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Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Protecting Society’s Vulnerable
The South African mayor explains how her city is coping with severe drought — and declares it the responsibility of women mayors to safeguard vulnerable women from climate change.
This 6-Horse Startup Helps Kids With Special Needs
Chelsea Harden’s The H.E.A.R.T. Center offers therapeutic riding lessons to children with physical, emotional and behavioral challenges.
The Afterbirth Entrepreneur
Jennifer Mayer’s firm, Brooklyn Placenta Services, is part of a growing industry led by women that’s turning placentas into pills.
London Dispatch: Marianne Hughes Wants to Teach You About Your Clothes
The can-do founder of KnowLabel sits down to talk about building her new company and its app, which informs shoppers about the social and environmental impact of the clothes they wear.
A Fan Teams With Singer Martina McBride to Do Good
Through Team Music is Love, Sheila Jones leads fans of country star Martina McBride in “flash mob volunteering.” Together they tackle domestic violence, hunger and more through tour-stop activities and the power of song.
London Dispatch: Yang Liu, From VC to Entrepreneur
The founder and CEO of JoeyWears, a men’s underwear company, talks about leaving venture capital for entrepreneurship.
In Business to Make You Click
In 1999, Jessica Rovello helped invent viral content as promoter of “The Blair Witch Project.” Now a successful female tech entrepreneur, her firm Arkadium is helping large online publishers engage the internet masses.
TSE Quick Take: Why Women’s Businesses Remain Stubbornly Small
A new report from the SBA Office of Advocacy takes a stab at understanding the reasons why sales and employee numbers at women-owned businesses continue to lag those of men.
A Retirement Career Emerges from a Beloved Hobby
Beverly Nance is bringing together a love of puzzles and desire to foster human connections with her game-making venture Puzzlebilities, which she is growing in retirement.
In Rural Uganda, Women Supporting Women
Seven Ugandan women farmers banded together in 2015 to found the Network of Women in Agribusiness and Development. They’re already giving hundreds of poor women in rural communities the skills and confidence to improve their lives.
3 Solutions from Women to a Staggering Plastic Problem
Plastic waste is harming marine life — and human life — around the globe. Through businesses and nonprofits, these women are hoping to turn the tide.
A Traveling Mom Finds a Mission in a Simple, Sustainable Idea
A nomadic lifestyle inspired Angela Tsai to found Mamachic, which designs versatile scarves that make life easier for new moms, and the products parents use more eco-friendly.
Love for a Sensual Dance Fuels a Body-Positivity Mission
Oreet Jehassi Schwartz of Philadelphia designed SharQui, a belly dance class for fitness fans. Then it became the foundation for lasting a business — and a tool to help women around the world love the bodies they’ve got.
Building Schools and Futures in Central America
Boston’s Kate Curran started School the World to build schoolhouses and change the lives of children living in extreme poverty. It turns out she’s transforming the lives of privileged kids, too.