‘She Called Truths Out to Us All’: Lily Cole Remembers Her Friend Vivienne Westwood

Scene: a hotel room in New York, one spring morning in 2013. I’m staring at a photograph of a young soldier with the word TRUTH emblazoned underneath her tentative smile in white font and a red box like a Barbara Kruger, pinned to Vivienne Westwood’s “Climate Revolution” DIY top. “It’s incredible no one knows who this is.…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 7, 20230Comments

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After five years of driving, roadblocks remain for Saudi women

It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili became one of Saudi Arabia's first women drivers -- a reform she saw as revolutionary, even as some activists dismissed it as window-dressing. "I drove as soon as it was authorised," the 55-year-old from the central city of Buraidah proudly told AFP, recalling a milestone that drew…

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These Are the Non-USWNT Players to Watch This Women’s World Cup

Team USA is currently favored to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which kicks off on July 20 with games in Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, but other teams will be bringing some fierce competition as well. Various cities across the two countries will also host games, giving fans from all around Australia and New Zealand—or…

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Sha’Carri Richardson runs the fastest women’s 100m time of the year

Sha’Carri Richardson ran the fastest women’s 100m time of the year on Thursday at the US Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 23-year-old finished the opening heat with a world-leading time of 10.71 seconds as she boosted her chances of qualifying for next month’s World Championships in Budapest. The time was also a personal best for Richardson. In April, the American had…

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COMMEMORATE THE 100-YEAR LONG STRUGGLE TO RATIFY THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT! July 21 – 22, 2023

[ad_1] The ERA Centennial Convention seeks to mark the important historic milestone of the ERA Centennial, celebrate the women and queer people who have fought for the ERA for 100 years, push for finalizing the federal ERA, and launch the grassroots fight for a New York state-level ERA ballot initiative.…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 6, 20230Comments

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Florence Pugh bares it all again at Paris Fashion Week in sheer gown: See the photo

Florence Pugh went for a sartorial sequel at Paris Fashion Week, and it's sheer nostalgia. On Wednesday, Pugh — who ruffled feathers with a sheer frock at Valentino’s haute couture fashion show last year — channeled her fashion rebel once more by wearing another sheer dress at the Italian fashion house's fall/winter show in Chantilly, France. The "Don’t Worry…

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Emma Thompson Nails the Barbiecore Trend in a Hot Pink Suit at Her First-Ever Fashion Show

Even Dame Emma Thompson is embracing Barbie summer! The actress, 64, showed off her style with a hot pink suit at the Giorgio Armani Prive haute couture show in Paris on Tuesday, accompanied by her daughter, Gaia Wise, 23. The pair laughed through their haute couture mother-daughter date and struck dramatic poses for the cameras. The star-studded affair…

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The fight to free Yazidi women slaves held by IS

In 2014, thousands of Yazidi women and children were enslaved by the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria. Their fellow Yazidis launched a rescue effort almost immediately, but nearly a decade later, their task is still unfinished. In November 2015, Bahar and her three young children had just been sold for the fifth…

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South Carolina Woman, 69, Killed by Alligator While Walking Dogs on Hilton Head Island

A 69-year-old woman in South Carolina was killed by an alligator while out on a walk with her dogs in the Spanish Wells neighborhood of Hilton Head Island. Sheriff’s office deputies, Fire Rescue, Beaufort County Coroner's Office and Spanish Wells security personnel responded to a report of an alligator attack on Brams Point Road in…

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Mass Shootings on Monday Leave Eight Dead in Philadelphia and Fort Worth

Gunfire erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, leaving at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release from the Fort Worth Police Department’s homicide unit. Hours after the tragedy, the neighborhood held its Fourth of July…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 5, 20230Comments