Fe del Mundo: Revolutionizing Filipino Healthcare
Early Life and Education Fe del Mundo was born on November 27th, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. As the sixth child of eight children, she witnessed three of her siblings’ death in her childhood. When she was 11, one of her older sisters died of appendicitis, which motivated her to pursue a medical career to help […]
Women’s History Month: Commemorating Katherine Johnson
March is Women’s History Month: during this time, we celebrate and commemorate women all around the world. One of these incredible women is Katherine Johnson, a remarkable mathematician who worked at NASA and greatly contributed to the Space Race in the 20th century. She passed away at age 101 on February 24th, 2020. Mrs. Johnson […]
Big Banks Go Against Net Zero Pledges
ShareAction, a registered British charity that promotes responsible investment, has claimed that large banks keep funding new oil and gas plants despite their commitment to achieving net zero. In a new report, ShareAction pointed to big banks in Europe such as HSBC, Barclays, and Deutsche Bank as the organizations that had betrayed their net zero […]
UAE Single Parents Still Struggle
Single parents in the UAE are in fear as they struggle to receive birth certificates for their children born out of wedlock, and will soon risk punishment as a new law will come into effect. Hundreds of women, with their children, were released from jail when the United Arab Emirates decriminalized premarital sex in November […]
Red Friday: Cryptocurrencies’ Price Dive
Big and small cryptocurrencies drastically fell as Black Friday sales began, amidst fears over a new strain of Covid-19. This year’s Black Friday sales began with cryptocurrencies suffering a sharp price fall, prompted by fears over the announcement of Omicron, a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 strain found in multiple countries. Among the cryptocurrencies are […]
China’s Crackdown on Education
The private education sector is the latest sector affected by China’s massive crackdown on private industries. The Chinese government has been cracking down on various sectors of its industry, including technology, cryptocurrency, property, and gaming. The most recent sector they have gone after is the private education sector, following the official announcement of the “double […]
An Uncertain Future for Female Judges in Afghanistan
More than 220 female judges in Afghanistan are in hiding, fearing for their lives after receiving threats from criminals they had convicted. Concerns over human rights —especially women’s rights— rose when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021. Many feared that all the rights women had recuperated over the last decades, including the right […]