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From Patient to Pioneer in Women's Health and STEM Leadership

Natasha Henry: From Patient to Pioneer in Women’s Health and STEM Leadership

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Most medical breakthroughs are built on research papers, clinical trials, and laboratory data. Natasha Henry’s started with a collapse. After years of debilitating symptoms dismissed by doctor after doctor, Natasha was hospitalised with a hemoglobin level of 2.4. For context, a healthy range for women sits between 12 and 16. At 2.4, the body is […]

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Charis Loveland: AI, Emotional Intelligence and Career Transitions for Women in STEM

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There is a version of a career story that almost never gets told. Not the polished highlight reel. Not the LinkedIn announcement that makes everything look inevitable in hindsight. The version where someone loses a job they thought was secure, sits in the uncertainty of not knowing what comes next, and has to figure out

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How African Women in STEM Are Getting Promoted

How African Women in STEM Are Building Influence and Getting Promoted

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You know that feeling when you look around the leadership table and realize you’re still not sitting at it? When another round of promotions gets announced and your name isn’t on the list, even though you delivered three major projects this year while your colleague who got promoted delivered one? If you’re a woman in

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7 African Women Engineers Building Infrastructure

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Submarine cables connecting continents. Traffic robots regulating chaotic city streets. Plastic waste transformed into construction materials. Solar power brings electricity to communities that never had it. These aren’t just engineering projects. They’re solutions to Africa’s most pressing infrastructure challenges, designed and built by African women engineers. The seven women featured here represent engineering at its

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