Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes, the world’s youngest female billionaire, is out to do good by taking a sample of your blood. Her company, Theranos, is revolutionising the blood testing industry.
From No Logo to the Vatican. Naomi Klein joins Pope Francis to fight climate change
Naomi Klein, the well-known social green activist, has been invited to the Vatican to debate the economy and climate. And the general public awakens.
Biking from Europe to Africa in the name of youth and women
Two young men embarked on a bike journey from the Netherlands to Cape Town to listen to young people and communicate their priorities to the United Nations.
Women give new life to Sri Lanka’s mangrove forests
In Sri Lanka, a micro-credit project for fisherwomen aims to safeguard and increase mangrove forests.
Kurdistan and the freed women fleeing from Islamic State
Syrian women flee. From war, extremism, and submission. These pictures show women finding their smile again, through colours.
The Mediterranean diet can protect women from uterine cancer
An Italian study published in the British Journal of Cancer reveals that women who eat a Mediterranean diet show a reduced risk of developing uterine cancer.
The photos of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet
We speak to Jo Farrell, the photographer who has taken the horror out of foot binding, aka “lotus feet”, and put tenderness into the story.
Women, guardians of biodiversity in Nepal. The photos in a WWF feature
In some of the most biodiverse forests in the world, women are responsible for safeguarding the environment. James Morgan’s photo feature documents the WWF’s project in the Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal.
Millennium Development Goals: What has and hasn’t been achieved
We’re ever nearer the deadline of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. What has and hasn’t been done to better women’s conditions globally.
Piplantri, the village that plants trees for women
New life for Indian women begins in the little village of Piplantri, Rajasthan, where 111 trees are planted for every girl that is born.