THE GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS OF FEMALE EMPOWERMENT STORIES & VOICES 
By Annamarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Nearly 60 percent of voting-eligible Americans did not vote in past elections, 35 percent of whom said that scheduling conflicts with work or school kept them from getting to the polls. In response, nonpartisan nonprofit Vote.org officially launched ElectionDay.org, an initiative […]
“I think we should march”, wrote Theresa Shook, a retired lawyer living in Hawaii, in a Facebook post right after election night. And that’s exactly what happened – over 5 […]
It has been described as “one of the great films about a woman, by a woman” by Richard Brody from the New Yorker. And for her feature film debut as […]
Ever since the end of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001, the country has undergone major governmental change and there is still much work to be done despite 15 […]
Let us just start off by saying this is a BIG freaking deal! News out of Afghanistan states they are set to open their very first Women’s University, which will […]
In a landslide and historic victory, Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first female president. She is the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, and managed to secure 56.12% of […]
If you have been keeping track of political news over the past week, aside from the usual daily spurts of US presidential campaign news, you may have heard the historic […]
Just call her Madam President! In a historic move, Nepal has elected its first female president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari. She is known as a champion of women’s rights and minorities, […]
On March 6 five Chinese women were detained by Police because they were suspected of creating a disturbance. What they were really doing was preparing for a protest on March […]