Tabby Biddle

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee, shares her message of the role of women in bringing peace at a special screening of Women, War & Peace. Photo: © Thomas Williams/Crossroads Foundation Ltd

One of the most powerful ways to bring about change in...

It is disturbing to me that women hold just one percent of the world's wealth. While it's simple math, I think it's important to point out that this means that men hold 99 percent of the world's wealth. Think about this....

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More women's voices are needed in public leadership. In the U.S., there are 72 women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 17 women in the Senate, and only six female...

There has been a lot of talk lately about what's next for the women's movement. In fact, this past weekend in the New York Times, journalist Sarah Hepola asked the question, "Why, in 40 years, has no one emerged as Gloria...

Susan Macaulay speaking last year on gender parity at TEDxAjman. "TED suffers a dearth of women speakers on its worldwide stages. That's an issue. But it's also an opportunity," says Susan.


After observing that women have trouble taking credit for their success, and...

Annie Gersh (third from left) with some of her fellow Girl Up Teen Advisors at the "Unite for Girls Tour" in San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Annie Gersh.

Annie Gersh is a Teen Advisor with Girl Up, a United...

In the United States, many of us take the freedom of the...

Market in central business district of Lagos, Nigeria. Photo courtesy of UNFPA/Akintunde Akinleye

Everyone is talking about the big day today, October 31, when the world's population is expected to surpass 7 billion. What's the big deal? Why the panic? Isn't a baby being...

On Monday night in Los Angeles, the International Women's Media Foundation will honor four brave women journalists who have risked their lives to cover news in their countries.

"These courageous women have endured terrible hardships, without questioning their...

The relationship between women and men, and girl and boys needs to change. Did you know that women and girls ages 15 to 44...

Every year 10 million girls are forcibly married, some as young as five years old. They become slaves to their husbands and often suffer sexual abuse and domestic violence. It's terrible enough that these girls are being...

The oppression of women and girls used to be a fringe issue. This week at the U.N., the 60-year-old institution has taken the health and human rights of women and girls to the center of the conversation.

In many people's minds, the U.N. is a peacekeeping entity....

Hundreds of thousands of women and girls are dying every year as a result of childbirth. In fact, there is one maternal death every minute. For every woman who dies in childbirth, there are at least 10 women who suffer significant injuries or are disabled. The thing is...

What if the voices of young women in communities around the world dominated global media? How would our world be different?

I recently had the opportunity to work with eight young women from East Los Angeles in a media-training program aimed at bringing out...

Thirteen years ago, Kaye Popofsy Kramer posed a challenge to a small community of women in Los Angeles. As the circle of women sat in her living room, supporting Kaye after her mom's recent breast cancer diagnosis, Kaye asked: How can...

Are animal rights any more or less important than human rights? While foreign affairs dominate the front pages of America's newspapers, some might think that concern about the welfare of animals is secondary to the events in Japan, Libya and the rest of the Middle East. I beg...

Last night in Hollywood, President Clinton hosted a Millennium Network event where hundreds of young professionals, philanthropists, students and a handful of celebrities joined together in support of the work of the William J. Clinton Foundation.

"I really believe that this...

There are 192 countries that are recognized members of the United Nations. Women are heads of state in only 19 of them. Most of us know that women make up more than half of the world's population. So does something feel off balance to you?