Women weren’t allowed to officially serve in combat jobs when Emelie Vanasse started her ROTC program at George Washington University. Instead, she used her biology degree to serve as a medical officer — but it still bothered Vanasse to be shut out of something just because she was a woman. “I always felt like, who
Following the resumption of primary and secondary schools, which put pressure on parents’ hustling and bustling spirits, particularly single mothers who are raising their children independently, Within Nigeria journalist, SODIQ LAWAL CHOCOMILO spoke with a number of single mothers who opened up about their struggles and how their husbands had abandoned them. In the first
BEIRUT – As the co-founder and chief executive of a green tech company based in Morocco, Dr Salma Bougarrani said she often finds herself the only woman in the room. “This isn’t very encouraging. You feel like you’re an extraterrestrial,” said Dr Bougarrani, 34, whose Green Watech company specialises in using energy efficient techniques to
Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos: what these names have in common is they are all founders of some of tech’s most powerful companies. The other key thing they have in common is they’re all men. While there are many women founders—Melanie Perkins of Canva and Sandy Lerner of Cisco are just two