Blog written by Ashley, class of 2016. Interviewing the CEO. Through UBC MasterCard Scholarship Foundation, I had the privilege of interviewing Atira Women’s Resource Society’s CEO, Janice Abbott. Atira is located in Vancouver Downtown East side, the poorest part of Vancouver. It works especially with indigenous women – the most marginalised in Canadian society. The interview would mark a turning point […]
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Is it becoming a Woman’s World?
Written by Thando Lungu According to the World Economic Forum, there is currently an overall global gender gap of 32%. Although this suggests a worldwide marginal improvement of 68%, women still remain on the receiving end of gender inequality. It has been reported that there is a gender gap of over 77.1% in women’s participation […]
Gender Equality and Women’s Football
On the 7th of July 2019, the US women’s soccer team won the World Cup for the fourth time. Since the introduction of the Women’s World Cup in 1991, the US has reached five of the eight finals; winning it twice as many times their closest rivals: Germany. As impressive as they have been, the […]
Dr. Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma’s Visit
On Saturday, while at the camp in Chibombo, Dr Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma visited us. Helen had mentioned many of her achievements prior to her visit. Therefore, we knew exactly the person with whom we would be interacting. All of us scholars had our minds set to learn from and relate with the success of Dr […]
Funding our Learning Center – Join Us!
Help us fund our learning centre for high achieving but financially disadvantaged young people in Zambia! I have arrived in Zambia to probably my most exciting visit yet. We are in the process of establishing our learning centre in an especially beautiful, rural part of Zambia, Chipanshya Village in Central Province and I have just […]
Congratulations Graduates!
It’s that time of year, when the sun is shining and the chatter of many happy students can be heard around the campuses of the world’s great universities – yes, graduation time! This year has been especially important to me as I celebrate the successes of a very special cohort of my students who managed […]