Imagine how the world would change if we saw every mother as a sister. If we extended to every mother the same empathy, care and concern for her health and happiness that extend to our own sisters. This morning, as I sit here filled with joy at the arrival of...

Over the last six months striking large-scale photographs of mothers have been popping up in cities all over the world -- from Lagos, Nigeria to Barcelona, Spain, and Baku, Azerbijan and San Francisco, USA. Displayed on the walls of market places, city squares, libraries and major buildings, these installations form...

Are mothers powerful? In many ways it's a surprising question. We associate motherhood with love, nurturing, and domesticity -- with focusing inward, rather than outward. The idea of maternal power -- of mothers having major social clout, authority and influence -- can seem contradictory, almost alien.

In fact, in our...

With the continued reverberations of Anne-Marie Slaughter's article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" on why high-achieving American women still struggle to combine motherhood and work, it's time to look at the debate from a global perspective. Is "having it all" a global aspiration for working moms?...

A glance at the celebrity magazines shows us that a "new" face of modern fatherhood is emerging. Whether it's Ben Affleck taking daughters Violet and Seraphina to ballet class or Brad Pitt juggling his filming schedule to spend time with his kids, modern dads appear to be hands-on, engaged with...

Today, as Jessica Simpson celebrates the birth of a healthy 9 lb, 13 oz baby, the media is already salivating about her post-baby weight-loss regime. There is speculation that she will enroll as a Weight Watchers ambassador and rumors about the identity of the de rigueur personal trainer who will...

The International Museum of Women recently asked its global online audience to vote for its favorite piece of community art on the subject of motherhood. The finalists were selected from 600 global submissions, all designed to illuminate our understanding of what it means to be a mother today.

Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women's Day. It's a day marked all over the world to celebrate the achievements, contributions and talents of women. It's a day to think about the past and remember the incredible women who came before us -- our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers. And it's...

Why do we become -- or refuse to become -- mothers?

A global exhibition portrays some startling realities

How many women in the world have an opportunity to decide if, how, and when to create a family? What are the reasons that women today are choosing -- or refusing to...

As we look at the prominent and adoring coverage of celebrity moms and babies -- such as the recent media excitement that surrounded the birth of Beyoncé's daughter Blue Ivy -- how can we doubt that motherhood, and the health and welfare of all mothers, is a cornerstone of our...