The Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women (CAFW) hosted its first "Dialogue for Action" last week in New York City. In short, the event dedicated to he...

Widespread child marriage in Yemen is essentially legalized, sexual-exploitation of children. The UN needs to do more than be "deeply concerned."

I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF G...

Millions of adolescent girls live in poverty, experience gender discrimination, and are subject to abuse. The result is not only the suffering of girls themselves, but a continuing cycle of oppression and abuse.

The results achieved thus far in Haiti are remarkable -- a testament to all the relief agencies and people working to ensure that humanitarian supplies are getting to those who need them most.

Five years ago the world watched in horror as nearly 230,000 people, particularly women and children, perished in the tsunami that struck south Asia.

In addition to what appears to be large loss of life and injuries, early reports indicate massive infrastructure damage, including schools that have collapsed, homes destroyed, and hospitals overwhelmed.

Earlier this week I returned from a trip to the country, seeing first-hand some of the extensive damage and visiting with victims and relief workers.

The immense courage and strength of victimized Congolese women in speaking out will help bring more awareness to these crimes and change to a region of the world that suffers from the most brutal atrocities of war.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I met a 12-year-old girl who told me her story of being attacked and raped. Last month when I returned to the DRC I asked to meet Hope again.