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What the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights Means for Workplace Gender Diversity

Chloe Poynton | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
Chloe Poynton

Are there any concrete steps corporations can take to help counteract inequalities between men and women in the workplace? Companies can start to address the problem of gender discrimination by following these four steps.

A Vision of Equality for Our Nation's Future

Lynn Yeakel | Posted 04.15.2013 | Impact
Lynn Yeakel

In the midst of today's discourse on equality, it is easy to forget that a short century ago, women in the United States did not have the right to vote.

When Love Hurts: The Reality of Gender-based Violence 20 Years on (VIDEO)

Jayaseelan Naidoo | Posted 04.02.2013 | World
Jayaseelan Naidoo

Established more than a century ago in 1910, NICRO takes pride in its place at the forefront of South Africa's unrelenting search for effective, lasti...

Everything Matters

Kim Kelly | Posted 04.01.2013 | New York
Kim Kelly

When I feel the frustration building, when I cringe or fume, I will seize the moment as a possibility for change, rather than one of failure.

Hey Reince -- You Can't Buy Friends

Richard Robbins | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Richard Robbins

The chair of national party with millions of members announcing a $10 million spend for a "bottom-up approach" shows a complete lack of understanding of the meaning of a bottom-up movement.

WATCH: Bey's Latest Plot To Help Girls 'Run The World'

Posted 03.01.2013 | Black Voices

Singer Beyonce Knowles, actress Salma Hayek and Gucci creative director, Frida Giannini, arrived at the intersection of looking good and doing good Th...

In Hollywood, Women Really Are Helping Other Women: And Why This Needs to Be a Headline!

Jess Weiner | Posted 03.24.2013 | Impact
Jess Weiner

In order to ensure more women's voices receive recognition, and that more women have a chance to move up in rank while making media, the key to creating more equality needs to take place behind the scenes.

For Women's Equality, Some Positive Developments

Susan Bulkeley Butler | Posted 03.24.2013 | Women
Susan Bulkeley Butler

It's time to stop talking about women's equality -- in pay, in management, in government -- and start doing something about it.

From THE SLANT: Founding Editor of Ms. Magazine, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, on How Her Iconic Magazine Forever Changed News Coverage on Women

Stephanie Fairyington | Posted 01.22.2013 | Women
Stephanie Fairyington

With an unflappable belief in the possibility of a freer, fairer world, Letty Cottin Pogrebin has spent the last 42 years of her life combating anti-Semitism, promoting peace in the Middle East and tirelessly fighting for women's rights in the U.S. and abroad.

The Goal of Roe v. Wade

Kate Michelman | Posted 03.19.2013 | Politics
Kate Michelman

On this fortieth anniversary, it is appropriate to ask if the promise of Roe v. Wade has been fulfilled. Has women's liberty and equality progressed as far as we hoped it would since Jan. 22, 1973?

Still Human

Lynne Hybels | Posted 01.01.2013 | Impact
Lynne Hybels

In Congo's patriarchal culture, rape has become normalized. Boys are taught that being a man means they have dominion over women. Laws that should protect vulnerable Congolese girls and women are not enforced, yet victims are ostracized.

Jane Goodall, Too Many Choices and the Art of Giving Yourself Permission

Justine Musk | Posted 12.31.2012 | Women
Justine Musk

What is it that you're not doing -- in your work, in your life -- because you feel you need permission? If someone had given you that permission as a youngster, what do you think you'd be doing now? Do you think it's too late?

Sensitive Startups: Women and the New Wave of Connective Leadership

Jessica Bishop | Posted 10.24.2012 | Impact
Jessica Bishop

What enables women to be so good at connecting across barriers? And with Forbes dubbing entrepreneurship "the new women's movement," what exactly is the link between connecting well and female entrepreneurship?

Women's Equality Day: Not Just About Voting Anymore

Kate Farrar | Posted 10.24.2012 | DC
Kate Farrar

On this Women's Equality Day, we should celebrate the power of a woman's vote. But let's also celebrate a woman's voice and the fact that we can make ourselves heard every day -- not just every four years -- by supporting a sea change of leadership.

Every Woman's Story Counts -- Including Yours

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 08.24.2012 | Media
Soraya Chemaly

We have a world-shaping imbalance in our story telling. Our stories do not teach children that girls and women have independent agency and moral competence. So, why should they grow up to claim them as women or respect them in women as adults?

Still Trying to "Have It All" in Sweden

Natalia Brzezinski | Posted 07.28.2012 | Politics
Natalia Brzezinski

Women's empowerment is not about having every opportunity; it's about having the right to choose and define your own way. We will all never agree on the "having it all" debate." But let's agree it's the debate that really matters.

Newspapers Used To Think It Was Okay To Promote Spanking Women

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.11.2012 | Women

For every bit of gratitude one might feel for the gifts of the 1950s and 60s -- rock 'n roll and Mad Men, to name a few -- there's a friendly reminder...

Billie Jean King and Remarkable Success of Title IX

Peter Dreier | Posted 08.24.2012 | Politics
Peter Dreier

In 1970, when King and eight other female players defied the tennis establishment to form their own professional circuit, many experts doubted that they could attract big enough crowds to generate prize money. Women's tennis is now as popular as men's.

Complementarianism: Religion, Women's Work and the Economy

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
Soraya Chemaly

Last week, Rick Santorum, a man more Catholic than the Pope, in an appeal to fundamentalist, Protestant evangelical voters, said of Mitt Romney, a com...

My Family Values

Alvina Vasquez | Posted 08.20.2012 | Denver
Alvina Vasquez

When a conservative government makes it difficult for women in this world, they are making it difficult for everyone to contribute equally. This is an attack on middle class American families.

What the Girls Have to Say

Jennifer Hollett | Posted 05.25.2012 | Impact
Jennifer Hollett

Considering the endless list of problems the world faces today, from the economy to the environment, we could really use some new voices, fresh ideas and diverse perspectives.

Making Policies that Pave the Way

Judy Patrick | Posted 07.01.2012 | Los Angeles
Judy Patrick

Title IX legislation has been one of the most significant pieces of policy for women in the past 40 years because it has impacted millions of individual girls and women, every education system in the country and the sports industry.

Israel's Founding Pledge

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 06.26.2012 | World
Nancy K. Kaufman

As Israel celebrates its 64th birthday, many pro-Israel women cannot help but wonder what its founders would say about the uproar over the increasing examples of gender segregation on buses and in certain public spaces.

An Upside to the 'War on Women'?

Karin Kamp | Posted 06.24.2012 | Women
Karin Kamp

Could the 'war on women' be mobilizing a new generation of women leaders? I decided to contact some prominent women to find out. Here's what they told me.

What Is the Impact of All This Data?

Pat Mitchell | Posted 05.19.2012 | Media
Pat Mitchell

Experts are analyzing and compiling. Advocates are making the business case for everything from educating girls to having women on corporate boards. I'm left wondering -- to what ends?