Goodbye Gillard, High School Feminism And One Billion Women Entrepreneurs

Christina Yiannakis

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While we bid goodbye to our first female PM, let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture where schoolgirls fight greater forces to have their feminist aspirations heard, Afghani women continue their struggle to access basic education, and Arianna Huffington reminds us all that success and health go hand-in-hand. 1. Goodbye Gillard Love her or
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It has been a big week for women in the wide world of business.  We’ve taken some of the highlights, including some great Ted Talks, a designer brand that refuses to use Photoshop, and a list of this year’s inductees to the Businesswomen’s Hall of Fame, and put them all together especially for you! 1.
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Photo: Parkulture This week we meet some of Pakistan’s trail-blazing fashionable female entrepreneurs, a woman with “minus zero” experience in tech who recently launched an online fashion brand, a tale of brave Iranian women who just can’t sit still and why you should man-up and ask why!   1.  Building a fashion business in Pakistan
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‘Feminism’ is the word of the week, as World Wide Women reports on feminists fighting Facebook, wedding-planning with a queer-eye and women finally getting their foot in the door at FIFA!  1.  Chicks were born to give you FIFA This week the director of the Football Federation of Australia and vice president of the Asian
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Where are all the women in art, technology and tuk tuk driving? Right here, in this week’s edition of World Wide Women. 1.  Women in Art An art audit concluded this week by the East London Fawcett Group (ELF) revealed that only 5% of London galleries represent an equal number of male and female artists. 
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Photo: Helen White This week, we feature a restaurant owner fighting for refugee rights, a company that makes toys for girls with an engineering edge, a woman fighting for an end to unhealthy cultural practices and much more in this week’s edition of World Wide Women. 1. “Dumplings, not Detention.” Nahji Chu is a name
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