Women Pioneers

Early in her career, Michelle Simmons AO was often asked a particular question. “Oh, you study physics,” someone would say. “Isn’t it all already worked out?” “I remember thinking, ‘We…

A few years after moving from South Africa to South Australia, Sunet Verwey and her husband came across an ad for the Country Fire Service at their local shopping centre. Grateful for…

As country manager, Hannah Lewis has full responsibility for Amex’s 6,000 staff in the UK. As a female leader of one of the biggest financial services’ names in the UK,…

The Olympic medal-winning fencer speaks to Al Jazeera on faith, representation and Islamophobia. OLYMPICS/Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history in 2016 by being the first US-team member to compete in the…

As abortion becomes less accessible in the US, one pilot is determined to help vulnerable patients despite the risks. It was summer, midday and hot when the teenager arrived at…

GENEVA(AP)/ Elisabeth Kopp, an advocate of equal rights and the environment who was the first woman elected to Switzerland’s seven-member executive branch, has died. She was 86. Kopp died in…

Switzerland/ More than 2,000 Swiss women, their ages averaging in the low 70s, are suing their country’s government, arguing that Switzerland has violated their basic human rights by not doing enough…

IWG’s Chief Commercial Officer Fatima Koning on why so many women are leaving senior leadership positions – and what firms can do about it For women in the workplace, it’s…

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ Human Rights Watch wrote in a statement published on its website, “Tirana Hassan”, a 48-year-old woman who first joined the organization in 2010, became the first…

UNITED NATIONS/ The UN’s Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a fresh call for funding proposals on Thursday, aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping operations, and better serve…