The Sophia Smith era is in full swing. The 22-year-old forward was voted 2022 U.S Soccer Player of the Year on Friday and subsequently became the first Black woman to win the award in its 38-year history. It’s a first-time…
The prestigious public education institute of Bangladesh, Dhaka University, was once called the Oxford of East. Stalwarts like physicist Satyendranath Bose taught the students at this University once, and the students also played a crucial role in the liberation of…
Three women in an urban beauty salon scheme plot against the manipulative owner to get their due in a madcap mix of social, romantic and material ambition. Everything, of course, goes terribly wrong but terribly funny in Dutch novelist Najoua…
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu arrived on the French Consulate red carpet for the season three premiere of “Emily in Paris,” giving a lesson on how to wear a cape. In honour of the latest season of the show, where she plays the character Sylvie, Leroy-Beaulieu…
Today women are at the forefront of development. From space to corporate board room, women are taking centre stage everywhere. Entrepreneurship, which has long been men’s territory, is now rapidly changing. Today women in India are charting their own paths…
Lights, camera, action! Did you imagine hearing that in a man’s voice? I sure did and that is a problem. Behind almost every other film in Pakistan, there’s usually a man in the director’s chair calling the shots. Given that…
Mobilink Microfinance Bank’s (MMBL) flagship women empowerment program, ‘Women Inspirational Network (WIN)’ has been recognized at the Women Empowerment Conference held in Karachi – a joint venture of the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO),…
If you’ve tasted Harlem Chocolate Factory’s flavours, you know that more actual words were never spoken. So it may surprise you that there were plenty of bumps along the road to growing the business. Jessica Spaulding, the founder of Harlem…
Recent breakthroughs have helped usher female athletes and their organizations closer to the mainstream than they’ve ever been. According to a 2018 Nielsen report on the rise of women’s sports, 84% of general sports fans now have an interest in women’s…
GOLF fans in Singapore will likely have the chance to watch the new women’s world No 1 player Atthaya Thitikul in action at the inaugural Singapore Women’s Open next month. The three-day tournament, which will take place from Dec 9-11…
