I make my living teaching women how to own their ambition in a society that has a double standard. It's our prevailing cultural paradigm: ambitious men are go-getters, but ambitious women are bitches.

I define ambition as that which drives our creative existence, provides an outlet for our talents...

Council Member Helen Sears and the New York Women's Agenda Spotlight the need for Equal Pay Legislation for Women and People of Color at 2nd Annual Equal Pay Day Rally on NYC Steps of City Hall

Press Conference & Rally Before City Council Hearing on Equal...

As women, how can we deal with male co-workers who are, say, socially inept, professionally awkward, make inappropriate comments, but aren't harassing us, per se?

One great tactic is humor.

Franci J. Blassberg is a partner at Debevoise and Plimpton LLP and was named by...

I'm traveling through the Little Rock, Arkansas airport hours after meeting in New York with a group of women to talk Hillary and women and ambition. Exiting security, the first thing I see, through the airport bookstore's window, is a large black and white poster of a photograph of Hillary,...

Monday, November 12. A small political gathering in South Carolina, captured by the local Fox affiliate: A female supporter asks John McCain,

"How do we beat the bitch?"

Massive chuckles all around, including from McCain, who looks a tad uncomfortable even as his shoulders shake with...

There's a New Damsel in Town

To take the daily pulse in business, you have your morning coffee with the online business section of your newspaper of choice. Plus, you probably get breaking news e-mails throughout your workday. Obviously, these essential virtual destinations are where the old...

Elvira's blood-sucking sidekick?

Titillating French maid/cheerleader/Paris Hilton cellmate?

Stroll the aisles of your neighborhood costume shop, and you'll find hundreds of opportunities to "get in touch with your feminine, erotic side."

Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes, says that teen girls take advantage...

Women who telecommute, at least part time, tell me, "I have a killer job."

The pièce de résistance of their professional setup? "I can work from home when I need to. I can bend my work schedule around my child's needs."

Turns out, that's a mixed blessing. It's...

Have you ever considered this?

"Women do two-thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one-tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent...

The controversy over Don Imus' comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team was discussed on this morning's Meet The Press. And who was at the table analyzing the racist and sexist attacks fired at these young women? David Books of The New York Times,

First published by PRLEAP.COM, April 14, 2007

Las Vegas, NV - April 14, 2007 - Advertisers General Motors, American Express, Sprint Nextel and others pulled dollars away from the beleaguered Don Imus' show as MSNBC and CBS Radio swiftly yanked the plug on the...

DON IMUS CANCELLED ON TV--GO TEAM
After losing major advertisers, and facing widespread calls for his firing for...are their words?...debasing the phenomenally talented Rutgers women's basketball team--and women of all ethnic backgrounds--the radio host has been dropped from the schedule at the cable channel MSNBC.

Women:...

Women have made significant progress in the political arena, but we still have work to do.

Ilana Goldman, President of Women's Campaign Forum, notes: "From community organizing to the legislative process to the nomination and confirmation of judges, it is clear that we need women involved now more...