How Did A Jam Queen From Ghana Get To Be A Google Doodle?
Esther Afua Ocloo, a microfinance champion who got her start making marmalade, is the star of today's Google Doodle.
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Shot By Her Boyfriend And Now In A Wheelchair, She Found A 'New Me'
The State Department has honored Botswana's Malebogo Malefhe as a "woman of courage" for inspiring others to stand up to domestic abuse.
This Week In Race: A Spicer Dust-Up, Muslim Latinas Speak Out, Blue Men See Red
Busy week per always: resistance to deportations, black women get spicy with the White House press secretary, and Muslim Latinas. Yeah, really.
IMDb Adopts F-Rating Of Women's Contributions To Movies
The online database has embraced the rating intended to highlight directing, writing and other aspects of filmmaking by women. This expands the rating's reach to the site's more than 4 million titles.
This Garden Connects Bangladeshi Women With Restaurants — And Each Other
The female-run Bandhu Gardens in Michigan sells surplus vegetables from backyards and hosts pop-up dinners and cooking classes to help meet the needs of recent immigrants and their families back home.
VIDEO: Nike's New Ad Asks A Question Arab Women Know All Too Well
'What will they say about you?' It's the name of a new Nike ad targeted to Arab women.
14-Year-Old Who Fled South Sudan: 'They're Killing Women, Children'
The fighting in South Sudan has intensified. In search of refuge, thousands are pouring into neighboring Uganda.
Giving Power To Women In Ghana
A school is teaching them to be electrical engineers — and to defy local stereotypes that engineering is a man's job.
Birth Control Is Working Better – Or At Least, It's Failing Less
Failure rates for the most common forms of contraception are down, but it's not entirely clear whether it's due to education, availability, or other reasons.
Women Of NASA To Be Immortalized — In Lego Form
Lego figurines of five storied female NASA pioneers will soon grace toy-store shelves. The project, proposed by a science writer, is meant to shed light on women's contributions to the space program.