How she does it: Racheal Ikulagba
When Racheal Ikulagba was home after having her second child, she wished there was a place that offered wholesome, healthy food with a touch of home. Fast-forward a few years and she made it happen when she set up Kitans Food, a venture that brings the vibrant flavours of African cuisine and cosmopolitan snacks to the Maltese community.
How she does it: Krystle Penza
Mvintage has become a household name in Malta. Yet, until a few years ago, the name was a mere concept in the mind of a creative and ambitious young mother—Krystle Penza. Now an award-winning entrepreneur, she shares key moments of the journey that led her to establish Mvintage, a brand dedicated to empowering women.
Let AI take the mental load: Smarter solutions for daily juggling
From meals and chores to budgets and children’s activities, AI technology can help streamline tasks that often feel overwhelming. Professor Alexiei Dingli shares ideas on how ChatGPT can act as a mini personal assistant, providing advice and structure around the endless, mentally-taxing to-dos that family life brings.
The menopause mystery. This scientist is advocating for more women’s health research.
Canada -based scientist Liisa Galea has made it her mission to advocate for the need for more research into women’s health. Such research can help uncloud the menopause mystery, amongst other things.
Saving Her-Story. These women are setting up Malta’s first women’s archive.
Pro-Rector at the University of Malta Carmen Sammut, together with Equity Coordinator Nadia Abdilla are in the process of setting up Malta’s very first women’s archive to preserve women’s history that is “being lost at a fast pace”.
A heartfelt story. Meet the woman reading to the elderly and vulnerable.
Stories have connected generations of people through the shared truths built into them. Fabienne Buhagiar is harnessing the powerful tool of storytelling and putting it to good use to help others. She talks about why she set up Heartfelt Stories to provide companionship reading.
How she does it: Coryse Borg
Actress and writer Coryse Borg recently took the leap and went freelance. This opened a door – which she walked straight through - into the world of radio. The first topic she picked?... Forgotten women. She talks about what inspired her to learn about history’s hidden heroines and her urge to share what she learned.
‘I don’t need a husband’. The truth about single women in Malta.
Society recognises different forms of intimate relationships, families and living arrangements. But single women still face a level of stigma - even though there are over 40,000 single women in Malta. In her research, Ramona Cuschieri uncovered the realities that these women live.
How she does it: Rosanna Stafrace
Artist, stylist and milliner Rosanna Stafrace inherited her passion for art and fashion from her mother, who taught her how to make her first hat. Driven by her free and colourful spirit, she took hat-making to a different level. She talks about her creative journey, lessons learnt, and how she built her brand ‘La Rossa’.
Discovering new worlds. Rosanne’s adventure through central Asia.
Rosanne Zammit caught the travel bug when she was a child - and has been happy to cultivate it into adulthood. A seasoned journalist, with a passion for all things Maltese, she talks about how her adventure through Central Asia is more than just about seeing a new part of the world – it is also a journey of self-discovery.