Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries in the world for women, requires that all women obtain permission from their male “guardian” (usually a father or husband, or sometimes a brother or son) to travel, have medical procedures, or make other types of decisions. In 2015, the Saudi government created an app called Absher…
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What Happens When Girls in One of India’s Largest Slums Start Coding and Building Apps
The Dharavi area of Mumbai, India is home to nearly a million people, and one of the world’s largest slums. It was the setting for the movie Slumdog Millionaire, and many who live there are destitute and illiterate. But in 2014, documentary filmmaker Nawneet Ranjan started a nonprofit called Dharavi Diary, which teaches children –…
Researchers Built A Smart Dress to Show How Often Women Are Groped at Clubs
For a campaign on behalf of beverage company Schweppes, advertising agency Ogilvy created a touch-sensitive dress that tracked how often—and with what degree of intensity—women in Brazil were groped on an average night out. The goal was to elevate the issue to men, who expressed in preliminary interviews that harassment was not a major issue for club-going…
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