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Tag: Women to Watch

Collage of indigenous women content creators
  • Posted in
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    • Travel Content Creators

14 Indigenous Women and Femme Content Creators to Follow Right Now

  • Posted byby Wanderful Team
  • November 6, 2022
  • 5 minute read
  • 0 Comments

Travel is an inherently political act; failing to recognize the colonization and theft of native lands has — for far too long — been the standard in the travel industry….

Travel industry awards for women at the Women in Travel Summit (WITS)
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    • Travel Content Creators

The 2022 Bessie Awards: Travel Industry Awards for Women of Impact

  • Posted byby Wanderful Team
  • December 13, 2021
  • 6 minute read
  • 12 Comments

Welcome to the premier travel industry awards for women! The finalists have been announced for the 4th annual Bessie Awards, hosted by Wanderful and the WITS Travel Creator + Brand…

Collage of images from nonprofits around the world that support and empower women
  • Posted in
    • Community
    • Global Issues

Support These 21 Women-Focused Non-Profits Around The World

  • Posted byby Wanderful Team
  • November 29, 2021
  • 7 minute read
  • 1 Comment

At Wanderful, our mission is to make travel better for ALL women. As travelers, we support each other through our global membership network, offering advice, travel tips, and a friendly…

Feature image for Wanderful's Plus Size Travel Creators list, collage of 8 different women
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    • Travel Content Creators
    • Women to Watch

Follow These 25 Plus Size Travel Creators Right Now

  • Posted byby Wanderful Team
  • July 22, 2021
  • 7 minute read
  • 2 Comments

These creators are proving that travel is for every body. They’re hitting the hiking trails and surfing the waves, they’re globetrotting and highlighting the joys of traveling close to home….

Nour Brahimi sitting on a rock ledge overlooking a lush green landscape and buildings in the distance. She is turned toward the camera smiling
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    • Women to Watch

Meet Algeria’s First Female Travel Vlogger Forging a New Path for Women

  • Posted byby Amanda Walkins
  • June 14, 2021
  • 5 minute read
  • 4 Comments

Being the first to do something comes with responsibility and an innate need to get creative. Without a roadmap to follow and lacking mentorship that reflects your experience, being “the…

Wanda Duncan standing atop a mountain with greenery and mist in the background
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    • Travel Content Creators
    • Women to Watch

Meet the Trailblazer Cultivating a Community of Black Women Digital Nomads

  • Posted byby Amanda Walkins
  • May 14, 2021
  • 6 minute read
  • 1 Comment

Wanda Duncan just never slows down. Whether that’s in reference to her non-stop traveling life or her constant new creations with her work…Wanda Duncan is taking the world by storm. …

Menstrual hygiene management program in Uganda Just a Drop
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    • Global Issues

How One Woman Championed Responsible Tourism & Created “Just a Drop”

  • Posted byby Fiona Jeffery
  • March 30, 2021
  • 5 minute read
  • 1 Comment

Wanderful is proud to partner with Just a Drop, an organization working at a grassroots level to support communities around the world with access to sustainable safe water solutions, sanitation…

Deborah Graves in Antarctica
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    • Travel Tips

Meet this Remarkable 70-Something Scuba Diver Traveling the World Solo

  • Posted byby Amanda Walkins
  • March 19, 2021
  • 8 minute read
  • 3 Comments

As a 70-something solo female traveler, Deborah Graves challenges preconceptions and stereotypes regularly. To top it off, she is certainly not your average leisure traveler taking the occasional vacation to…

Photographer Céu Albuquerque standing in the middle of a city street with camera gear draped around her
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    • Global Issues
    • South America

Meet the Brazilian Photographer Advocating for Women via Nude Photography

  • Posted byby Helene Doetsch
  • March 17, 2021
  • 6 minute read
  • 1 Comment

While in Salvador, Brazil, Helene Dötsch met photographer Céu Albuquerque.  Joining the photographer for one of her sessions, she discovered how Céu helps women and non-binary people all over Brazil…

Vibrant colorful Moroccan rugs
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    • Global Issues
    • Global Lifestyle

Introducing Local Purse: A New Way to Experience Virtual Travel

  • Posted byby Nikki Vargas
  • December 7, 2020
  • 6 minute read
  • 4 Comments

In a small, somewhat-unknown community in Guatemala sits a town by the name of San Juan La Laguna, on the edge of Lake Atitlán. It is here that a women’s…

Shelby Dziwulski of Authenteco Travel standing in front of her US Navy Search and Rescue helicopter
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    • Travel Content Creators

Meet the Navy Pilot Leading the Way in Sustainable Travel

  • Posted byby Kendal Karstens
  • October 27, 2020
  • 6 minute read
  • 1 Comment

“Pivot” has been the theme of the travel industry in 2020 as the world came to a screeching halt and almost all travel stopped with the pandemic. But for Shelby…

Martinique Lewis stands with her book, The ABC Travel Greenbook, and a small bag
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    • Global Issues

Meet the Woman Who Created The New Green Book for Black Travelers

  • Posted byby Claire O'Brien
  • October 13, 2020
  • 8 minute read
  • 7 Comments

Wanderful is publishing this story in partnership with REP CO, a brand new storytelling collaborative that covers issues of racial and social justice and is powered by volunteer media professionals….

Group of people with long shadows playing music standing in the sand. Surabhi Ensemble in Senegal - photo by Larissa Rolley, photography course creator at Wanderful
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For Love of Travel and Photography

  • Posted byby Larissa Rolley
  • October 5, 2020
  • 5 minute read
  • 0 Comments

If you are like me, travel is one of your favorite things. I must have been born under the sign of ‘travel’ because I was born at the World’s Fair…

Karisma Shackelford of Wanderful with her son
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    • Events

Moving Forward: Why I Created the Anti-Racism Town Hall

  • Posted byby Karisma Shackelford
  • July 19, 2020
  • 5 minute read
  • 6 Comments

It’s 6:00am and my Google Home alarm goes off playing the song “I Was Here” by Beyonce. One of my favorite songs to wake up to — it’s my daily…

Jacky Habib of New Lens Travel conducting an interview
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    • Africa
    • Travel Content Creators

Meet the Journalist Leading Socially Responsible Trips in Africa

  • Posted byby Amanda Walkins
  • July 10, 2020
  • 6 minute read
  • 3 Comments

Jacky Habib is a freelance journalist and founder of New Lens Travel, a social enterprise fostering connections between tourists and local storytellers in Africa. Get her tips for travelers and…

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