Tag Archives: Education
All Malala Everything
Tweet Let Malala Yousafzai be a reminder to all of us of strength, courage and unflinching determination to survive and succeed in a world that demands you to fail. The artists at Zen Pencils have created a beautiful and moving comic of Malala’s story, centering around her profound conviction of the right to educate girls [...]
The Feministing Five: Reshma Saujani
Tweet “We live in a society ashamed of failure.” Those are words from Reshma Saujani, who’s fighting to change that norm and leading by example. She’s founder of Girls Who Code, an organization helping girls in low-income neighborhoods succeed in technology and engineering. She was also the first Indian-American woman to run for Congress, with [...]
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Malala Yousufzai released from hospital
Tweet The Pakistani girls’ education activist who was shot in the head by Taliban militants late last year, was released from hospital in the UK today. According to a statement from the hospital, She is still due to be re-admitted in late January or early February to undergo cranial reconstructive surgery as part of her [...]
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Quick Hit: More on that Swedish school that’s fighting gender bias
Tweet Children play in the garden of “Egalia”. Fredrik Sandberg / AP file Remember that Swedish pre-school that’s fighting gender bias with totally common sense but nonetheless badass tactics like ‘treating everyone the same’ ? Well if you were interested in that story, you should check out this piece as a follow up. Turns out [...]
Under GOP pressure, University of Tennessee yanks funding for LGBT-friendly Sex Week