Mandy Moore, whose character Rebecca on This is Us has drawn national attention to Alzheimer’s and dementia, has agreed to be the national ambassador to the Be Brain Powerful® campaign, an effort to empower women to take control of their brain health. “I’ve learned the importance of early detection and diagnosis for Alzheimer’s as I’ve […]
The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Canadian businesses in their diversity, which is key to a successful economic recovery that is strong and inclusive in the context of a pandemic. Only 16% of Canadian small and medium-sized businesses are owned by women. Yet studies show that by advancing women’s participation in the economy, […]
Recreational fishing has reached new diversity milestones, according to a new industry study from the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation. The 2020 Special Report on Fishing found that: 3.7 million African Americans participate in fishing, an increase of nearly 1 million over the last 10 years. Hispanic Americans are participating at a new record of […]
America Ferrera & Eva Longoria Bastón have collaborated with Latina Leaders to launch She Se Puede, a digital lifestyle community built to inspire, affirm, and inform Latinas so they can leverage their power to transform their lives, their families, their community and their nation. The nonprofit initiative was founded by leaders from the worlds of […]
Mindy Kaling is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, television producer, television director and author. Kaling first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office, for which she also served as a writer, executive producer, and director. For her work on the series, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993 and has served since August 10, 1993. Ginsburg became the second of four female justices to be confirmed to the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor, the two others being […]
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation has announced one of the two powerful women who will receive this year’s Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Awards: Grey’s Anatomy star Caterina Scorsone and Spanish model Marián Ávila. Celebrities are showing up in full force to support GLOBAL and honor the accomplished awardees. The awards will be presented during GLOBAL’s […]
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has […]
This week, women nationwide are being called to come together – albeit virtually – and recognized the 100th Anniversary of women’s right to vote. To mark the historical milestone, philanthropic women’s empowerment group Impact100 Council is hosting EqualiTEA, a virtual zoom event, in partnership with S’well and Girl Scouts Councils around the U.S. Held on […]
A new stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service, 19th Amendment: Women Vote, commemorates the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. The stamp honors the suffrage movement and the people who carried it through to fruition. The stamp will be available nationwide Aug. […]