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
Omani feminist and climate change activist Rumaitha Al Busaidi shares her unique insights and tips on how to pursue your dreams and negotiate for a better life. 📺 Watch our interview on YouTube. About Rumaitha: • She is the first female football analyst in the Arab world. • She is an adventurer, having explored the
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When Rhett Butler created a website called Mongabay 25 years ago, he had no idea it would become one of the most popular webs about conservation. But it’s no wonder it did. For years, Rhett Butler worked 100 hours per week. He wrote thousands of articles about rainforests and published tens of thousands of photos
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When Reinhard Nyandire was small, he lived in a mud hut and ate one meal per day. But that never stopped him from dreaming he would one day become a wildlife conservationist. Ignoring the teasing from his friends, he went on to study Environmental Planning and became a successful conservationist. Thanks to his social media
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When Ayesha Amin, a renowned Pakistani women’s rights activist, first saw a condom in a workshop, she refused to touch it. “I felt so embarrassed that I just wanted to disappear,” she says. Her shame, however, turned into curiosity and this moment helped Amin realize that talking about sex and reproduction shouldn’t be taboo. In
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Even though child marriage might seem like a thing of the past for some of us, one in five girls globally are still married off under the age of 18. This means that for millions of these child brides, their childhood, education and future have been stolen forever. Uneducated women often end up having worse
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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
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If we truly want to liberate women, access to contraception is just the tip of the iceberg. We also need to feel comfortable talking about our bodies, our sexuality and sensuality, menstruation, post-partum depression, parental burnout and menopause. Because if we feel ashamed or embarrassed about these topics, we’re still being repressed. That’s just 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