Kenyan Girls to Fly to Google HQ After Inventing APP to End FGM Animated chatter spills out from a corner of tech giant Google’s Nairobi offices as five Kenyan schoolgirls discuss their upcoming trip to California where they hope to win $15,000 for I-cut, an app to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The five teenagers,…
In a country struggling with sexual harassment, these 5 initiatives are fighting rape culture The dramatic scenes that were televised on screens across the world showed a nation no longer willing to accept the abhorrent crimes against women that had been exposed in truly the most horrifying of ways. Since the end of 2012, many…
These pool patrons can now safely have their fun in the sun without running the risk of skin damage. That’s because 16-year-old Lynly Brennan helped install free sunscreen dispensers at five of her county’s local pools. The teen first got the idea when she was researching tanning beds for a school project. According to her…
The first self-defense studio in the Middle East that teaches women to fight back A female boxer was tired of women in the Middle East being told they had to accept violence and abuse and now, thanks to her, they can stand up for themselves. That’s because SheFighter, an exclusively female martial arts studio in…
Young people who are taking the latest HIV drugs have a near-normal life expectancy as a result of improvements in treatments, a study suggests. Doctors writing in The Lancet medical journal reported that 20-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in 2010 are projected to live 10 years longer than those first treated in 1996. Jimmy Isaacs…
Rural bihar’s children are getting learning support Bihar used to be a centre of learning, and the whole world looked up to it. Not anymore. This tradition of learning was destroyed long ago. Ever since, the state has trailed in terms of education standards. Today, Bihar has inadequate education infrastructure, absentee teachers, and to top it…
Exxon joins other companies by backing carbon tax proposal Exxon Mobil announced in late June that they support the carbon tax proposal made by the Climate Leadership Council (CLC). Billed by the groups as a “conservative climate solution,” the CLC has conceived a plan that they say will fight climate change by taxing greenhouse gas…
Cocktail of drugs could prevent 10,000 HIV deaths a year, claim scientists A package of low-cost drugs designed to prevent deadly infections among people who are starting HIV treatment late could save 10,000 lives a year across sub-Saharan Africa, scientists believe. About one in five people who start HIV treatment in poorer countries are doing…
Toronto to Montreal picked as finalist for world’s first hyperloop train route Toronto to Montreal has been chosen by Hyperloop One in its top 10 choices to build the first hyperloop high-speed travel system in the world. This project was proposed by the Canadian branch of the American engineering giant, AECOM. It would ‘’create…
The youth for today: the 2017 election changed UK’s political landscape The “youthquake” was a key component of Corbyn’s 10-point advance in Labour’s share of the vote exceeding even Blair’s nine-point gain in his first 1997 landslide. No official data exists for the scale of the youth vote but an NME-led exit poll suggests turnout…