You can change the world, one dictionary entry at a time
by Rashmee
Posted on May 20, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Maria Beatrice Giovanardi is proof that words matter and we can change the …
Read MoreIs it a liberation to give George Eliot back her real name?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 15, 2020
The ‘Reclaim Her Name’ library has reissued 25 novels written by women using male pen …
Read MoreNow, the astronaut wife is an astronaut too
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2020 / The Focus
The SpaceX launch – the first since 2011 to take NASA astronauts into space from …
Read MoreSexist Politics: The rest of the world is no different from India
by Rashmee
Posted on May 18, 2019 / First Post
Unlikeable. Unelectable. Those are just two of the adjectives being applied to some of …
Read MoreWoman to have baby is really not a news story. But a prime minister?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2018
Put a 37-year-old woman in the prime minister’s office and the next thing you know …
Read MoreWas it really a big year for Arab women? Yes and it raises the bar for 2018
by Rashmee
Posted on December 29, 2017
When people talk about 2017 being a good year for Arab women they normally …
Read MoreSaudi should be pleased Belgium believes its pledge on women’s rights
by Rashmee
Posted on December 22, 2017
The Saudi Crown Prince should be pleased. A few months after his very public, much-touted …
Read MoreWhat Singapore’s hijab-wearing first woman president tells us about that efficient city-state
by Rashmee
Posted on September 15, 2017
Speak to an Indian, a Brit or an American about Singapore and listen to them …
Read MoreCould America take a presidential ticket that has two white grandmothers?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 29, 2016
Just days ago, Hillary Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warren campaigned together in Ohio. By all …
Read MoreObama’s win revealed America’s racism. Will Hillary’s run show its sexism?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 11, 2016
Could Hillary’s run for president change the US in the same that happened with Barack …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK