D&I Weekly News Round-Up: Period poverty, Well-being, and more

Well-being

An interesting story from Luleå, a city in the north of Sweden, where a campaign called "Säg hej" (Say hello) is trying to tackle loneliness. 

Gender diversity

A tech conference was cancelled last week after it turned out that the organizers used a fake AI-generated woman speaker to create an illusion of gender diversity. Read more here.

Discrimination

A recent study conducted by Yale and Columbia University has shown that discrimination faced by pregnant mothers can negatively impact the development of the child's brain. Read more here.

Period poverty

Great podcast featuring worth listening to - three stories of women taking action to fight period poverty, e.g., with reusable pads in Lebanon.