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FROM WOMEN’S AGENDA

A 100% female-owned and run publication for career-minded women who want to stay ahead of the conversation.

FROM MISSING PERSPECTIVES

Missing perspectives was founded with one mission – to challenge the underrepresentation of young women in news worldwide.

The lines of her hand: A love language

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By Missing Perspectives

Climate activist Belyndar Rikimani reflects on her upbringing in the Solomon Islands

By Missing Perspectives

Hannah Diviney in Conversation with Grace Gill


By Missing Perspectives

For Women, By Women: Meet Meenu Vadera, the founder of an Uber alternative creating jobs for women

By Missing Perspectives

Women in Medhi Pamua village of Assam's Dhemaji district discuss ways in which they could cope with the recurring floods

In one of the worst flood-affected regions of India, women lack access to basic resources


By Sanskrita Bharadwaj

Zahra Al Hilaly

Racial discrimination and imperialistic standards of power: My experience at the Commission on the Status of Women


By Zahra Al Hilaly

A still from the 'Periods Don't Stop in Flood' Mahwari Justice talk

Periods don’t stop for floods, so why do we forget the menstruators?

By Kashvi Chandok

Patients receive treatment for Dengue at a hospital in Beawar

Gender Bites: Rising Dengue Cases in India Are Putting Pregnant Women at Risk


By Saumya Kalia

Plane flying over ocean

Stranded spouses: Visa regimes allow for a new form of transnational domestic violence


By Mahima Jain

Rinky engaging in chikankari work

Chikankari workers remain on the fringes of the labour market

By Ritwika Mitra

Close up of Meghan Markle

A black woman’s reality

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By Avery Oliver

Students attend class after private universities were reopened in Kabul

Millions of dreams disrupted as the Taliban bans women from university

By Roya Musawi

Zambian girls practising Taekwondo

Empowering girls through martial arts in Zambia’s toughest slum

By Nyasha Bhobo

Freshta Karim

How one woman is changing the lives of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable children

By Phoebe Saintilan

Mahima Jain

The morning after: The struggle to find emergency contraceptive pills in India

By Mahima Jain

Congolese woman dancing expressively

Changing South Kivu one dance at a time: The young Congolese woman defying stereotypes

By Douce Namwezi

FROM THE MECCA MEMO

In our monthly MECCA M-Powered interview series, fearless women from around the globe share their incredible stories.

Lucy Small

MECCA MUSE

Surfer Lucy Small is making waves for equality in sport

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Yasmin Poole

MECCA MUSE

Yasmin Poole Wants to Change the World

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Mandy Dante smiling

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Mandy Dante from Flourish Girl on how teenage girls will change the world

Hannah Diviney smiling

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Writer and disability advocate Hannah Diviney on finding her voice – and her power

Niyoka Bundle smiling

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Niyoka Bundle’s indigenous fusion food is paving the way for girls

Tatiana Bilbao video still

MECCA MUSE

Watch: The making of our inaugural MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission installation

Zara Seidler smiling

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: The Daily Aus’ Zara Seidler on putting the news in young people’s hands

Trans Activist Georgie Stone standing in front of graffitied wall

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Pioneering trans activist Georgie Stone’s fight to be her true self

Georgie Carey smiling

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Georgie Carey on why we need more young women in politics

First Nations Poet Evelyn Araluen

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Award-winning First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen on writing to create change

Ashanti Bush

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: The AFLW’s Ashanti Bush is inspiring a new generation of young indigenous female players

Shehelah Ousman smiling into camera

MECCA MUSE

MECCA M-POWERed: Shehelah Ousman on the life-changing power of education

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