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Covid-19: Girls Face Risks to Their Futures But Women Mentors Bring Support
SAN FRANCISCO — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter our lives, a startling truth has been realized that, sadly, mirrors trends of all global crises. Women and girls, particularly…
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COVID-19: A Day With My Quaran-teens
DENVER — My family woke up with renewed enthusiasm. It was day one of virtual school. Online classes for my three teenage daughters started at 8:30 a.m. MT. My sleepy…
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COVID-19: I Now Have Two Full-Time Jobs At Home
St. Louis, Missouri, USA: "This is Not a Snow Day" folks, Dr. Asaf Bitton called out in an article on Social Distancing. Families in the U.S. are looking at a…
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Pollyanna: A Literary Heroine For Our Time
LONDON-All my life I have constantly battled between being an optimist and a realist, teetering on the verge of being a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full kinda gal. And in these upsetting…
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The Young Woman Tackling American School Shootings Tech On
DENVER—When Shreya Nallapati heard about Emma González's now-famous proclamation "We call BS!" at a February 2018 gun legislation rally in Florida, she realized she couldn't stand idly by and watch…
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Top Stories for Women and Girls of the 2010s
DENVER/LONDON — At the end of a calendar year it's natural to step back and reflect on the past 12 months. What went well? What didn’t go well? What were…
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Behind the Lens of “The Elephant Queen”
London—It is a rarity that you see a film and for days after you are still thinking about it, mulling over scenes and talking to anyone who will listen about…
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Cuba’s Female Entrepreneurs Part Two: Local Design with an International Edge
Havana-- Dador is arguably Havana’s hottest and most contemporary fashion brand with a boutique that looks like you have just stepped off the streets of Paris or Rome. Customers enter…
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Cuba’s Female Entrepreneurs Part One: Restaurateur Lilliam Dominguez Palenzuela
HAVANA-- Being an entrepreneur in Cuba takes hundreds of times more grit, determination, surrender and creativity than those of us who choose this path elsewhere. Living in Cuba is coming…
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Sorry Not Sorry It’s Been Awhile
LONDON—Yep, it’s been a while. For those of you who check up with she-files regularly, you probably noticed that we haven't posted any new stories for some time. We can…
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