Mercy Corps, Nicholas Kristof Encourage Book Clubs To Fundraise And Get Active
Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...
Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...
Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.02.2009 | World
When it comes to the gender gap, the United States is in a bad spot. Out of 134 countries, our democratic nation comes in 31st place.
Tove Hermanson | Posted 10.18.2009 | Style
I love that Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko incorporates the traditional folksy milkmaid plaited braid, juxtaposed with her otherwise very modern sartorial sensibility, with nods to history.
Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media
By Matt Ferrero Starting this week, Reporters Uncensored TV will be launching a new series on social innovators. We will be bringing to your attent...
Nina Burleigh | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
Waving banners scrawled with "Berlusconi is bad for Italy's health," more than a hundred thousand people rallied to protest for a free press in Italy over the weekend.
Naomi Wolf | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
The Muslim women leaders I've spoken to do not say, "Please tell the West to save us." They are too busy making egalitarian, modernist new worlds of their own, with an Arab, and often Islamic, imprimatur.
Ritu Sharma | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
Violence against women is one of the most compelling causes of our time. New legislation in Congress could make battling that violence a U.S. foreign policy priority.
Susan L. Travis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
In the New Mexico village of Ruidoso, a conflict between the local chapter of the Democratic Women and the annual Oktoberfest organizers is brewing.
Page Gardner | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Too many unmarried women are struggling to support themselves in the worst economy in a quarter century -- and about 10 million are single moms with young children at home.
Irasema Garza | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
As bleak as the poverty figures appear, the Census Bureau's numbers likely underestimate the depth and scale of the problem. Given the scale of the problem facing us, we must address the structural issues that frustrate our efforts to help poor Americans.
Maria Rodale | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
When Hollywood finally learns how to make good romance movies, we might just finally free women around the world, and create the kind of world where peace is a possibility.
Auren Hoffman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Maybe politicians with daughters are better at empathizing with the people.
Irasema Garza | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
Women immigrants are facing impossible choices daily: put up with abuse, or sacrifice their only life line to economic security for themselves and their families.
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media
Heads up, Ms. Palin, because a Web site with your name on it is stealing my blog content: so it's gloves off, "Maverick."
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
Births to women in their late fifties and early sixties are no longer international news. Whether they are empowering or irresponsible has been a matter of ongoing debate.
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.19.2009 | World
Updates, and video screen grabs from the ceremony in Paris, follow the post. AUSTIN, TX -- When a reporter asked Vaclav Havel to comment on Iran's p...
Rachel Natelson | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
Many figures have decried the inequity of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the president and Congress to repeal the law. However, one community has remained resolutely silent: national veterans service organizations.
Nadya Khalife | Posted 08.01.2009 | World
Lebanese women won the right to vote in national elections 19 years before women in Switzerland. Yet political participation by Lebanese women remains dismal at the national level.
Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
No wonder, given stories like Soraya's and Neda's, that people worldwide assume Islam is oppressive of women.
Melinda Katz | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, the first female Vice Presidential candidate and my greatest inspiration, also happens to be my friend and neighbor.
Julie Menin | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
This week Obama proclaimed there was not much difference between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad in respect to Iran's relations with the US. With respect to women's rights, this is absolutely not the case.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
Conditions in Afghanistan are acutely compartmentalized. Reports from one village can be bright and optimistic while another locale is rife with atrocities towards women and girls.
C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
According to the new definition of racism -- let's call it neo-racism -- anyone who believes we have not achieved racial equality can be considered a racist.
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living
A year ago Michelle Obama's detractor's attempted to pigeon hole her into the caricature of "the angry black woman." Today, she is an American icon who is admired around the world.
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
In a society where about 70% of the university population is female, the election vetting process is a sad comment on the true condition of Iran's girls and women: second-class citizens.
Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact