Read any book about the history of the World and it’s likely that you’ll be left with one overriding impression: that human beings find it impossible to live in peace with one another. With this recent standoff between Russia and Ukraine which has been developing over the last few weeks, it seems a good time to ponder why this seems to be the case. How Can We Explain Pathological Behavior? Evolutionary psychologists sometimes suggest that it’s natural for human groups to wage war because … [Read more...]
Can Free Education Benefit Global Economy?
March 3, 2022 by
Free education is education funded through government spending or charitable organizations rather than tuition funding. Many models of free higher education have been proposed around the world. Primary school and other comprehensive or compulsory education is free in many countries (often not including primary textbook). Tertiary education is also free in certain countries, including post-graduate studies in the Nordic countries. The Article 13 of International Covenant on Economic, … [Read more...]
Celebrating Women in Government
March 2, 2022 by
Full active participation of women in legislatures that hold seats equal to men is not just a goal in itself but is central to building and sustaining democracies. The equal presence of women, their leadership and their perspective in governments is essential to ensure greater responsiveness to all citizens’ needs. Our world is slowly recognizing this need. Over the last 20 years, the proportion across the globe increased from 13% in 2000 to 2% per cent in 2020. Africa has increased the … [Read more...]
Women World Banking Leadership Program – Apply Extended
March 1, 2022 by
Application deadline extended! The Leadership & Diversity Program for Regulators is now accepting applications on a rolling basis. Join our 12-week program that equips senior officials (gender inclusive) from central banks and other regulatory agencies in emerging markets with the skills to create an enabling environment for women’s financial inclusion and develop women leaders within their institutions. From May 2 - July 29, participants join a series of interactive, live … [Read more...]
Strike a Pose: Evvy Gets High Praise From Vogue
February 26, 2022 by
Evvy is revolutionizing the way the world views vaginas and the vaginal microbiome. The brand’s at-home vaginal microbiome test is finally giving women answers as to what’s up down there by decoding the vaginal microbiome and how it might be related to vaginal symptoms and overall female health challenges. As the first company to use metagenomic sequencing in vaginal health testing, their work is a bold step toward closing the gender health gap — and Vogue took notice. Evvy was recently … [Read more...]
Avaaz Petition: We Stand with the People of Ukraine
February 25, 2022 by
Dear friends, 50,000 casualties. Millions of refugees. Democracy in retreat. That’s what experts fear could be the deadly cost of Putin’s senseless invasion of Ukraine. Efforts to prevent war have failed, but efforts to end it must succeed. Fast. Civilians are being killed right now because Putin believes the world is too divided to hold him to account. Let's show him he's wrong, with a massive, urgent open letter from people everywhere calling on governments to impose far-reaching … [Read more...]
Women Who Code – Mentoring Girls to Code is Key
February 23, 2022 by
Coding is not, and has never been, gender-specific. Some of the very first programmers in history were women! By learning code at an early age, girls develop a better grasp for the technology, which helps them find better solutions and manage failure. Teaching girls to code gives children the chance to experience the feeling of failure, so that they learn not to give up when something doesn't work out, but rather begin again. Coding helps girls with academic performance and problem … [Read more...]
Women in Finance Build Global Sustainability
February 22, 2022 by
Sustainable Finance Sustainable Finance is the process of taking due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to increased longer-term investments into sustainable economic activities and projects (European Commission). The Global Program on Sustainability promotes the use of high quality-data and analysis on natural capital, ecosystem services and sustainability to better inform decisions made … [Read more...]
Palindrome: February 22, 2022
February 22, 2022 by
What is a Palindrome? A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam or racecar. There are also numeric palindromes, including date/time stamps using short digits 11/11/11 or 11:11 and long digits 02/02/2020. Sentence-length palindromes ignore capitalization, punctuation, and word boundaries. The palindrome ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ 'Wash your sins, not only your face' in Greek on a holy water … [Read more...]
Climate Change: How Women are Key to Sustainability
February 15, 2022 by
Women have proven to be leading the way towards more equitable and sustainable solutions to climate change. Across sectors, women's innovations and expertise have transformed lives and livelihoods, and increased climate resilience and overall well-being. Global negotiations have increasingly reflected the growing understanding of gender considerations in climate decision making over the last eight years. Continued progress towards gender equality can help achieve successful climate action. … [Read more...]
Empower and Inspire Girls into STEM – WiSTEM
February 13, 2022 by
A Social Approach to a Fact Oriented Field In 2017, Women in STEM was founded at the University of Chicago Lab Schools as a mechanism to bridge the gap between social justice and academic fields. Recognizing the issue was the foundation for our work that followed. Translating discussion and theory to concrete action and passionate activism ultimately became the primary focus of our organization in the forms of various initiatives. Since March of 2017, we have been developing dually-driven … [Read more...]
Women’s Input in Building the Future of Business in Singapore
February 13, 2022 by
Although gender balance has been seen only as a women’s issue, it is also a business issue. According to a recent study by McKinsey Global Institute, it is estimated that if women in Asia-Pacific were accorded equal opportunity at work, they would generate an additional GDP annually that would be the same as an economy the size of both Germany and Austria put together. Besides the economic contribution, women in leadership are practical role models of change and progress among their … [Read more...]
Giving From the Heart this Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2022 by
Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate the love in one's life and does not have to become a day of breaking the bank or leaving yourself with huge credit card debts for spring. In this new world of post pandemic living, many people are now accustomed to staying home and staying safe. This new way of thinking has actually re-opened old doors for people to experience celebration without the huge nightclub or restaurant tabs. This Valentine's Day 2022 can be the beginning of new ways to show … [Read more...]
Black Love Day (in honor of Black History Month)
February 12, 2022 by
Every year on Feb. 13 the unique power of love within black culture is celebrated on Black Love Day. In 1993, Ayo Handy-Kendi, the founder of the African American Holiday Association, created Black Love Day as an alternative to Valentine’s Day for black Americans. While love is a universal concept, Black Love Day is about embracing black culture and practicing the following five tenets: love for the creator, self, family, black community and the black race. Black Love Day also aims to … [Read more...]
Short Wavy Trends for Thick Hair in 2022
February 11, 2022 by
“Short hair, don’t care!” Today, short hair is a permanent trend. Women with short cuts give a clear message – they are free, independent, powerful, but in the meantime, they are gentle and feminine. One of the best ways to wear short strands is to go for wavy or curly hair. A wavy texture looks very feminine and romantic; it fits almost every face shape, and it goes well with any outfit you choose. Different variations of a bob hairstyle, a Pixie haircut, attractive waves with a side part … [Read more...]
