Click here to view original web page at www.oprahmag.com During a 50-year career that culminated in three Grammys, one Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Pulitzer nomination, and 36 books, Maya Angelou never failed to use the power of her skilled words to candidly reflect on the sorrows and celebrations of the human experience. “The world […]
The True History of the Ultimate Wardrobe Essential—Your Bra
Click here to view original web page at www.vogue.com Few clothing items are as entwined with the evolution of fashion and the cultural status of women as the bra. From its functional past to its fashionable present, the bra has shifted from a piece that is meant to remain hidden to one that women now […]
Stressing Gender Parity Essential for Peace, Development, Secretary-General Tells Women’s Commission ‘We Will Not Turn Back’ to End Imbalance in Power Relations
Click here to view original web page at reliefweb.int SG/SM/19487-ORG/1687-WOM/2171 Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York today (prefaced by remarks about the 10 March Ethiopian Airlines plane crash): As you walked into the United Nations today, […]
Best and worst states for women named in report
Click here to view original web page at www.finalcall.com What’s your opinion on this article? Along with Louisiana, a recent report ranks Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Mississippi as the worst places for women to live and with Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Dakota, District of Columbia, New York, Connecticut, […]
Women pioneers of geospatial intelligence
Click here to view original web page at www.geospatialworld.net ‘ Women hold up half the sky’ and in the saga of human accomplishments and path-breaking discoveries, women have been pioneers, innovators, flagbearers, tech evangelists, polymaths, and mavericks. While many of them got the accolades they deserved in the span of their lifetime, others remain unsung […]
The first female duo is set to walk in space, says Nasa
Click here to view original web page at www.heraldlive.co.za Astronaut Anne McClain is one of two women who are set for a spacewalk on March 29. Nasa has confirmed that two astronauts will make history on March 29 as the first female duo to take part in a spacewalk. As the only two women who […]