Solar mamas light up their villages
They were simple women, mostly illiterate: after a brief training, they’ve changed the lives of people living in their community and become solar mamas, solar engineers.
8 women who are changing the world without you even realising
Here are just 8 of the most unstoppable women who are changing the world by subverting stereotypes, advancing rights and revolutionising history.
Ultracyclist Paola Gianotti talks about women. From the vantage point of pedalling around the world
After the World Cycling and Trans-Siberian tours and Bike the Nobel, Paola Gianotti tells us about her new challenge: 48 States, 48 days, 48 bikes for Ugandan women. With a wish for women the world over: you too can make your dreams come true.
A photo of baby Leonardo DiCaprio got people talking about women’s armpit hair
A Leonardo DiCaprio family photo was circulated on Facebook. Many people’s reaction wasn’t, oh what a cute baby Leo, but: look at his mother’s armpit hair.
Breastfeeding could save 800,000 children every year
Secondo uno studio pubblicato su The Lancet e finanziato anche dalla fondazione Bill e Melinda Gates, se tutte le mamme del mondo allattassero i loro figli ci sarebbero circa 800.000 morti in meno tra i bambini e 20.000 casi in meno di cancro tra le madri.
Thailand’s solar queen paves the way for photovoltaics in Southeast Asia
The photovoltaic revolution in Thailand was sparked by a woman, named the solar queen. And now the country is the Southeast leader in the field.
Berta Cáceres has been murdered. Who was the activist fighting for Honduran indigenous rights
L’omicidio della militante ecologista, leader della mobilitazione di una comunità indigena che ha bloccato la costruzione di una diga, è probabilmente legato alle sue battaglie ambientali.
Universal abolition of surrogacy: the movement launched in France
The French Parliament spent a day examining the issue of surrogacy. The result is a universal charter for the abolition of surrogate motherhood.
Clinton and Trump put their boxing gloves on after winning Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday, the single most important day in the US primaries, confirms Clinton and Trump as frontrunners. They’re now eyeing each other up for the ultimate prize.
Justice in Guatemala. Soldiers found guilty of sexual violence against indigenous women
The sexual slavery trial in Guatemala was the first in which such a violation was tried as a crime against humanity in the very country where it took place.