Lebanese Fable Follows Female Fight For Peace Where Do We Go From Here? opens with a group of black-clad women moving slowly from the village toward the cemetery. But, instead of walking, they sway and slide in a mystical dance, establishing the film...
USAID Boosts Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan An accomplished embroiderer with no formal education, Jamila struggled for years to augment her husbands income by doing stitching and beadwork in a poor Karachi district. Thanks to USAID-funded business...
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PeopleinAmerica-BessieColeman,1892-1926:SheDaredtoDreamandBecametheFirstAfricanAmericanFemaleI FAITH LAPIDUS: I'm Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Bessie Coleman, the f...
Women's groups in Kenya are calling for the government to appoint at least one woman to fill the country's top judicial positions. The Kenyan president in late January announced nominations for the positions, but withdrew the names following a ruling...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a test for you -- a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two questions about terms for plants. Ready? First question: What do we call a plant that l...
Grammar Girl here. Today's show will cover the difference between the words woman and female. First we had Nancy Pelosi taking over as Speaker of the House, then Hillary Clinton running for president, and now we have Sarah Palin as the Republican vic...
Julia was 12 years old. Her best friend Betsy was 13. Summer was almost over. School was about to start. Julia and Betsy were having lunch at BurgerBoy. Betsy had decided that Julia needed a boyfriend. But why? asked Julia. Im okay without one. What...
Last week, Rwanda became the first nation to elect a majority of women to its legislative assembly. It has been a long road since the 1994 genocide, when many women were raped or widowed. Some in the country hope that having more mothers in parliame...
A British woman who had been helping the handicapped in Afghanistan has become the latest victim of Taliban violence targeting foreign aid workers in the country. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul that Afghanistan's government and ai...
