International Women’s Day is a yearly celebration all around the world in honour of women, and the date of this anniversary is March 8th. The origin of this celebration is quite controversial. Some people say that it is meant to recall the many workers of the New York Cotton textile industry that died in the…
The reasons behind this wage disparity are many and they are a consequence of the way women are perceived by the society they belong to. The first reason is occupational segregation, as women’s and men’s economic status is influenced by the sectors in which they work. The majority of women work in lower-level sectors, such…
Inequality at work How much is the work of a woman worth? Although the obvious answer should be ‘just as much as that of a man’, data suggest that we are still far from reaching gender equality in the workplace. As a recent report by the European Commission has revealed, in 2020, on average, women…
In Rwanda, most of the population lives in rural areas, where it is difficult to reach hospitals and comprehensive clinics. One Family Health is an organisation founded by Dr. Gunther L. Faber. The organisation aim is to open nurse run entry-level primary healthcare clinics in rural communities aimed at increasing health access to people who…
