The Zulu Sierra – Papa Whiskey Whiskey (ZS-PWW) may look like any other plane. But, this aircraft is special because it carries bright young minds to an exceptional future. The plane is owned by Refilwe Ledwaba. She’s the first black woman to fly for the South Africa Police Service and the first black woman to be a helicopter pilot in South Africa!
Refilwe grew up in Lenyenye, a small township in the Limpopo region of South Africa. She is the...
Girls and Women
What does your future hold? University, your own business, fame and fortune? Whatever your hopes, you will not have imagined a future in which you got married off as a child, were denied an education, or infected with HIV by a husband that’s twice your age. But this is the reality for millions of girls living in extreme poverty. And it’s time to call it out for what it is: Sexist.
Nowhere on earth do girls and women have the...
In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 global goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality, and change the world for the better. Guided by these goals, it is now up to all of us – governments, businesses, civil society, and the general public – to work together to build a better future for everyone.
Global Goal #5 is a gender equality. No matter how you cut it – socially, economically,...
Malala was thrust into the global spotlight nearly a decade ago because of her unstoppable and courageous dedication to getting an education.
Undeterred by the threat of speaking out publicly against the Taliban, Malala blogged for the BBC, featured in a short documentary about her fight for girls’ education in her community and even won Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize.
But in 2012, she was shot by the Taliban for standing up for what she believed in. Amazingly, this didn’t stop...
Canada hosts the #G7 Summit this week. Here is my message to leaders: pic.twitter.com/Eh2yIJ2DUF
— Malala (@Malala) June 7, 2018
The 2018 G7 Summit will take place this week. The leaders of the world’s seven largest economies will convene to make decisions that could have massive effects on the world. Malala Yousafzai has called on world leaders to invest in girls’ education, saying it is “the single best thing you can do this week.”
Malala understands the immense value of education, and...
This blog is written by Jen Roberts, a #ONEonTour volunteer at U2’s new show.
ONE Volunteer Jen Roberts in St. Louis with her sister Nicole Sardo, and her daughter Emma Roberts.
With less than an hour before U2 takes the stage, there’s a buzz inside the Scottrade Center in St. Louis as concert attendees stock up on concert merchandise and refill their beers. After a couple hours collecting petitions outside, fellow ONE volunteers and I employed a different tactic inside: stand next...
On one day in March dozens of people gathered in a hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The bright room was decorated with flowers and banners in red, green and white, the colours of Somaliland’s flag. Doctors –foreign and Somali – ministers, medical students, former patients and journalists filed in, greeting each other, standing in little groups and talking animatedly. A man walked to the front, bowed his head, and intoned a prayer over the crackly microphone, and the murmur turned...
By Ray Mwareya, co-founder of Women Taboos Radio
To girls in Zimbabwe who have worries like accessing nutritious food or sanitary health, learning to code might seem like a low priority. But that isn’t deterring 30-year-old Anoziva Marindire from seeking out girls ages 14 to 24 and teaching them computer programming skills.
“We`re creating an army of women computer coders who spark social change across Zimbabwe – and help tackle problems,” she says.
The former Africa Union Youth Ambassador is not frightened...
Megan Gieske is a storyteller and photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
In Morocco, high in the Atlas mountains, a group of women is active in their own personal and professional development. Here, at rug company Illuminate Collective, the mainly female team works towards the goals of preserving Moroccan art, culture, and people.
Rugs are a tradition hundreds of years old in Morocco. Today, they’re dyed with color worthy of Chefchaouen, “The Blue City” of Morocco. Their modern design can...
By Tichaona Jongwe. Photos courtesy of Role Model Caregivers.
In Niger state, malaria is so endemic that, on World Malaria Day in 2016, State Commissioner of Health Dr. Jibril Mustapha revealed that the disease kills 19,500 children under the age of 5 in the state every year. But a small group of unpaid heroes is working to become a vanguard against the disease’s spread.
The group, called Role Model Caregivers (RMC), are paid nothing but a small transport stipend. Together, they...