NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Six African women with albinism who have overcome stigma, abuse, rape and machete attacks are set to scale the continent's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, to ...

LILONGWE, December 12, 2017 – Victoria Chimodzi has overcome many challenges in her life. “I am a girl child from a poor family and I have albinism,” she says, confidently. “Just these three factors ...

Mariamu Staford takes a break while climbing Mount Kenya in May during training for the Kilimanjaro climb. Photo taken by Elia Saikaly LONDON, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A woman with ...

Women with albinism themselves, and those whose children have the condition, suffer undue discrimination and stigmatization, a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council concludes. Ikponwosa Ero, a ...

As a black woman with albinism, Ashley Hicks said she always felt like an outsider. Hicks, an administrative assistant at Compliance, Audit and Advisory Services at Northwestern, has reduced pigment ...

“I once said to a close friend that it would really be lovely to see a woman with albinism on a Vogue Cover,” South African model, activist and lawyer Thando Hopa wrote on her Instagram. “I would not ...

Growing up, Natalie Devora always questioned how she fit into her African-American family. "Everyone was brown, and then there was me," Devora says. "I'm a white-skinned black woman. That's how I ...

Learn about organizations working to protect albinos from guesome attacks. Aug. 26, 2010 — -- In Tanzania, life with albinism is a near death sentence. Fifty-seven people with albinism have been ...

Project Director, Dr Nastai Zhou says Women Of Dominion International, a non-profit organization, run by Zimbabwean christian women in the US is seeking local experts to produce cheaper sunscreens for ...

Finding the perfect shade of foundation is a trying exercise for just about everyone. For Krystal Robertson of McComb, Mississippi, it was darn near impossible — until now. Robertson, 25, was born ...

As the world marks the International Women's Day 2020, a lot still needs to be done in ensuring equality. However, many women have become the face of change. This year’s theme is “I am Generation ...

Six African women with albinism who have overcome stigma, abuse, rape and machete attacks are set to scale the continent's highest peak NAIROBI, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Six African ...