi
In July 2021, Dinidari Foundation – which envisions a society where fundamental rights of vulnerable women and youth are upheld – hosted a 4-hour conference titled From the Streets to Parliament: Strengthening Women’s Political Power in Nigeria. The conference was curated by Abuja Discourse, a platform coordinated by the foundation to curate conversations about policy and legislative-driven solutions to different issues including women, youths, electoral reforms, access to justice, bills, and sexual harassment.
“Women have a place at the table when it comes to science. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.” Marye Anne Payne Fox American physical organic chemist and university administrator. She was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
On Wednesday, bipartisan group of U.S. senators agreed a deal to renew a long-lapsed law to strengthen domestic violence protections, just hours after Hollywood actor and humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a tearful speech of support. Jolie’s voice broke as she acknowledged the women and children “for whom this legislation comes too late” in a speech in Washington D.C. “Standing here at the centre of our nation’s power, I can think only of everyone who has been made to feel powerless by their abusers by a system that failed to protect them,” Jolie, wearing a black suit and pearls, said. The Violence Against Women Act expired at the end of 2018, and U.S. President Joe Biden, who originally sponsored the bill as a senator in 1994, had campaigned on renewing it. The House of Representatives approved its renewal in a 244-172 vote almost a year ago, but the legislation stalled in…
