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Lucia Corno is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Cattolica University, Italy and visiting researcher at Harvard University, United States. She studies harmful social norms and consults governments and international organizations on the effectiveness of anti-poverty policies. Together we speak about her views on feminism and her latest research on […]

When Leah Hazard was a young girl, her big passion was theater and she dreamt of becoming an actress. After obtaining a degree in English literature from Harvard University and Directing from Glasgow University, she joined a TV company in Scotland. But to her surprise, the job wasn’t that fulfilling. When Leah’s first daughter was

In this interview with Grace Moronfulu – Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Thought Leader and Director at Carbonado Consultancy – we speak about growing up in Nigeria, being the country’s first female cartoonist, facing double disadvantage in the British state sector, launching a successful career as a single mom and fighting for women’s equality. Did you

The first interview in this series about inspiring feminists is with my friend of 7 years, Chloé Skye Weiser, a copywriter and journalist working on environmental sustainability and social responsibility, including sexual and reproductive justice. In this interview, Chloé reflects on her journey towards self-acceptance, finding literary and real-life role models, and pushing the envelope

When Nadine Goodman, a young social worker and public health graduate from Columbia University arrived in Mexico in 1981 to learn Spanish, she had in mind to stay a few months and return. But that never happened. Instead she settled down and co-founded the Center for Adolescents of San Miguel de Allende (CASA) – one

This is one of my most favorite articles that I’ve ever written. I interviewed four amazing activists – Joan Kembabazi (Gufasha Girls Foundation, Uganda), Joan Castro (the Path Foundation Phillippines Inc, the Philipines), Carina Hirsch (Margaret Pyke Trust, UK) and Carissa Patrone Maikuri (climate and community development expert, USA) – and talked to them about

Coming from a family of seven children, Chidera Benoit knows better than anyone how challenging it is to grow up in a big family in Nigeria and achieve a good living standard. Convinced that Nigerian women and men should be free to decide their family size, this young and motivated teacher and Executive Director of

Being a girl in any patriarchal society is tough. But living in a place where girls are married off as teenagers, are expected to have 7+ kids, and are regularly beaten and expected to keep mum about it? That’s damn hard. In the northwestern region of Pakistan, this is women’s daily bread. The worst thing?

Read my article on Sierra, which features the work of environmental leaders Stuart Pimm, Richard Heinberg and Florence Blondel, and get inspired by their tips on staying optimistic in the midst of the climate and extinction crises.

When Micaela Locke looks back at the history of Reserva Ecologica de Guapiacu (REGUA), she does it with a proud smile on her face. Thanks to the smart decision of her grandfather and an English donor, this former farm escaped the fate of many other abandoned rural places – namely, transformation into factories or a