Women and Girls

The Taliban Is Aggressively Back in Action -- Are We Turning Our Back on the Women and Girls?

Greta Van Susteren | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Women and Girls, Violence Against Women, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan War, World News
Greta Van Susteren

As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of Afghanistan? Especially the women and girls?

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Another Blow Against Women -- House Appropriations Committee Votes to Defund UNFPA

Valerie DeFillipo | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Women and Girls, Global Motherhood, United Nations Population Fund, Unfpa, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Impact News
Valerie DeFillipo

Reproductive rights are human rights, but apparently not in the minds of House Appropriators.

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The Importance of the Private Sector to the Empowerment of Girls and Women: Observing (From) Japan

Tomoko Kaida | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Girls, Women and Girls, G20 Summit, Japan, girls20 Summit Japan, girls20 Summit Mexico, Women and Girls Empowerment, girls20-Summit, Impact News
Tomoko Kaida

It is no secret that Japanese society is "burdened" by gender-based discrimination and lack of adequate social recognition of girls and women.

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What Do You Get When You Cross Gloria Steinem with a Call for Aspirin Between the Knees?

Joyce McFadden | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Feminism, The New Yorker, The Paley Center for Media, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Najimy, Equal Rights, Mothers and Daughters, Women and Girls, The New York Times, Feminist.com, Carol Gilligan, Jeffrey Toobin, Pat Mitchell, Women News
Joyce McFadden

I wondered what must it be like to have devoted your entire adult life to a cause continually under fire. And I wondered how she remains optimistic in spite of recent challenges to her life's work.

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What's Your Water footprint? Water Security, Global Health and Chocolate Bars

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Water Footprint, Water Security, World Water Day, Health, Water, Farming, Women and Girls, Impact News
Dr Layla McCay

Unless we're one of the (mostly) women and girls who spend 200 million hours a year fetching it from wells or rivers, we have no particular incentives to ration water -- and it's running out.

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Remember Who's Really Listening When You Say You Hate Your Body

Joyce McFadden | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Girls' Use of Social Media, Msnbc, Body Image, Today Show, Youtube, Mothers and Daughters, Women and Girls, Carol Gilligan, Self Esteem in Girls, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Women News
Joyce McFadden

We often conceive of a preoccupation with beauty, weight and age as a solitary activity for a woman -- an internal conversation she runs in the privacy of her own head.

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A New Model For Education In Pakistan

Rahim Kanani | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Boarding School, Women and Girls, Education, Pakistan, Boys Education, The Hub School, Global Education, Pakistan Education, Pakistan-Poverty, Abdul Kader Jaffer, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Abdul Kader Jaffer started a foundation in 1996 in memory of his late father. Their boarding school for 800 boys will surpass existing standards of education in Pakistan.

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The Nike Foundation On Unleashing The 'Girl Effect'

Rahim Kanani | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Girl Effect, International Development, Peter Buffett, Maria Eitel, Women and Girls, Nike Foundation, Jennifer Buffett, NoVo Foundation, Advocacy, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Maria Eitel is the founding President and CEO of the Nike Foundation where she works to unleash the girl effect, the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls.

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Investing In The 'Undervalued Assets' Of Women And Girls

Rahim Kanani | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Women's Rights, Pamela Shifman, Human Rights, Warren Buffett, International Development, Peter Buffett, Jennifer Buffett, Women and Girls, NoVo Foundation, Women's Empowerment, White House Womens Rights, Obama Womens Rights, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Pamela Shifman, Director of Initiatives for Women and Girls at the NoVo Foundation, discusses the status of women, philanthropic investment, her advice to President Obama, and much more.

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White House Q&A: How We Can End Violence Against Women

Rahim Kanani | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women and Girls, Lynn Rosenthal, Violence Against Women, White House, Rahim Kanani, Advocacy, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

In the following interview, Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, discusses the Administration's ongoing efforts to bring an end to the cycle of abuse facing women of all ages

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White House: New Report Could Change Policies For Women

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, White House Council on Women and Girls, Women and Girls, Women's History Month, Women in America, Women's Empowerment, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Women in America is a report which, for the first time in recent history, pulls together information from across the Federal agencies on how women are faring in the U.S. today.

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The Future Of Women And Girls

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: S Factor, Women's Empowerment, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Women's Issues, Peggy Orenstein, Raising Daughters, Raising Girls, Female Sexuality, Women Sexuality, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Women and Girls, Healthy Living News
Tabby Biddle

The wound that is being created and perpetuated by our cultural distortion and commercialization of female sexuality needs to be -- and can be -- stopped.

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Dean Julio Frenk of Harvard's School of Public Health on Global Health, International Crises, Women and Girls, and Much More

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Global Health, Mhealth, Bill Gates, Ngos, Julio Frenk, Women and Girls, Harvard, Gender Violence, Technology, World News
Rahim Kanani

A big part of what we do in academia is not just solve a problem or answer a question; we are very, very actively involved in formulating the questions and framing the problems. Science is a way of looking at the world, a fundamental way of interpreting reality.

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CGI 2010: Q&A with Her Majesty Queen Rania on the Education of Women and Girls

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Clinton Global Initiative, Human Rights, Queen Rania, Empowerment, Cgi, International Development, Economic Development, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Women and Girls, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

At the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative being held this week in New York City, I posed a question to Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan regarding educational access for women and girls in the Middle East.

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Investing in Women and Girls: A Focus on Health, Advocacy and Innovation

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women and Girls, Women's Rights, Women, Global Health, Maternal Health, Women Deliver, Human Trafficking, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Health, Nicholas Kristof, Maternal Mortality, World News
Rahim Kanani

In less than two weeks, the world's leading voices on advancing the lives and livelihoods of women and girls around the world will come together for the 2010 Women Deliver Summit.

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International Women's Day: A Time to Focus on Adolescent Girls

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veneman, Adolescent Girls, Poverty, Gender Discrimination, Unicef, International Women's Day, Guatemala, Women and Girls, Ann Veneman, Women's Day, World News
Ann M. Veneman

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.

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How Changing Gender Roles Are Affecting Marriages

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Role Reversal, Men and Women, Sandra Tsing Loh, The Rise of Wives, My So-Called Wife, Families and Family Life, Elizabeth Gilbert, Husbands and Wives, She Works They're Happy, Women and Girls, The Changing Roles in Marriage, Committed, Same Sex Marriages, Tara Parker-Pope, Marriage, Healthy Living News
Tabby Biddle

Over the recent couple of decades, due to economic and socio-political changes, that traditional gender archetypes can no longer be assumed and more to the point -- are in a process of reconstruction.

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Lessons From Coco Chanel, a Self-Made Woman

Rachael Chong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coco Before Chanel, CoCo Chanel, Entrepreneurship, Gender Equality, Social Entrepreneurship, Glass Ceiling, Clinton Global Initiative, Women Entrepreneurs, Women and Girls, Business News
Rachael Chong

A woman ahead of her time, Coco Chanel was a true entrepreneur, who brought women freedom through fashion.

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A Stimulus Package for Future Generations

Joyce M. Roché | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Council on Women and Girls, White House Council on Women and Girls, Women and Girls, Girls Inc., Politics News
Joyce M. Roché

In the midst of a seemingly endless stream of dismal economic news, I saw real reason to be optimistic about the future when Obama established the White House Council on Women and Girls.

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