An Example to Womankind

The year is 1922. In Karachi, the Islamic centre of British India, a 17-year-old woman is stepping up to the stage of the Town Hall when the audience rushes forward. Fearing for her safety, she retreats behind a curtain. It takes the mayor to reassure her that the people are simply keen to hear what…

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Women in Space – How Lucille Ball Saved Star Trek® and the Impact on NASA

Women have always played a pivotal role in space exploration. From key roles in sci-fi fantasy television shows and movies to real-life scientific heroines, the impact of women is undeniable, and we celebrate it. Did you know that Star Trek® almost didn’t make the network? After a failed pilot, Lucille Ball not only advocated for a second pilot but…

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Remembering Clara Dunn

“Oh what an enormous duck! Oh what a wonderful duck! How splendid was this great big glorious duck!” Clara Dunn was present on the occasion that Abdu’l-Baha recounted a story of a person who spoke in such a manner. Her humility and spiritual receptivity, combined with the fact that the Master was looking directly at…

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The Equality of Men and Women

“The world of humanity has two wings—one is women and the other men,” wrote ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, “Not until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly. Should one wing remain weak, flight is impossible.” In this small selection of passages and quotations, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá explains how human success and prosperity is dependent on the achievement of…

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International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, join UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating under the theme: DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality. 22% Women make up only 22 per cent of artificial intelligence workers globally. 44% A global analysis of 133 AI systems across industries found that 44.2 per cent demonstrate…

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