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Scotland Becomes First Nation To Provide Universal Free Access To Period Products
Scotland has become the first nation in the world to offer free period products to all, following a four-year campaign to promote the open discussion of menstruation and tackle the widespread yet often silenced issue of period poverty. The!-->…
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6 Alt Protein Female VCs Who Are Changing The Future Of Food
Faced with the challenge of feeding a planet of 10 billion people in the midst of a climate crisis, it’s never been more crucial for the world to shift towards a more sustainable food system. Making it their mission to support!-->…
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Diverse & Global: Top Finalists Announced For World’s First Female Plant-Based Pitch Competition
Ahead of VWS Pathfinder, the world’s first pitch competition dedicated to female plant-based founders, the Vegan Women Summit has announced the five top finalists that will showcase their animal-free solutions to a panel of renowned!-->…
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World First: Female Plant-Based Founder Pitch Competition Launched By Vegan Women Summit
The Vegan Women Summit (VWS), an events and media organisation dedicated to upending the gender bias and discrimination in the food tech world, has just annouced the launch of VWS Pathfinder, the world’s first summit and pitch competition!-->…
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Pervasive Inequality In Food Tech: New Survey Shows Gender Bias Still Too Common
The Vegan Women Summit (VWS), an organisation dedicated to break the gender bias and discrimination in the food tech world, recently published a report on the extensive investment inequities in the burgeoning alternative protein sector.!-->…
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United Nations Releases New Film By Richard Curtis Calling For Collective Action On SDGs
The United Nations has debuted a first-of-its-kind film calling for global collective action on the world’s biggest issues that have been outlined under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a part of the United Nations Media!-->…
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Tata Starbucks Opens Two New All-Women Operated Stores In India
Tata Starbucks, the joint venture that owns and operates Starbucks outlets in India, has just opened two new stores in Delhi and Mumbai that are entirely run and operated by female staff. The new all-women Starbucks stores are a part of!-->…
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How This Startup Changed The Conversation About FemCare & Periods In Asia
Founded in 2015 by Olivia Cotes-James, LUÜNA Naturals was born out of the founder's frustration at the lack of non-toxic menstrual products on the Asian market. Based out of Hong Kong and Shanghai, the startup has differentiated itself not!-->…
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4 Inspiring Vegan Women Leaders You Need To Know
Earlier this year, Green Queen reported on the launch of a new female-focused plant-based membership platform, The Vegan Women’s Leadership Network. Launched by Katrina Fox, an Sydney-based journalist and founder of Vegan Business Media,!-->…
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Vegan Women Summit Seeks To Break Bias & Discrimination In Food Tech
The Vegan Women Summit (VWS) is a first-of-its-kind summit designed to inspire and empower female plant-based change makers across different industries, from food tech to animal activism. After hosting its inaugural summit in February this!-->…
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Global Fashion Brands Complicit In Uighur Forced Labour, Warns Rights Groups
Some of the world’s largest fashion houses and retailers are complicit in human rights abuses and forced labour being carried out against the Uighur minority Muslim people in the Xinjiang region of China, says a coalition of human rights!-->…
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New Study Defies UN Global Population Predictions, Suggest Drastic Drop By 2100 & Warns Reproductive Rights At Risk
New research suggests that the global population is likely to peak far earlier than originally predicted and begin declining by mid-century. By 2100, the researchers predict that the world population could be as much as 2 billion below!-->…
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UN Report: Pandemic Is Reversing Progress On Poverty, Gender Equality, Education SDGs
A new United Nations report finds that the coronavirus pandemic is causing severe disruption to the achievement of the globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. While progress towards the goals had been slow, especially!-->…
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Coronavirus: Singapore Economic Recovery Team Excludes Female & Sustainable Voices
Singapore’s coronavirus economic recovery team has recently been criticised for failing to include more female and sustainable business voices. The taskforce was set up to devise new strategies to reset the country’s development as!-->…
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Emma Watson Joins Kering Board, Appointed Sustainability Chair At Luxury Fashion Giant
Actress and activist Emma Watson has just joined the board of French luxury fashion group Kering as a director, and has also been appointed as the chair of the board’s sustainability committee. Kering, whose fashion brands include Gucci,!-->…
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Visual Explainer: The Impact Of Coronavirus On The Refugee Crisis
World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year, representing a day to recognise the situation of refugees all over the world and the acute hardships that they face. There are around 25 million refugees and displaced peoples in the!-->…
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World Environment Day: 10 Women POC Planet Activists To Celebrate Everyday
This year, we are celebrating World Environment Day by spotlighting female persons of colour who are leading the fight to save our planet. From campaigning to end deforestation to protecting wildlife species, combating rising global!-->…
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McKinsey Report: Don’t Ignore Business Case For Diversity For Pandemic Recovery
In a new report released by global consultancy McKinsey, analysts examined the business case for diversity across all economic sectors. It finds that the profitability remains a robust reason for companies to prioritise diversity, equity!-->…
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UN: Pandemic Will Push 34 Million People Into Extreme Poverty In 2020
The United Nations’ mid-year update, the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report, expects that the coronavirus pandemic will drive more than 34 million people into extreme poverty. Highlighting that the crisis will exacerbate!-->…
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“Rise For All” Women Leaders Call For Global Action To Address Human Crisis Of Pandemic
Women leaders around the world have joined hands in solidarity to call for a mass global effort to address the human crisis of the pandemic. Called the “Rise for All” campaign, the initiative calls on leaders in all countries and sectors!-->…
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Vegan Women’s Leadership Network: A New Global Ethical Community For Plant-Based Female Leaders
A new membership platform, The Vegan Women's Leadership Network, will be launching in the next months to create a global ethical leadership community for vegan and plant-based women. It will be launched by Katrina Fox, an Australia-based!-->…
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