All posts tagged "Janeen Edwards"
Seventh-Grader’s Spoken Word Poem Goes ViralWhen 7th-grade teacher Brett Cornelius gave his class a spoken word poem assignment, one of his students, Olivia, presented a poem...
Badass WomenSeptember 4, 2017- UC Berkeley Appoints First and Oldest Woman to Chancellor Position
Carol Christ first stepped onto the University of California Berkeley campus in the early ‘90s as a young, new professor. Now,...
Badass WomenSeptember 1, 2017 - Women Use Virtual Reality to Create New Opportunities In Silicon Valley
The up and coming industry, virtual reality, has been making waves in the technology sector. A spring 2017 virtual reality industry...
Be InformedAugust 28, 2017 - Modern Slavery Risk Increases For EU Countries
The risk of modern slavery has risen in 20 member states of the European Union. A global ranking, released recently, reported...
Be InformedAugust 25, 2017 - Minnesota Authorities and Anti-Sex Trafficking Groups Team Up To Utilize Super Bowl 2018
Minnesota authorities and nonprofit organizations are taking action to stop the thriving criminal sexual enterprise that has taken hold of the...
Be InformedAugust 24, 2017 - Ancient Tradition Of Exiling Menstruating Women To Be Outlawed In Nepal
Stronger laws to reinforce the ban of an ancient Hindu practice, called Chhaupadi, have been passed in Nepal. Although the practice...
Be InformedAugust 23, 2017 - Woman Made Gallery Won’t Let Even Death Threats Stop Them
Of the many organizations that have taken great strides to ensure the gender equality, one of the most noteworthy would have...
Badass WomenAugust 16, 2017 - Pakistani Woman Receives Death Threats For Calling Out Colleague’s Inappropriate Messages
Pakistani lawyer, Ayesha Gulalai Wazir, has accused male colleague and Pakistani politician, Imran Khan, of sending her inappropriate text messages on...
Be InformedAugust 15, 2017 - Saudi Arabian Activist Freed After Being Imprisoned for Women’s Rights
After 104 days in prison without trial, Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist Mariam al-Otaibi has been released. Otaibi was arrested in...
Badass WomenAugust 10, 2017 - Malaysia’s Rampant Sexism Taints Its Government
Rape victims would have miserable lives without husbands, explained Malaysian Member of Parliament and former syariah court judge Shabudin Yahaya. In...
Be InformedAugust 8, 2017 - Afghan Women Have The Right To A Name
My Goat. My Weak One. My Chicken. As reported by a New York Times article, these demeaning names are just a...
Be InformedAugust 6, 2017 - Papua New Guinea’s Gender Inequality Reflected In Recent Parliamentary Election
Of the 91 newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) in Papua New Guinea’s recent election, held from June 24 to July...
Be InformedAugust 3, 2017 - 19-Year-Old Teen Murdered In Suspected Honor Killing
Celine Dookhran’s body was found dead in the fridge of a one and a half million-pound home in south-west London. A...
Be InformedAugust 1, 2017 - Sweden Pushes Back Against Festival Rape Culture
There were four reports of rape and 23 of sexual assault, read police reports at the Swedish music festival Bravalla, which ran...
Be InformedJuly 28, 2017 - New Laws Push Domestic Violence Victims Against A Hard Wall
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, roughly 20 people per minute are physically abused by domestic partners in the...
Be InformedJuly 26, 2017 - Girl Scout Troops Make a Difference for New York’s Homeless
Meet Girl Scout Troop 6000. Established February at a Queens homeless shelter, the troop of 27 young girls is one of...
Be GoodJuly 24, 2017 - Women Lawyers Are Taking a Stand
According to The Guardian, approximately 61 percent of law graduates are women. In a staggering comparison, out of all private practice...
Badass WomenJuly 21, 2017 - I’m Sorry, Are My Shoulders Distracting You?
(It should be noted that this piece is intended to serve as satire.) In recent news, a female reporter was attempting...
Be FunJuly 19, 2017 - El Salvadorian Teen Convicted of Murder After Miscarriage
An El Salvadorian teen was sentenced to 30 years in jail for murder on July 5, 2017. The teen’s case was...
Be InformedJuly 17, 2017 - Terminally Ill Teen Takes On Sexual Assault
Many might think the final tasks terminally ill patients would set out to complete would be those of the typical bucket...
Badass WomenJuly 14, 2017 - Volunteer Surgeon Helps Spread Hope for FGM Survivors
“I was mutilated along with my baby sister,” shared a female genital mutilation survivor. “She was 9, and I was 11....
Be GoodJuly 12, 2017 - Women in Tech Speak out Against Harassment
Gender bias has been a major issue in the fight for equality and freedom from gender discrimination. For many years, sexual...
Be InformedJuly 10, 2017 - Wonder Woman Defies Box Office Odds
Wonder Woman has hit a variety of box office milestones since its opening in theaters. The movie earned $35.1 million in...
Badass WomenJuly 4, 2017 - 1 Million Women United in Nigerian Facebook Group
Have you ever heard of a Facebook group named ‘Fin?’ If not, it’s most likely because it’s an invite-only group, founded...
Badass WomenJuly 3, 2017
