Profiles

The 2020 Booker Prize is the most diverse lineup in its history, with four writers of colour among its shortlists, most hailing from the US.

Charlette N’Guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious 2020 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation – the first time for a woman.

Viridiana Alvarez Chavez completed the fastest ascent to the top the three highest mountains with supplementary oxygen (female) in one year and 364 days.

Nakkiah Lui is leading a new generation of new voices as she teams up with Allen and Unwin to curate a list of authors for a new imprint, called JOAN.

One of Australia’s best cricketers has been inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth Australian woman and the 27th Australian.

Kamala Harris is the first woman of colour to be named as a vice presidential running mate; Joe Biden’s pick for the 2020 Presidental Election.

Teela May Reid has been awarded this year’s Daisy Utemorrah Prize at the WA Premier’s Book Awards for her unpublished manuscript “Our Matriarchs Matter.”

On Sunday, Marin married Markus Räikkönen at Kesäranta, Marin’s official residence, and was attended by 40 guests consisting of close friends and family.

Joshua Creamer, Sandra’s son, is a barrister specialising in class actions and native title. Yesterday he moved his mother’s admission to become a solicitor.

At 37, she became New Zealand’s youngest female PM. The latest polls showed a record high approval rate for Labour, with her party charting 61 per cent.

Sarah al-Amiri is leading the UAE’s first interplanetary mission as the first female minister of State for Advanced Technology.

Melinda Gates explains how diseases push marginalised people to situations where they are vulnerable to exploitation and further discrimination.