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Welcome to the summer issue. Get outside post-lockdown, but take some good reading material along with you for those quiet moments. We hope you enjoy these great articles: Learning about Russia Canadian singer Tate McRae Artificial Intelligence, The Basics Summer Flicks Rock Climbing for Beginners And more Coming in September / October: Learning about Sri Lanka Lorde’s Evolution The Value of Money Books that Inspire And more…. Join us as we continue to cover the serious, the fun, the hip, the bent – the real. Check out the girlworks App—for iOS for Android and Amazon— it’s the only place you can access over 30 back issues with your paid subscription. When you have finished reading the magazine and want more, visit us at girlworks. We recently moved our site to:…

Russia is a difficult country to write about in 2022. The hope for the West of 21st century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Russia was more capital partnerships, more diplomacy - less military build-up, and military spending. But the war with Ukraine shows no signs of abating after 3 months, both sides digging in for a longer war. Sanctions against Russia have devastated economic growth, hurling average Russians into uncharted territory. The future of Russia unfolds in the news day after day in what appears to be a long siege on Ukraine. A BRIEF HISTORY The area that is now Russia has been inhabited by people for thousands of years. The first modern state in Russia was founded in 862 by King Rurik of the Rus. Rus…

From June 16-19, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space - at the age of 26. Tereshkova was born in 1937 to a farm family in Maslennikovo, a village on the Volga River. Her father was killed in WWII when she was 2 years old. Her mother moved and began working at a mill and Valentina joined her mother working there after graduating high school at 17. Tereshkova also became interested in parachuting from a young age, and trained in skydiving at the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22, in 1959. While still employed as a textile worker, she trained as a competitive parachutist which she kept a secret from her family. She made over 150 jumps. Inspired by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Tereshkova…

The Deloitte report cites many women who were interviewed in AI. Feedback, generally, went something like this: “The continuous cycle of what one interviewee referred to as the “Girl Scout badges 03 phenomenon”—women needing to constantly overcome being doubted, discounted, or even ignored altogether and “get a badge” to move forward in their work—can put women in an uncomfortable and tiring position, which likely contributes to attrition and pay inequality among women in AI. As one interviewee put it, “women should not need permission” to perform their work in AI.” Clearly there is work to be done with female engagement and representation in AI. AI will be made better through diversity and companies, policy makers and academics acknowledge this fact. But it will take time. “A lot of the perception…

Knowing about Artificial Intelligence (AI) is for everyone. The SciFi world of sentient robots may not be on the immediate horizon, but a world where robots surpass human abilities in almost all tasks, is. Given the impact of AI on every aspect of economic, social and political life, understanding the basics of AI and maintaining a level of interest in developments in the sector is smart. Part of the discussion around AI is how is might be used in an unethical way, but there is a lot of work being done in AI that provides incredibly positive solutions for all of us. What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence leverages computers and machines to mimic the problem-solving and decision-making capabilities of the human mind. The birth of the artificial intelligence began…

Do you know that 2 of every 3 Australians will have skin cancer by the time they are 70? The summer sun is warming and welcome. Enjoying time outside with friends and family is the goal for short summer months. The sun is essential to pretty much all life on Earth, providing warmth and light to plants and animals. It even delivers vitamin D3 to your body, and improves your mood. Between climate change and the regular solar cycle (expected to reach a peak in July 2025), we must acknowledge that “the warming we are witnessing is too rapid to be linked to the Earth’s orbit, and too large to be caused by solar activity.[1] ” It’s getting hotter and exposure to the sun and heat grows alongside in many…