Home » women

women

Celebrating Women Series – Angela Redfern

Angela Redfern had a dream to create healthy meals that are locally sustainable, she went on to create Ripe cafes and authored two cookbooks. She explains how becoming a mother sparked her intrest in nutrition and how to cater for people with various food intolerances.

Celebrating Women Series – Dr. Melanie Cheung

Dr. Melanie Cheung is a neurobiologist and Fulbright scholar who is making strides in the field of science and medicine. She shares her passion for all things related to the brain and why she loves being a scientist.

Celebrating Women Series: Pip Hall

Writer, water ballerina and mother Pip Hall talks about chasing the joy and how she co-founded the water ballet company Wet Hot Beauties.

Celebrating Women Series: Ella Rose

Meet the first inspirational female in our Celebrating Women Series, musician, film-maker & humanitarian Ella Rose.

Celebrating Women Series: Kathryn Wilson

New-Zealand designer Kathryn Wilson tells us about how she hopes to empower other women through fashion.

Celebrating Women Series: Susie O’Neill

Olympic swimming legend, TV personality and mother of two, Susie O’Neill explains how strong women helped her achieve her dreams and why she is striving to make women and their families more fit and active through the Together Counts campaign.

Celebrating Women Series: Stephanie Alexander

Stephanie Alexander talks to us about her love of food, the important women in her life & her kitchen garden program.

Empowering women

Despite making up half of the world’s population, women represent 70 per cent of the global poor. We take a look at one initiative lifting women out of poverty.

Lupita fever

Lupita Nyong’o – it’s the name that’s on everyone’s lips this week, well at least in the MiNDFOOD office anyway. […]

Girls Kick It: Sarah’s Story

Uganda’s Girls Kick It is a charity uniting women through football. Sarah Angwech is one of its greatest successes.

Pakistani village offers radical sex education classes

One rural Pakistani village is offering groundbreaking sex education classes to girls, covering off taboo topics such as marital rape.

Oppressed majority

A woman can be subjected to catcalls, leers, winks, jibes and remarks that undermine her intelligence on a daily basis. […]

Karen Walker’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection at NYFW

Karen Walker’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection is a celebration of the Suffragette, her subversion of beauty, rejection of traditional prettiness, and […]

Omega-3 fatty acids slow down brain’s ageing process

A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, found in fatty fish, could buy you two extra years of brain health.

Pumping iron helps women cut diabetes risk

A new study has found weightlifting can help women reduce their risk of diabetes.

Womanifesto

Women’s rights activists in India have called for a gender-sensitive agenda ahead of this year’s general elections.

Coming of age in Japan

Over a million youths have taken part in Coming of Age Day celebrations in Tokyo, manu in traditional dress.

Indian women’s group hopes to cap gold given at weddings

One Indian woman’s group hopes to cap the amount of gold given at weddings and ease the financial burden on families.

Natural fertility solutions

Naturopath Kathleen McFarlane shares the lifestyle practices and environmental factors that might impact a woman’s ability to conceive.

Eat Like a French Woman and Don’t Get Fat

Mirelle Gulliano explains how French women don’t get fat, and why she decided to write about it. She also shares her magical brekkie recipe.

Wild Women On Top Sydney Coastrek

Sydney’s Coastrek is a great way to increase your fitness, endurance and push your mind and body all in the name of a good cause.

Afghan women’s rights post-withdrawal

Following the military withdrawal from Afghanistan, now more than ever, we must safeguard Afghan women’s rights, says Amnesty International.

Women play a role in reducing breast cancer risk

Women are mostly unaware of the role played by their health and wellbeing when it comes to warding off breast cancer, a Newspoll survey has found.

The mind-blowing benefits of walking with women in nature

Walking with women among nature might hold the key to unlocking the cure for anxiety or mental illness.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BECOME A MiNDFOOD SUBSCRIBER TODAY

Let us keep you up to date with our weekly MiNDFOOD e-newsletters which include the weekly menu plan, health and news updates or tempt your taste buds with the MiNDFOOD Daily Recipe.