Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the Swiss pilots and co-founders of the solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse, have announced a partnership between ABB, a power and automation technology company, and PACT, an international non-governmental organization, to bring solar energy to rural communities in Myanmar. The partnership was announced during Solar Impulse’s fourth stop on its trip around the world. The airplane […]
Kimberley Motley is a lawyer. She is the first foreign attorney to set up a practice in Afghanistan. She left the United States in 2008, intending just to work there for a year, but when she saw the atrocious conditions in an Afghan prison she decided to offer her legal services to foreigners imprisoned in the country and, later, to Afghans. […]
Founded in 1996, Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) is a women’s empowerment organization specifically dedicated to peacebuilding in communities in Africa. It fosters and supports women’s initiatives in the resolution of conflicts in Africa and the respect of women’s rights. It also strengthens women’s leadership capacity to help them restore and maintain peace in their countries. […]
Here’s an important idea that aims to encourage equality, justice, and dignity globally. “Creative for Good” is an initiative that uses media campaigns to promote social causes, for instance to stop violence against women in India. That campaign, just one example, is called Ring the Bell (“Bell Bajao”). It proposes one simple action: ringing a doorbell. What […]
Here’s news of a project that has the potential to reach millions of women and men and to open new perspectives for women’s empowerment in Arab-speaking communities. It’s the exclusive Arabic radio fiction series entitled “Worth 100 Men” (Be 100 Ragl), which aims to spark a new debate on the role of women in society […]
Denis Mukwege is quite a figure. He’s a gynecologist in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to performing surgery and repairing victims of rape used as weapons of war in Congo, Dr. Mukwege is an outspoken proponent of human rights and dignity. He is helping and empowering thousands of survivors of sexual violence, while […]
It’s a terrible subject, so let’s examine how we can help fight gendercide. According to the “It’s a Girl” website and documentary, 200 million girls in India and China are missing. Each of us can do our part to publicize this phenomenon in order to eradicate it, although it will take time. Together let’s: Tell world leaders to […]
Finally, domestic workers are being recognized and given the same rights as other workers. On 5 September the International Labour Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention came into force. According to the ILO, “Currently there are at least 53 million domestic workers worldwide, not including child domestic workers, and this number is increasing steadily in developed and developing countries. The […]
Dr. Kshama Metre is making a difference. She is contributing to the alleviation of poverty in the developing world. She leads an organization called CORD, or the Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development, which works in rural India. Dr. Metre is an example of what just one individual can do to make others’ lives better. A pediatrician, Dr. Metre has set […]
