Wander Woman, a social venture catering to female travellers from Bangladesh, has won a grant worth $22.5K at the UNLEASH Plus 2021 Program for “developing a revolutionary platform for female travellers in South Asia,” according to a press release. UNLEASH Plus 2021 is the third iteration of a 6-months incubation program seeking to build the …
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Andrea Zackary grew up hard of hearing. Born in Jamaica, the Brampton, Ontario-based entrepreneur and mother of five relied on hearing aids and amplifiers for many years of her life. She studied Hotel and Hospitality Management and worked in hotels as a front desk agent. At the age of 25, her entire world went silent. …
Ahmedabad: Her mother was the first Indian woman to open a retail business in Edison, New Jersey. Her mother-in-law was one of the first women entrepreneurs running a motel on her own. Thus, her kin were not surprised when Dipti Vaid Dedhiya created history recently by becoming the first woman municipal court judge of South Asian descent …
The University of Florida graduate is the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics. BEIJING — Erin Jackson bolted off the line, her powerful legs attacking the ice, her destiny awaiting at the end of a frenetic dash around Beijing’s magnificent speedskating oval. The University of Florida graduate didn’t view …
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Ruta Kale and Asha SK are two women scientists from Pune, who have been chosen for this year’s Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) awards, which are given out by the Department of Science and Technology every year.Ruta Kale of TIFR-National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) and Asha SK of CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) were …
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