Womens Voices

Women in U.S. Leadership: What's Next?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.29.2012

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Tabby Biddle

More women's voices are needed in public leadership. In the U.S., there are 72 women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 17 women in the Senate, and only six female governors. Our numbers are clearly out of proportion.

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Why It Sucks to Be a Woman Today

Jen M.L. | Posted 04.22.2012

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Jen M.L.

Don't let these men make laws that affect your bodies without at least speaking up -- for or against. Let them know how you feel and let them know what you want.

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Dubai-based Woman Brings Women's Voices to the Forefront

Tabby Biddle | Posted 04.03.2012

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Tabby Biddle

After observing that women have trouble taking credit for their success, and therefore miss out on a lot of opportunities, Canadian-born Susan Macaulay grew frustrated.

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Project Runway Winner Anya on Finding Her Voice

Deborah Stambler | Posted 12.28.2011

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Deborah Stambler

"For young girls and their moms, fashion is an opportunity to discuss identity, self-respect and pride. It shows women there are ways to be expressive without being disrespectful to yourself. "

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The Challenge of Creating A Female 'Voice of Authority'

MORE | Posted 11.07.2011

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As Couric takes her seat at the anchor desk of CBS Evening News, her correspondents and producers in the field will be flooding her with images of war...

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Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011

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Jim Wallis

Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.

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Empowering the Voices of Women to Achieve the MDG's

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Peasley

Investing in girls and women should also be a means of empowering them and putting them at the center of the development debate. They should be at the table when political leaders and donors define how new funds will be allocated.

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The Problem Of Women's Self-Expression: A Scientific Perspective

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dr. Christiane Northrup, Women's Rights, Dr. Marcy Cole, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Women's Voices, Relationships, Healthy Living News
Tabby Biddle

Why are women so focused on the "other?" Are men also hung up on what others think? Louann Brizendine, M.D., a neurobiologist, says our distinct female biology provides an explanation.

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Progressive Women's Voices: Changing the Face of Media, One Woman at a Time

Ileana Jiménez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ileana Jiménez

Being a part of Progressive Women's Voices has allowed me to amplify my voice while shaping the conversation on issues that are crucial to me and to my students -- diversity and inclusion, equity and justice.

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Arianna and Silda Wall Spitzer on The Time of Our Lives

Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Silda Spitzer, Reinvention, Silda Wall Spitzer, The Balanced Life, Work-Life Balance, Arianna Huffington, Women's Voices for Change, How-to-Be-Fearless, Success, Fearlessness, Sleep Deprivation, Women's Voices, On Becoming Fearless, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Hemmerdinger

On March 31, 2009, attorney Silda Wall Spitzer and Arianna Huffington were the headliners at a luncheon held by Womens Voices for Change. The theme of the day was personal reinvention.

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