Microsoft paid out “more than £1 million” to silence a female executive who was unfairly overlooked to become managing director of its business in Britain.
Natalie Ayres worked at the computer software company for 15 years, rising through its ranks to become the general manager of its “Small-Medium Enterprises and Partners Group”.
When villagers see these two young sisters, Fatima and Jainab, teaching at a madrassa in this small village of Rajasthan's Barmer district, they hardly believe it.
Only a handful of men can boast of being educated in this village on the western extreme of the country.
Despite being women from a minority community, these two have not only completed 'Aaleema', a religious course considered equivalent to anything from Class 12 to graduation, but also work to the aim of bringing about 100 percent literacy among girls in the area!
From WomenseNews: An Israeli-Palestinian women's group that helped pioneer the push for a two-state solution fell apart in late 2010 under pressure of heightened hostilities.
Its demise highlights the scarcity of women in peace talks in this conflict and around the world.
A Palestinian-Israeli women's group that had been pushing for a two-state solution for Israel and the occupied territories can't offer any comment on the Palestinian Authority's push for statehood recognition at the United Nations this week.
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Women trying to rebuild life in northern Uganda are not yet safe enough for typical trauma counseling to be appropriate.
A U.S. charity finds it can still provide assistance by training local people who can then help survivors adapt, work and sleep.
Tragic events like terrorist attacks and natural disasters illustrate how strangers can come together selflessly and spontaneously, helping each other.
Asked about the rigors of being a female cop in this sparsely populated Afghan province, Fatima Tajik is blunt.
"We want to leave our jobs," Tajik tells her NATO mentor, U.S. Army Maj. Maria Rodriguez. "We are risking our lives for little money: $220 per month.
We also have families to take care of. All the women in Zabul hate us. Everyone hates us."