Every time Dawa Yangzum Sherpa brings her ice axe down against the steep rock face of a snow-ridden summit, she chips away at patriarchy that doesn’t encourage Sherpa women to climb mountains. Dawa Yangzum stood...
Tag: women’s travel
The Best Facebook Groups for Solo Female Travelers
If you're a solo female traveler, Facebook is your greatest ally. Did you know there are hundreds of groups for solo female travelers – and pretty much every subject you could possibly imagine? They offer...
Why More Women Are Taking Female-Only Holidays
The way women are exploring our world is empowering it. They take female-only holidays with female travellers they have never met to build relationships, and prioritise travel that strengthens communities and local economies. Most travel...
Meet the Girl Who is Hitchhiking and Cycling the Stans
Hitchhiking and cycling across the globe? Sounds like the stuff of a Hollywood plot, but not for Marsha Jean! This 21-year-old Chinese girl has been travelling and working around the world for three years, mostly...
Make Human Connections While Travelling and the World Becomes Your Oyster
What if you show up in Madrid on the busiest day of the year, without your luggage, or a phone, not knowing a word of Spanish? This happened to Beverley Cheng, founder of Born to...
Life’s a Beach…If You Work for It!
From its sun-kissed beaches, spellbinding coastline, and sights as iconic as the films shot in its backyard, being picture-perfect comes all too easily to California. So when Bettina Bogar was sent on a photography assignment...