

Few people look at gender equality the way 28-year-old Sombodhi Ghosh, from India, does. When Sombodhi realised the female helpers around him were being shunned during their monthly menstrual cycle,…
It was just like any other evening for 34-year-old Anietie Etuk, from Nigeria. “I was driving home from work when I noticed a mother with two children, selling bananas from…
Sara Gingold, 23, from Australia, is a volunteer for Cambodian-Singaporean non-profit organisation, Riverkids. Sara – along with her teammates; Peo Bona, 30, from Cambodia, and Elaine Woon, 42, from Singapore…
Shrutikantha Kandali, 23, from India, is a qualitative researcher and writer for non-profit organisation, Going to School. Shrutikantha – along with her teammates; 33-year-old Nishi Arora, 30-year-old Satyam Vyas, and…
After experiencing the limitations of trying to create positive social change in the public sector, Alana Hitchcock Weber, from the USA, decided to take matters into her own hands. In 2012,…
Ask anyone who works in gender equality why women’s empowerment is important to them, and you’ll receive an array of responses, often citing facts and figures which serve to prove…
Sheena Jamora, 28, from the Philippines, is the Executive Director of non-profit organisation, Sinag. Sheena – along with teammates Meiling Lee, 28, and Carlos Soriano, 28 – was recently named…
It’s an ambitious idea; start a food-processing plant in Bomba, Zimbabwe, which sources produce from local female growers. Then, use proceeds from the sale of the canned produce to fund…
Mention the word “pumpkin” to many people and it conjures responses such as “Halloween”, “the colour orange”, “an affectionate nickname” and the perennial favourite, “soup”. But for Joyce Kyalema, from Uganda,…