Womens Empowerment

Pink Taxis, Quotas, and Global Gender Equality

Michael Kimmel | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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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.

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What Kind of Girl Power is This?

Rachel Simmons | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

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Girls grow up in a world that largely depicts female aggression as comedy, and euphemizes their cruelty as a "rite of passage," developmental phase or "girls being girls."

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Finding the Best in the Worst Circumstances: Reflections on my travels to Rwanda and the DRC with Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi | Posted 06.07.2009 | Home

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By Sara Sykes Women for Women International In the Women for Women International headquarters office in Washington DC, I sit in a small office everyd...

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Join Me on Ada Lovelace Day

Suw Charman-Anderson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

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Why do women feel less secure in their abilities than most men? Recent research may shed some light: women need to see female role models more than men need to see male ones.

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Sitting on the Sidelines is so Yesterday

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

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In what felt like a call to action, women at this conference imparted their wisdom from their life experiences and empowered one another through their stories of achievement, generosity, and courage.

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