Harambee: menstrual blood and the politics of solidarity
Artistic expression, language and shared rituals around menstruation have the potential to foster ‘harambee’, the Kenyan concept of solidarity, writes human-rights lawyer Farah Ahamed.
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South Asian women leaders creating new paths to success in Greater Washington DC Area
The recent IAICC leadership forum in Washington, DC, highlighted the work and journeys of women leaders in technology and healthcare who overcame challenges in business through adaptability and collaboration. Sarita Bartaula reports.
“The AI era can redefine women’s place in tech leadership”: Monika Mital Gupta, GM Engineering, Microsoft
From her vantage as GM engineering at Microsoft, Seattle, Monika Mital Gupta shares her views on equitable technology, building bias-free AI, and enabling self-aware leadership, in this exclusive interview with Aekta Kapoor.
Women in Cloud #empowHERaccess Awards spotlight leaders expanding access in the AI economy
Women in Cloud’s sixth #empowHERaccess week in Bellevue brought together technology leaders, entrepreneurs and partners to discuss AI, leadership and economic access while recognizing individuals advancing a more inclusive technology industry.
What’s the most expensive beauty product you ever bought? 10 women tell us
We asked women around the world about their most expensive beauty buys, and whether they were worth it. We got some surprising answers. Hansa Makhijani Jain reports.
“We gave policemen flowers, got lathi-charged in return” – Delhi student on Jantar Mantar protest march
A Delhi-based 21-year-old management studies student shares the harrowing ordeal she and her friends faced on 20 July when they attended CJP’s protest march from Jantar Mantar towards the Indian Parliament.
Locked in the system: Shobhita Thakur’s ‘Khilawadi’ exposes the violence of caste and patriarchy
Filmmaker Shobhita Thakur speaks to Palak Malik about her debut film ‘Khilawadi’, its portrayal of caste-based sexual exploitation, and how a woman’s lens shapes stories that need empathy, restraint and political conviction.
These 8 Nepali women turned a World Cup night in Seattle into the time of their lives
They didn’t have tickets to see the USA take on Australia during the FIFA World Cup. They didn’t need them. Seattle turned itself inside out that night, and the party was everywhere. Sarita Bartaula reports.
An Indian-American, a Romanian, and a poetic parley on histories, politics and hopes
The new book ‘Ants & Lotus’ by Usha Akella and Ruxandra Cesereanu is a first-of-its-kind ‘jugalbandi’ of poetry between two prominent women poets on separate continents, one Romanian and the other of South Asian origin.
eShe Book Club: ‘The Sea Has the Answers’ by Shuma Raha – sign up to meet the author
eShe Book Club’s pick for July is journalist and author Shuma Raha’s latest novel, which examines India’s post-#MeToo landscape through the overlooked perspective of a sexual predator’s wife. Sign up to meet the author.
#empowHERaccess Global Prestige Awards 2026 – recognizing equity champions in the AI economy
Seattle-based community organization Women in Cloud will host its sixth annual #empowHERaccess Global Prestige Awards this month to honor entrepreneurs, executives and allies who are driving inclusive economic growth.
Threading a new path: a Nepali entrepreneur’s fight to earn her American dream
In honor of America 250, a documentary about Mississippi entrepreneur Dipa Bhattarai’s legal battle to earn her living, ‘Threading the American Dream’, was screened at the Nepal America International Film Festival. Sarita Bartaula reports.
A global #FoundHerWorld experiment to drive economic access for women tech founders
Women founders receive under 2 percent of VC funding, and barely exist in vendor ecosystems. Unless we act urgently, AI will only accelerate the gender gap in technology, writes Seattle tech entrepreneur Chaitra Vedullapalli.
The future is nonbinary: how SB Divya and other feminist sci-fi novelists portray gender
From Ursula K. Le Guin in the 1960s to SB Divya in the 2020s – if feminist science fiction is anything to go by, future humans will likely do away with the limitations of gender and go nonbinary, writes Aekta Kapoor.
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