If you're like most women, you probably don't know as much about your dad as you think you do. He can be a mentor, a cheerleader and a friend. But all relationships take work -- especially this one.
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment
The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?
Julie Menin | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment
The question that commentators such as Maureen Dowd aren't asking is: was there a "hostile work environment" for the women who Letterman did not bed?
Lori Sokol | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York
Green is becoming the new pink for working women striving to balance their work and family responsibilities.
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
An unlikely alliance of trial lawyers and Christian fundamentalists continues to defend the prerogative of jilted spouse to turn love triangles into quadrangles--with the state judicial system as a fourth wheel.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
Harboring resentment towards someone has a way of bouncing back like a boomerang to hurt you (including raising your blood pressure). Let go of the disappointment.
treehugger.com | April Streeter | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green
Dedicated bike commuting is grew about 38% in the last eight years. But if women are truly the indicator species for a successful bike infrastructure,...
Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
The higher the amount of testosterone, the more willing people are to take risks. Women, with considerably less of the male hormone coursing through their bodies, are more risk averse.
Susan Davis | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
After two years of support -- asset transfers, skill training and social linkages -- over 90% of our program women "graduate" into becoming successful microfinance members.
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.
Dr. Elsbeth Meuth | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living
Happiness is a state of being! And how did I arrive at that state of being? For me it occurred through two major life experiences that woke me up.
Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Afghanistan is now up to Obama, with his decision fateful on many fronts. Biden's got it wrong, no matter how learned his position to be. But so does John McCain.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment
Although many people were surprised before I explained why, deciding to have my launch party at Donna Hair Design in Chappaqua was a no-brainer
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
Four documentaries recently screened in Jordan give a rarely seen view of the Arab world and the lives of young Arabs searching for answers to philosophical questions of who they are and what they want.
reuters.com | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living
Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do but Dutch research shows they're actually catching more sleep....
Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.02.2009 | Style
The fact is that most guys like the curvier form of so-called "average" women. That's because they don't look like they'd snap like a dry twig if guys tried to cuddle with them.
Katherine Gustafson | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
A case is building that women are a major key to our world's economic stability, and momentum is growing for profound and lasting progress on boosting the fortunes of the female half.
Esta Soler | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
The International Violence Against Women Act was introduced in the last Congress, with bipartisan support. Following today's hearing, we expect it to be introduced again. This time, it must not languish.
Maria Eitel | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
For the first time in its five-year history, CGI included a cross-cutting focus called "Investing in Girls and Women." Now this isn't a total win. That said, this is an enormous step in the right direction.
Posted 09.30.2009 | Impact
This Thursday, October 1, don't miss Oprah as she embarks on an incredible hour of The Oprah Winfrey Show, featuring New York Times columnist Nicholas...
Cathy L. Greenberg, Ph.D. | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
The research we did for our book focused on how women have been able to make choices that moved them from unhappy to happy. We surveyed and interviewed over 1000 working mothers, and many were happy.
Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Style
The week surpassed all expectations. London surprised me. The design energy there is unmistakably moving forward in creative, thoughtful and innovative ways.
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.29.2009 | Comedy
In an effort to make travel safer and more pleasant for women, several new commuter trains in India are for women only. Other Places I would Like To ...
Tabby Biddle | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
Is it possible for women today to be independent, ambitious, successful career women and at the same time still be taken care of and "protected" by a partner?
Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living