Last week marked a turning point for women like Mariam Ouadraogo and her relationship with the U.S. Mariam, who lives on about a dollar a day like many millions of her sisters all over the world, generously hosted me last year in her family compound in the small village of...
Posted April 4, 2011 | 15:02:04 (EST)
This article was first published by Hungerfast on April 1, 2010.
I've been an advocate for the world's poorest citizens for almost twenty years. I'm fasting now because I have never felt as concerned about the future of our international assistance programs for the poor...
Posted February 23, 2011 | 00:13:33 (EST)
Over six decades after the United Nations was founded in 1945, one half of the world's population is finally getting the attention it is due. A new United Nations agency, UN Women, will formally launch this week with the express mandate of promoting global women's equality. With the United States...
Posted February 4, 2010 | 10:19:24 (EST)
By Ritu Sharma and Humaira Shahid
Nasreen (not her real name) who walked into the office of the Daily Khabrain newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan that day eight years ago demanded justice. She stripped off her clothes, revealing a body which was blue due to a...
Posted December 14, 2009 | 10:27:21 (EST)
A year into the new Administration, there are hopeful signs that Washington is serious about elevating global development to be the third pillar of U.S. foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense. A year after being elected on the promise of elevating global development efforts and doubling foreign assistance, the Obama...
Posted October 1, 2009 | 16:29:14 (EST)
It's women's week on the world stage. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chaired yesterday's UN Security Council meeting, introducing a resolution to provide greater protections to the world's women in times of conflict. And today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on global violence against women.
That...
Posted October 1, 2009 | 12:23:33 (EST)
It's women's week on the world stage. Secretary of State Clinton chaired yesterday's UN Security Council Meeting, introducing a resolution to provide greater protections to the world's women in times of conflict. And today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on global violence against women.
That makes...
Posted July 14, 2009 | 14:39:38 (EST)
This article was first published by The Boston Herald on July 6, 2009.
This week, 4 million more people worldwide will go to bed hungry. Seven out of 10 of them are women. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports that the total number of hungry people...
Posted May 14, 2009 | 11:36:00 (EST)
President Obama has signaled a change of course on the military side of U.S. policy in Afghanistan this week, replacing U.S. military leadership in the country. The jury is out on whether these are the right changes to be making and whether this new military policy will succeed, but there...
Posted May 5, 2011 | 14:29:14 (EST)