“Women in South Asia have a hard time convincing their families that they want a career in tech”
Sadaffe Abid’s social tech-enterprise CIRCLE aims to empower one million Pakistani women with basic digital literacy and business skills.
Sadaffe Abid’s social tech-enterprise CIRCLE aims to empower one million Pakistani women with basic digital literacy and business skills.
Leadership consultant and agent of change Karen Lee Downes believes it is time for leaders and organisations to tap into their feminine intelligence.
Chandigarh entrepreneur Sartaj Lamba runs a fleet of wheelchair-enabled cabs that offer mobility to the elderly and disabled in seven north Indian cities.
Through the Rakshin Project, social engineer Smita Bharti is spearheading a youth-led movement to create a social tipping point to stop child sexual abuse.
Gauri Malik’s label Sirohi provides small-town women artisans design support to make sustainable products for eco-conscious buyers in big cities.
London-based entrepreneur and philanthropist Darshita Gillies is using technology to connect impact investors with those doing good in the world.
A Kerala-based social enterprise built on spiritual and humanitarian values is out to provide rural women access to low-cost, eco-friendly cloth pads.
Young tech entrepreneur Hira Batool Rizvi’s carpooling app She’Kab offers women commuters in Pakistan a safe and efficient way to get to college or work.
The Body Shop India’s Project NARI, in collaboration with Plastics for Change India Foundation, rings in the festive season with a note of empowerment for Bengaluru’s female waste-pickers.
Actor and activist Sheena Chohan is bringing together 30 Bollywood personalities to create awareness about UN’s 30 human rights in a new podcast series.
Rachita Sharma’s enterprise Girl Power Talk hires young women, mostly from small towns, and trains them in digital media, marketing and virtual workspaces.
Young entrepreneur Rachita Sharma reveals the truth behind the stereotype of ‘small-town girls’.
Motherhood triggered these three entrepreneurs to create jobs, platforms and opportunities for other women.
Social entrepreneur Meghna Joshi’s skilling venture SWAN is out to groom India’s youthful workforce and enhance their career prospects.
Head of India’s Skill Saathi programme Dr Archana Singh is out to empower 1 crore Indian youth, while the private sector too is getting into the skilling act as Meghna Joshi’s venture testifies. There’s more of food, travel and books in this issue, so read on!
A recent addition to the media landscape, podcasts are already a booming industry based on trust and inclusivity. Padma Priya, co-founder of the Indian podcasting platform Suno India, shares insights.
Chhaa Jaa, an online programme by the global NGO Girl Effect, will educate adolescent girls and help them navigate their teenage years.
If having your own business is something you dream of, a great place to start is listening to the advice of these women who launched startups in their 50s.
Having won her own childhood battle with weight, Priya Prakash founded India’s first health monitoring service for schoolchildren.
Pawani Khandelwal’s social enterprise Aatm Nirbhar equips women in small towns with one basic skill that opens up a multitude of avenues for them – riding two-wheelers.