WHYY is proud to announce that it will honor Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai with its prestigious Lifelong Learning Award ...

International Women’s Day 2026, themed Give To Gain, celebrates women's achievements and calls for active support in gender ...

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful, is a quote by Pakistani activist and youngest Nobel laureate, which means you don’t need everyone to act for change. Many times, people ...

We celebrate the greatest speeches of all time, spoken by women who have changed the world for the better.

Lower Hudson Valley schools are using remote learning on snow days, bringing back pandemic memories for families.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump bitterly complained about his failure to win a Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday in asides to his Board of ...

President Donald Trump bitterly complained about his failure to win a Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday in asides to his Board of Peace that included the false claim that a U.S. ally “screwed” him out of ...

Malala Yousafzai’s journey proves that the "light" of a girl’s ambition is more powerful than any attempt to silence it through fear or force. Her resilience transformed a moment meant to be an ending ...

A Kenyan environmentalist, she began by paying women a few shillings to plant trees and went on to become the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Seth Rogen was quite happy to win the first of his pair of Actor Awards on Sunday. But he took the opportunity to express his unhappiness with another awards show. Accepting the prize for Outstanding ...