Although crowds are increasing, women’s football still lags behind its male counterparts in terms of funding, media interest and crowd turnout. The record high salaries of male Premiere League players has no equivalent in the women’s game. In a recognition of the inequality facing the women’s game, the English Football Association (FA) went to Sweden […]

Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz (August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was an American biochemist born in Prague (Austrian Empire) who, together with her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen (animal starch) — a derivative […]

Ginko Ogino was the first woman doctor licensed to practice western medicine in . She had to overcome enormous prejudice and numerous obstacles in a strongly patriarchal society, that regarded medicine as a profession only for men. Table of Contents 1 Early Life 2 The Decision to Become A Doctor 3 The Battle to Become […]

Table of Contents 1 Current situation of girls in Northern Thailand 2 Issues for girls in Northern Thailand 3 Cooperation with the government and private sectors 3.1 Northern Women’s Development Foundation and their work to resolve child prostitution 3.2 Asean study center in Northern Thailand 4 References 5 Group 4 Current situation of girls in […]

Table of Contents 1 Girls’ tertiary education 2 Vocational training in Thailand 3 Conclusion 4 References Girls’ tertiary education Tertiary education in is better defined as post-high school education. It is provided in three forms: “Under” bachelor’s degree, bachelor’s degree and postgraduate degree. “Under” bachelor’s degree qualifications there could be a diploma, a vocational diploma, […]

Gloria Steinem was born in Ohio () on March 25, 1934. She is a renowned feminist of the ‘second wave’ of commentator and leading campaigner of the pro-choice movement in the . Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Career 2 Ms magazine and Politics 3 Publications 4 References 5 See Also 6 External Links […]

Golda Meir was born in Kiev () in 1898. She was the fourth elected Prime Minister of , the first woman to hold this position in Israel and only the third woman to hold that position in the world. Often described as the ‘hard lady’ of Israeli politics (before the expression was applied to the […]

The Grameen Bank was established in 1976 when Professor Muhammad Yunus, Head of the Rural Economics Programme at the University of Chittagong, launched an action research project to examine the possibility of designing a credit delivery system to provide banking services targeted at the rural poor. The Grameen Bank was established with the sponsorship of […]

Why getting into elite colleges is harder for women (The Washington Post 30.07.2015) Nigeria frees 71 people, mostly women, girls, from Boko Haram, hold them at military barracks (US News 30.07.2015) Mexican state known for gender-based violence issues emergency alert (The Guardian 29.07.2015) Nearly 30% of new board members appointed this past year were women […]