Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) was the first woman from Oriental Africa that got a PhD. She studied at the Benedictine College in Kansas thanks to the initiative of John F. Kennedy to make African people study in the U.S. and …
Ann Wauters is a former professional basketball player from Belgium born in 1980. She played for several American and European professional teams throughout her career and was the first Belgian-born player in the WBNA. She began playing basketball when she …
When talking about concepts such as gender equality and women’s empowerment one needs to take the notion of Gender and the many parameters it involves into account, including the multiple definitions and aspects it has been assigned through time and …
Name: Denisa Stan Age: 23 Country of origin: Romania Occupation/Field of Study (if it applies): International Relations Organization/Institution: Amnesty International Organization’s social networks: https://www.facebook.com/amnistiapt Photos of you and your project: When did you become interested in working, volunteering or being an …
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker is an American drama web television limited series, based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A’Lelia Bundles. A period tale set in four parts, Self Made is …
Hidden Figures tells the story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – three brilliant African-American women working at NASA in 1961, so the unit was segregated by race and sex.Following the success of Soviet Union’s launch of …
This is an adult animated film which follows the story of a young girl, Marjane, as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian/Islamic Revolution. When Islamic Fundamentalists “win” the elections with 99.99% of the vote and start …
Josey Aimes’s return to her native Minnesota after her failed marriage transforms her whole life. The single mother of two urgently needs a job, which she finds in the iron mines that have sustained the life in her hometown for …
