Mourning Jeanne-Claude: Christo's Extraordinary Partner
One of the most salient qualities about the 51-year relationship between Christo and Jeanne-Claude is that they were true partners. Theirs was no arti...
One of the most salient qualities about the 51-year relationship between Christo and Jeanne-Claude is that they were true partners. Theirs was no arti...
Joan Williams | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business
For over a decade, I have studied thirty years of experimental social psychology studies of gender bias. One message is clear -- gender bias, alas, is alive and well.
Marcus Buckingham | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Men are becoming more like women and so men are starting to face the same multitude of choices that women tackle.
Madeline Wheeler | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books
When asked to come up with a list of the top 10 books for 2009 to counter Publisher's Weekly all male Top Ten Best Books of 2009, the 'She Writes' members decided to blog.
Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact
The European Summit for Global Transformation started when a group of friends asked, "What if we got together everyone we knew who's up to big things on the planet?" The results have exceeded everyone's expectations.
William Petrocelli | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
It's common wisdom among political scientists that any fundamental social change requires a change in public attitude before it can be enshrined into law. Don't rush too fast, experts advise.
Therese Borchard | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
Women are much more powerful than they were forty years ago. But they are stressed, anxious, and not as happy. Why?
Wall Street Journal | JONATHAN WEISMAN | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
While President Barack Obama still faces stiff headwinds on a range of major legislation on his agenda, he has been signing into law a slew of smaller...
Elaine Showalter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books
Collins uses her great sense of revealing anecdotes, engaging personalities, representative case histories, resonant stories, and startling details to defamiliarize a decade we thought we remembered.
Michael Kimmel | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
A fleet of 35 pink taxis recently debuted in Puebla, Mexico, a colonial city halfway between Mexico City and Veracruz. These taxis are driven only by women, and they do not stop for male passengers.
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was ...
The Huffington Post | Erica Jong | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books
We have known that women could write since Sappho invented love poetry 2600 years ago. Emily Dickinson, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, George Eliot co...
Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster than those of the typical man, new data from the Bureau...
Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Along with over 200 other Muslim women from 55 countries, I attended panels and seminars, all focused on educating and empowering Muslim women and promoting their rights from an Islamic perspective.
Rachael Chong | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business
A woman ahead of her time, Coco Chanel was a true entrepreneur, who brought women freedom through fashion.
Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
Simply put -- are women, should women be equal or not? Not implicitly equal. Not equal in New York state but not so much in Georgia. Not equal in every area as compared to men. Just equal, plain and simple?
Ellen Snortland | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living
We need a voting holiday to celebrate women getting the right to vote. Let's make the suffragists icons for peaceful non-violent social change.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
Gender roles have been reinforced since the days when fathers provided or families starved. They won't go away quietly.
Rep. Linda Sanchez | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
Title IX's achievements are in grave danger of being scaled back. Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play.
Katie Buckland | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
As I turn the page of my calendar and see next Tuesday marked Equal Pay Day, I cannot possibly imagine why we are still having this debate.
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
What is striking about this meeting is the number of men involved -- accounting for at least half the attendants. A far cry compared to other gatherings on women.
Heather Frank | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
One person really can make a difference, as we saw so clearly today with the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act.
Gloria Feldt | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
Hey, women: want to earn a cool half million? That's about what the average woman loses over a career lifetime due to gender inequities in pay for the same jobs as men.
Marjorie Cohn | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Although President Carter signed CEDAW in 1980, the treaty has never been sent to the full U.S. Senate for its advice and consent to ratification.
Jezebel | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living