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For a long time, the state of maternal health in Kenya has been a huge concern. This is because of the many maternal deaths reported every day, most of which are preventable. According to a report by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS, 2014), fifteen women die every...
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Women Engineers Pakistan and Ananke Magazine strive towards one mission, that is, women empowerment in every realm possible. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is one of the fields where women’s representation is currently quite low. It’s this that has given way to this research whose purpose is to...
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The simplest definition one can give to STEM is what it stands for, which is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM is important part of education in a competitive global market. The ultimate goal of STEM education is to encourage students to take an interest in STEM subjects at...
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Imagine a crowd ready to take action in emergency situations, a bunch of people who will always be nearby to help as quickly as possible. Imagine if this crowd could be activated with a click of a button. Sounds good, right? We would be creating a safer environment! Now...
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Increasing economic productivity of a country is deeply connected with the financial emancipation of women – the other half of the world population. And, one of the foremost hurdles in the way of empowering the female gender is the restriction on her mobility stemming from patriarchy, suffocating social norms...
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This is the second article in the three part series on Care Economy. Click to read the first article. Gender has played a galvanizing role in the division of labor from time immemorial. From agrarian communities to modern age societies, economic development has formed its base by leveraging women...
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This article is the first of three articles on Care Economy and its critical role in development. From time immemorial, care work has been considered a female ‘prerogative’. Stemming from a patriarchal mindset, care-giving responsibilities to the young and old alike are presumed to be mainly a woman’s job....
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“It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in armed conflict.” (Major-General Patrick Cammaert, OHCHR.org) Introduction: Rape has always been used as a weapon of war in major wars including World War 2. However, this phenomenon has always been underreported, and denied by the...
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Wife inheritance is an affliction that has gripped the African society from eons of time. Widely practiced across the entire continent, it is a tradition where a widow gets inherited by relatives of her late husband. Once thought to be an honorable practice, the custom initially entailed taking care...
For a long time, the state of maternal health in Kenya has been a huge concern. This is because of the many maternal deaths reported every day, most of which are preventable. According to a report by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS, 2014), fifteen women die every...
Women Engineers Pakistan and Ananke Magazine strive towards one mission, that is, women empowerment in every realm possible. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is one of the fields where women’s representation is currently quite low. It’s this that has given way to this research whose purpose is to...
The simplest definition one can give to STEM is what it stands for, which is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM is important part of education in a competitive global market. The ultimate goal of STEM education is to encourage students to take an interest in STEM subjects at...
Imagine a crowd ready to take action in emergency situations, a bunch of people who will always be nearby to help as quickly as possible. Imagine if this crowd could be activated with a click of a button. Sounds good, right? We would be creating a safer environment! Now...
Increasing economic productivity of a country is deeply connected with the financial emancipation of women – the other half of the world population. And, one of the foremost hurdles in the way of empowering the female gender is the restriction on her mobility stemming from patriarchy, suffocating social norms...
This is the second article in the three part series on Care Economy. Click to read the first article. Gender has played a galvanizing role in the division of labor from time immemorial. From agrarian communities to modern age societies, economic development has formed its base by leveraging women...
This article is the first of three articles on Care Economy and its critical role in development. From time immemorial, care work has been considered a female ‘prerogative’. Stemming from a patriarchal mindset, care-giving responsibilities to the young and old alike are presumed to be mainly a woman’s job....
“It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in armed conflict.” (Major-General Patrick Cammaert, OHCHR.org) Introduction: Rape has always been used as a weapon of war in major wars including World War 2. However, this phenomenon has always been underreported, and denied by the...
Wife inheritance is an affliction that has gripped the African society from eons of time. Widely practiced across the entire continent, it is a tradition where a widow gets inherited by relatives of her late husband. Once thought to be an honorable practice, the custom initially entailed taking care...
