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Anna Vartanian was happy to put a gift under the Christmas tree that will eventually make its way to a Ukrainian child at a special event Tuesday night. “Each child wants to have a present, especially at Christmas,” said Vartanian, who fled the war in Ukraine with her family. “It’s a very magical day for […]
Ryakitimbo has collected voice data in Kiswahili in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She tells me she wanted to collect voices from a socioeconomically diverse set of Kiswahili speakers and has reached out to women young and old living in rural areas, who might not always be literate or even have access […]
Another busy month for our grassroots teams, with our Under-8s, 9s, 10s and 11s in the A Leagues during October. This is the highest level they can reach and we have other youth sides very close to getting there, too. On the women’s side, the Under-13s JPL team are second in their league and have started […]
Tampon boxes, bathroom mirrors and cereal boxes have become the unlikely messaging boards for a disconnected effort to remind women in the U.S. that their votes are private. Why it matters: Voters have needed a reminder in this hyper-partisan environment that while their party affiliation can be public, their ballots are secret. State of play: […]