Every day, extraordinary women are making waves in the pursuit of global gender equalitry and social change that benefits us all. Each week, Women's Voices Now features the women who are making those waves around the world. We aim to inspire our audicences through these stories and to let those women making waves know that we are watching and following their example!
Annie Jump Cannon: The Astronomer Who Mapped the Stars and Shattered Barriers

Annie Jump Cannon: The Astronomer Who Mapped the Stars and Shattered Barriers

Annie Jump Cannon: The Astronomer Who Mapped the Stars and Shattered Barriers. Annie Jump Cannon’s name often sparks curiosity among astronomy enthusiasts. Renowned for classifying hundreds of thousands of stars and creating a system still usedRead More »
June Almeida with her electron microscope at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto in 1963 - First Human Coronavirus

June Almeida: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus But Got Little Recognition

June Almeida: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus But Got Little Recognition. June Almeida’s name often sparks curiosity. Known for her pioneering electron microscopy techniques and identifying the first human coronavirus, her life storyRead More »
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Marie Curie: The Woman Who Discovered Radioactivity But Faced Sexism in Science

Marie Curie: Discovered Radioactivity But Faced Sexism in Science. Marie Curie’s name often sparks curiosity. Known for her pioneering research on radioactivity and winning two Nobel Prizes, her life story is one of extraordinary intellect, resilience,Read More »
Hedy Lamarr: The Woman Who Invented Wi-Fi's Precursor But Was Overlooked for Her Genius

Hedy Lamarr: The Woman Who Invented Wi-Fi’s Precursor But Was Overlooked for Her Genius

Hedy Lamarr: Invented Wi-Fi's Precursor But Was Overlooked for Her Genius. Hedy Lamarr’s name often sparks curiosity. Known for her Hollywood glamour and a groundbreaking invention dismissed by the military, her life story is one ofRead More »
Lise Meitner: The Woman Who Split the Atom But Was Denied the Nobel

Lise Meitner: The Woman Who Split the Atom But Was Denied the Nobel

Lise Meitner: The Woman Who Split the Atom But Was Denied the Nobel. Lise Meitner’s name often sparks curiosity. Known for her groundbreaking explanation of nuclear fission and being overlooked for the Nobel Prize, her lifeRead More »
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Harriet Tubman: The Woman Who Walked People Out of Slavery

Harriet Tubman: The Woman Who Walked People Out of Slavery. When history speaks of bravery, few names echo louder than Harriet Tubman. Born into slavery, she transformed fear into action, becoming one of the most powerfulRead More »
Hypatia of Alexandria - The Philosopher Who Defied Darkness with Knowledge

Hypatia of Alexandria: The Philosopher Who Defied Darkness with Knowledge

Hypatia of Alexandria: The Philosopher Who Defied Darkness with Knowledge. In an age when power and superstition often silenced truth, Hypatia of Alexandria stood for reason. Mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer, she became one of the lastRead More »
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Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer Who Dreamed of Machines That Could Think

Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer Who Dreamed of Machines That Could Think. Long before laptops, algorithms, or artificial intelligence, there was Ada Lovelace — a woman who imagined the digital world nearly two centuries before itRead More »
Creola Katherine Johnson - The Mathematician Who Took Humanity to the Stars

Katherine Johnson: The Mathematician Who Took Humanity to the Stars

Katherine Johnson: The Mathematician Who Took Humanity to the Stars. When the world looked to the skies, Katherine Johnson was already doing the math.Her calculations weren’t just numbers; they were lifelines, guiding astronauts safely through spaceRead More »
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Grace Hopper: The Woman Who Taught Computers to Speak Our Language

Grace Hopper: The Woman Who Taught Computers to Speak Our Language. Grace Hopper wasn’t just a computer scientist — she was a visionary who helped bridge the gap between human thought and machine logic. Her pioneeringRead More »
Vanessa Nakate - The Woman Who Amplified Africa's Voice in Climate Justice

Vanessa Nakate: The Woman Who Amplified Africa’s Voice in Climate Justice

Vanessa Nakate: The Woman Who Amplified Africa's Voice in Climate Justice. Vanessa Nakate’s name often sparks curiosity. Known for her solitary climate strikes in Uganda and a high-profile controversy at the World Economic Forum, her lifeRead More »
The Unfinished Conquest of the Indigenous Lands in Mexico - Banner

The Unfinished Conquest of the Indigenous Lands in Mexico

The Unfinished Conquest of the Indigenous Lands in Mexico. The discovery of the Americas by European explorers sparked a tragedy of violence and dispossession that has never truly ended. By Mirna Fahmy The Discovery Was aRead More »
Honor Violence: A Hidden War on Women

Honor Violence: A Hidden War on Women

Honor Violence: A Hidden War on Women Despite progress in education and the rise of women's rights movements advocating for freedom and autonomy, honor-based violence continues to destroy dreams and ambitions.By Mirna Fahmy Source: Stop HarassmentRead More »
The Syrian Civil War: Uprising, Conflict, and Global Refugee Crisis

The Syrian Civil War: Uprising, Conflict, and Global Refugee Crisis

The Syrian Civil War: Uprising, Conflict, and Global Refugee Crisis The revolution began as a cry for a better future—not the descent into a deadly civil war that would shatter the hopes of millions. By MirnaRead More »
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