Many Japanese women are stuck in limited roles in the workplace, and one of the biggest hindrances to their ambitions — and the nation’s as a whole — is the disproportionate burden women shoulder at home. While they have entered the work force at historic levels, their avalanche of domestic responsibilities is not shrinking —…
Graciela Iturbide’s Photos of Mexico Make ‘Visible What, to Many, Is Invisible’
Graciela Iturbide may be one of the most renowned photographers working today. Five decades into her journey with a camera, her work, most famously in indigenous communities in her native Mexico, has achieved that rare trifecta — admired by critics, revered by fellow photographers and adored by the public. She continues to travel, photograph and…
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 –…
Female Ranchers are Reclaiming the American West
As men leave animal agriculture for less gritty work, more ranches are being led by women — with new ideas about technology, ecology and the land. “Our current generation of land managers is aging out of that role. You could look at that as a disaster, or you could really look at that as an opportunity…
11 Science Podcasts From Women That Will Blow Your Mind
Science is amazing in all its forms — and if you don’t have enough time to grab the latest issue of Nature, there are still many ways to keep up to date on the weird and wonderful new discoveries coming out of STEM all over the world. Enter podcasts. They’ve been particularly great as a…
Why So Many Women Travel to Denmark for Fertility Treatments
Denmark, a country of 5.7 million people, has the greatest proportion of babies born through assisted reproductive technology (ART). While approximately 1.7% of all infants born in the U.S. are conceived using ART, an estimated 8% to 10% of Danish babies are born using these techniques. But it’s not just the Danish residents who benefit from fertility treatment options. This article…
Meet the “Brave Ones”: The Women Saving Africa’s Wildlife
Phundundu Wildlife Park – located in Zimbabwe – is a 115 square mile former trophy hunting area that is part of a larger ecosystem home to some 11,000 elephants. It is also the first nature reserve in the world to be managed and protected by an all-women ranger unit. This ranger unit – who call…
Welcome to Jinwar, a Women-Only Village in Syria
A war zone perhaps isn’t the most obvious setting for a feminist utopia. But here, in a far corner of a country that has been devastated by ongoing conflict, a group of women have created an escape from the chaos around them. Built over the past two years, this small hamlet is a self-sustaining, ecological…
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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