Mining is generally considered a gendered and male-dominated profession. However, many African women now work in this fast-growing industry. In a WhatsApp interview with Global Voices, the filmmaker ...

In their 90s, Sarah Gross’ mom, Margot, and mother-in-law, Barbara, have a growing fan club. Gross isn’t surprised. After ...

EXCLUSIVE: For the last several years, award-winning filmmaker Richard Ladkani has been at work on a pair of films, among ...

Kenyan filmmaker Vincho Nchogu makes her feature directorial debut with the pastoral drama “One Woman One Bra,” a story of womanhood, community and the struggle to reshape African narratives that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Gathered around the small screen captivated by a highlight reel from baseball World Cup qualifying last year, a Ugandan woman beams. Then one more smiles widely. And another. They take ...

“The African experience is global,” said Niyi Coker, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor at UMSL. “This festival allows you to understand the experiences that Africans are having in other countries ...

International Women’s Day is Monday, March 8. The day is celebrated globally and acknowledges the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day has been observed in some form ...

As part of the column ‘Women by Women: A Shared Vision,’ created to expand on the theme of our Global open call, we spoke with Sarah Waiswa, founder of African Women in Photography (AWiP)—an ...

The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.