June 19th is Juneteenth, or emancipation day!


 


Although the emancipation proclamation on January 1, 1863 declared that slavery was unjust and illegal, it continued in many southern states. During the civil war, many slaveowners shipped their…

Esther W. Hyman’s dedication to the improvement of the status of women is an inspiration for the empowerment of all women. Born in 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, Esther was a lifelong champion of international understanding, engaged in activities aimed…

Growing up in a politically tumultuous country, Tawakkol witnessed the unification of North and South Yemen in 1990, followed by a civil war between the two factions in 1994 in which the North triumphed over the South. The civil war led to…

Valerie Thomas (born February 8, 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American scientist and inventor who, while working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), invented a way to transmit three-dimensional images, or…

Internationally known as “Africa’s Iron Lady,” Nobel Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a leading promoter of freedom, peace, justice, women’s empowerment and democratic rule. As Africa’s first democratically-elected female head of state, she has led…

GPS has changed the lives of everyone forever.
Gladys West (born October 27, 1930, Sutherland, Virginia) is an American mathematician known for her work contributing to the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
As valedictorian of her…

President Joyce Banda was born in 1950 in Malawi. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from Atlantic International University. She’s founded and directed many organizations such as the National Association of Business Women of Malawi, the Young Women…

Mary Eliza Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th century. An Oberlin College graduate and one of the first African-American women to earn a…

A proponent of civil rights, women’s emancipation and anti-imperialist ideas,Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman to be the President of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and be appointed governor of an Indian state, United Provinces in…

A Franco-Georgian politician and former diplomat, she was elected as Georgia’s last popularly elected President in 2018, and will serve until 2024, when constitutional changes will see that future heads of state are elected by a parliamentary…

Today is Equal Pay Day; created to raise awareness of the issue of inequality in pay between genders. Every year Equal Pay Day falls on a different date. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, “This date symbolizes how far into the year…

Ghada Saba is Jordan’s first female cinema director and a UN Women Gender Equality Champion. A strong believer in the significance of representation in media, Saba has written, directed, and produced hundreds of documentaries and short films,…