Published in partnership with Rukhshana Media, an Afghan women’s media organization, and The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women. When Taliban fighters encroached on the Afghan capital Sunday, Zainab, a reporter in her mid-20s, made a decision to leave the country. She had never been abroad, but it did […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday opened the doors of the National Defence Academy (NDA) based in Pune to women and passed an interim order allowing them to take the entrance exam scheduled for November 14. The observation by the apex court on the ‘regressive mindset’ of the armed forces vis a vis women has touched […]

Dasera announced that it has named three women to its leadership team: Erin Swanson as VP Marketing, April Mitchell as Head of Engineering, and Deepti Hemwani as Head of Product. Dasera’s new leaders are masters of their craft and will help Dasera dramatically accelerate its product development and market presence. These female executive hires also […]

In a recent study by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), researchers found that overall, women are more than 20 per cent less likely than their male counterparts to be aware of federal deposit protection. The federal Crown corporation says that in Canada, women are at a 50 per cent awareness rate, compared to […]

The City of Edmonton will be offering free menstrual products in all women’s and gender-inclusive washrooms in city-owned facilities this year. Sarah Komadina spoke with Scarlet Bjornson from No Woman Without, which works to increase access to menstrual products for all women.