Filipa Carreira has been interested in sexual education for a long time. Fifteen years it turns out. After giving her very first sex-ed class at the young age of 15,…
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Taliban Extends its Ban on Girls’ Education
…ordered a shutdown of schools for girls in 6th grade and older, according to CNN. Initially, following foreign pressure, the Taliban had announced that girls could resume their education after…
This Special Education Teacher Wants to Do What’s Right as State Rep
Janise Robinson is running to represent Michigan’s 28th House district. (Credit: Janise Robinson’s campaign) Janise Robinson is, first and foremost, a teacher. She has taught special education in her home…
Taliban Bans Women From Higher Education
The education and employment restrictions against women are accompanied by strict dress codes requiring women to cover their faces in public. (Credit: Arnesen, Wikimedia Commons) The Taliban government has banned…
A Math Club Founder Wants to ‘Find a Path That Provides Some Equity’ in Education
…rift is even wider now. McIver points out that “the pandemic has pulled back the curtains on the incredible disparities in education opportunities and resources” between families with and without…
She’s Bringing Music Education to Kids Across the Globe
Amy Richter, founder of Music Workshop. (Credit: Courtesy of Music Workshop) 1,000 Stories She’s Bringing Music Education to Kids Across the Globe Amy Richter shares free music curricula with teachers…
They’re Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Through Education, Support & Networking
…provides education, support, and networking to other female business owners. While Covid-19 has posed many challenges for the duo, they’ve adapted their business model and moved all their events to…
Literacy as a Solution to Educational Inequality
Education can be a great equalizer or a great divider. The same system that can enable less advantaged children to move up the economic ladder in adulthood, far too often,…
On a Mission To Educate Girls in Afghanistan
…Basij-Resikh’s own desire for education became more strident. At just 16 years old, she met with the Deputy Minister of Education in Kabul to propose the building of a high…
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Inclusion, Empowerment and Education
The female crowdfunders featured below are raising money for projects that promote understanding, increase knowledge and foster inclusivity, in their respective communities and beyond. Check out these 5 women-led crowdfunding…
Tech Education Coming to Women in West Africa
More than 1,500 women from Nigeria will get the chance to improve their tech know-how in order to better their professional lives, thanks to a new effort by the Youth…
Public Programs Supported Her Through Poverty. She’s Running to Protect Them
…and support after the Great Recession of 2008 gutted education funding statewide. As a proud public school graduate herself, Reese took the cause personally. “Education was really what gave me…
How Celebrity Women Are Lifting Up The Sisterhood
…Burch Foundation has an education program in partnership with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and Babson College. It provides everything from training in negotiations and marketing to employee management and…
A Timeline of Women in Afghanistan
…travel without a male escort. August 13, 2022 Women gather outside the education ministry in Kabul to protest the ban on education. Taliban fighters break up the demonstration. November 10,…
Hillary Clinton: Women Are Not Victims, We Are Agents of Change
…one thinks about this annual conference it really is intended to, and I believe has, focused attention on the global challenges facing women from equal rights and education, to human…