This tribal woman is turning survivors into leaders in Jharkhand
Social worker Augustina Soreng helps women in Jharkhand, India, tackle the evils of domestic violence, witch-hunting and human trafficking. Krystelle Dsouza reports.
Category: Work
Women @ Work
This woman’s nonprofit is changing how Seattle thinks about hunger and food waste
Sharmila Rathinam left a 25-year corporate career to lead a nonprofit that uses an app, volunteer drivers and AI-powered analytics to close the logistical gap between food waste and hunger across the Seattle region.
A ledger entry of her own: a homemaker’s culinary journey to financial independence
India-based company secretary Dr Puja Shree Agarwal founded a food brand for her mother Uma to share her heritage recipes, and witnessed ripples of transformation within and outside the home.
“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.
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.
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.
This scientist’s indigenous test helps South Asian breast-cancer patients avoid chemotherapy after surgery
Since breast-cancer prognostic tests developed in the West often fail Asian and African women, Indian biotech entrepreneur Dr Manjiri Bakre developed an AI-driven test to help more patients worldwide avoid chemotherapy after surgery.
How can we protect children from abuse? One educator’s mission to ensure school safety
After encountering severe cases of child sexual abuse during her work as an educator, Shikha Agnihotri set out to address systemic gaps in child protection in schools across India, creating frameworks to keep kids safe.
Nepal’s Gen-Z revolution brings independent journalists to the spotlight
Senior investigative journalist Namrata Sharma, who received Nepal’s National Journalism Award this month, talks about the recent Gen Z-led political revolution and the state of press freedom in Nepal.
On a $1 billion quest with a “confidence cape”: Seattle tech entrepreneur Chaitra Vedullapalli
Seattle-based technology entrepreneur and cofounder of the Women in Cloud collective, Chaitra Vedullapalli is helping women techpreneurs navigate funding, distribution and access in a digital economy still shaped by inequality.
Unfollowing the map: when a content writer rewrites her own story
Content writer Kanchan Balani was following the expected career path – until one day she careened off the map and charted an unexpected new journey. She shares her detours and delights while transcending self-made boundaries.
Using art to humanise data: youth interpret employment research in a creative way
The launch of development professional Priya Agrawal’s nonprofit initiative Art × Evidence features 45 young people interpreting research on youth employment through poetry, theatre, writing and visual art.
“Women have contributed in many more ways to theatre than just acting” – Sajitha Madathil
In her new book ‘For the Love of Art’, actor and theatre maven Sajitha Madathil delves into the history of Kerala theatre and film, and uncovers stories of numerous women actors and dramatists who never got due credit in the history books.
Up close with Harvard professor Tayyaba Hasan, ‘mother of photodynamic therapy’
Trailblazing scientist Professor Tayyaba Hasan, founder of the Hasan Lab at Harvard, has exemplified innovation and mentorship in the field of photodynamic therapies, writes biomedical entrepreneur Carolyn Cross.
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