All posts tagged "africa"
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462NEWSStitching Hygiene Kits So Girls Can Stay In School: Volunteers Marking Third Year Of Day For Girls
By Tammy Ayer Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash. WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) In many parts of the developing world, where access to tampons and...
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486BusinessBaskets, Other Goods Part Of St. Louis Entrepreneur’s Goal To Build Girls’ School In West Africa
By Colleen Schrappen St. Louis Post-Dispatch WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Social entrepreneur Sofi Seck says her company “Expedition Subsahara” is a way...
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657TECHNOLOGYRwanda Is Pushing Gender Diversity In Tech. Should Silicon Valley Take Notes?
By Marissa Lang San Francisco Chronicle WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) After watching one too many beauty pageants, a group of fed up...
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575NEWSGates Foundation Boosted Funding For Birth Control, Women’s Rights In 2017
By Sandi Doughton The Seattle Times WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) The Gates Foundation increased funding in 2017 for efforts to improve the...
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557ENTERTAINMENTJane Goodall Reflects On A Lifelong Mission To Save The Planet, And She’s Far From Finished
By Amy Kaufman Los Angeles Times WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) A major focus of “Jane”, which will be shown next year on...
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448TECHNOLOGYProgram Offers STEM Support For Women From Africa, Middle East
By Kevin Kelly Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) “TechWomen” is an initiative of the State Department designed to...