After her rousing speech to launch the #HeForShe campaign at the UN Headquarters and recent Davos press conference highlighting the issue of gender equality, Emma Watson has once again proven extremely worthy of her role as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Her fantastic advice below to a young girl who wanted to become an engineer is the kind of …
I was born almost 3 months early, weighing 1lb 10oz with a 10% chance of survival without complications. I truly wouldn’t have survived healthy to achieve my dreams without the utmost dedication and care of the doctors and nurses at Kingston Hospital’s neonatal unit in the UK (and my parents). Thousands of children are born …
If you’re wondering what to buy your 9 year old niece for Christmas this year, then look no further. Goldieblox, the company founded by Stanford engineer Debra Stirling, has added to their mission to ‘disrupt the pink aisle’ by releasing a new doll and campaign against ‘Big Sister’. Their previous ad campaign earned them an …
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Name a sole female lead from a space TV show or movie. Sandra Bullock playing Dr.Ryan Stone in Gravity? Sigourney Weaver playing Lt.Ellen Ripley in Alien? Any others? With less than 30% of speaking film roles given to women in Hollywood, it’s no surprise that lead sci-fi characters are predominantly male. Sandra Bullock even admitted that “It …
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The United Nations’ International Women’s Day (IWD) took place on Friday 8th March with some great events organised around the world. In particular Women 2.0 honoured IWD with Founder Friday meetings in innovative cities globally to promote the creation of new networks among aspiring entrepreneurs, current entrepreneurs and investors. Women In Aerospace (US, Europe and Canada) celebrated women by …
The Lynx Apollo competition has been exceptional at showcasing the commercial spaceflight industry to the public but apparently lacks in the gender equality department. The recently opened competition will allow 22 winners to experience a suborbital flight on the Lynx SXC space plane. Open to participants in over 60 countries, entrants are being asked to discuss …
Lynx Apollo reminded that “Women are Astronauts too!” Read More »
