This month, Penny Mordaunt became the UK’s first female defense secretary, managing a department with a yearly budget of about $47 billion. Her appointment means that, right now, the six biggest military budgets in Europe are overseen by women. This short article gives a quick look at the countries in Europe whose military budgets are currently…
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A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It’s Coming To The US Next.
A huge student protest movement led almost exclusively by teenage girls and young women is sweeping Europe, and it’s on the brink of breaking through in the US. The protests are injecting a new urgency into the debate around climate change, and calling attention to a lack of action by governments. They are also 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…