Haiti: The Land of the Unknowns
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An ER doc from Atlanta describes her mind-numbing experience in Haiti and explains what the island nation needs from us now. More »
Super Bowl Sunday: What You Won’t See
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On Super Bowl Sunday nearly a billion viewers will see the story of one woman during an anti-choice ad. Here, Filipina author and activist Ninotchka Rosca exposes the reality of all the rest. More »
Haiti: Absent in Life, Death and On the Evening News
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The author, who has worked in Cite Soleil, a poor district hit hard by the earthquake, asks us to see her partner and friends in Port-au-Prince through her eyes, not as they are customarily portrayed in the media. More »
Depend on Women to Keep the Momentum Rolling on Global Warming
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Women are bringing the word to negotiators at the climate change conference in Copenhagen that those closest to the damaging effects of global warming point the way toward lessening the risks to the most vulnerable among us. More »
Morituri te Salutant: On a “Surge” in Afghanistan
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The author, an expert on parliamentary diplomacy, says we must focus today on a strengthened political process to successfully end international military engagement in Afghanistan—and that process must respect the rights of women. More »
Fort Hood Tragedy: What Muslim Women Really Think
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With the murders at Fort Hood, New York’s Muslim community, however unjustly, was on the defensive. The author explains how Muslim women are reacting. More »
A Few Acres and a Cow (or Two): Up from Poverty in East Africa
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Backed by Gates Foundation funding, women dairy farmers in Uganda are working collectively to care for their families, their livestock, their crops and the earth. More »
Global Gender Gap Report: Some Gains in Africa
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In its country-by-country index comparing the status of men and women, the World Economic Forum finds that Nordic countries remain highest on the equity scale. Here, the co-founder of the Council of Women World Leaders explains the study and its importance to women and girls. More »
Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle
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Recently the UN announced approval of a new agency for women—an event that followed years of complex organizing by individuals and advocacy groups around the world. Here, one of the principle coordinators of that ongoing effort explains what it means for women, and the work that still remains to ensure its success. More »
