BBC It’s a safe bet. Sending cardboard boxes to poor countries will be the next big global child health initiative. The…
Humanosphere correspondent Jessica Mack was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week for the third annual Women Deliver conference, which is…
A new game released on Facebook wants to raise awareness about the challenges faced by women around the world. Half the Sky aims to be a movement about empowering girls and women worldwide, fighting gender discrimination and oppression.
This is another one of those perhaps counter-intuitive and positive stories about Africa — presuming you see the increasing political…
Actor and women’s advocate Geena Davis — Thelma in the 1991 hit ‘neo-feminist’ movie Thelma & Louise — was in…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and Farming First have produced this interactive graphic showing how women pull their…
I’ve written a lot on Humanosphere about how young people, aka the Millennials, are especially interested these days in trying…
I’ve been reporting this week on the United Nations’ declared support (however vague) for expanding the global health agenda to…
Forbes magazine recently published its selection of the world’s most powerful women, including a sub-list called the “20 youngest power…