Inspiring Thursday: Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier
The first Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded in 1901, 119 years after, and for the first time in its history, two women won without … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
“Now is the time for our women to begin to try to lift up their heads and plant the roots of progress under the hearthstone.” … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993-2020)
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March … Read more
Youth across Europe on the importance of the Istanbul Convention II
The backlash of right wing governments resulted in several European countries planning to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a legal treaty that aims to prevent … Read more
Perspectives for the future I #25yearsWAVE
As the second generation of WAVE Youth Ambassadors is currently brainstorming, planning and developing actions targeting youth and young people across Europe to raise awareness … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Florence Howe (1929-2020)
Florence Howe was born in 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. Since she was a little girl, her parents and especially her mother who was a … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Malala Yousafzai
“I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.” Malala Yousafzai was born … Read more
Inspiring Thursday: Rebecca Gomperts
Dr. Rebecca Gomperts is the Founder and Director of Women on Waves and Women on Web, two non-profit organisations providing help and information on safe … Read more
The power of youth activism #25yearsWAVE
On 28 August 2020, Zvezdana Radulović, 2nd generation WAVE Youth Ambassador from Montenegro and Beverly Mtui, WAVE Youth Ambassador Coordinator, conducted the webinar THE POWER … Read more
Umbrian Feminists Resist Restrictions on Abortion: “We are the Granddaughters of the Witches Who Have Not Been Burned!”
In Italy, access to abortion is regulated by law 194/78. As we know, the backlash against the reproductive rights of women by the radical right … Read more
