FMLA 19 Years Later: Big Impact, Big Challenges
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Nineteen years ago, an American president signed into law a measure that acknowledged for the first time in our history that having a family shouldn’t cost you your job. The bill was the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the president Bill Clinton, the date February 5, 1993. What the FMLA guaranteed ... More »
Message to Sandberg: Lean forward
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In the wake of the news that Facebook’s Number Two, Sheryl Sandberg, might become a billionaire and therefore one of the richest self-made women in America after the company goes public, the New York Times featured a story about her growing power as a role model and inspiration for women’s advancement. More »
NYT: “What We Are Reading: Women Under Siege”
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"A site worth watching… .The new site states its mission bluntly; Women Under Siege looks to be a project with an edge. But there is another reason to visit the Web site: its original content." - C. J. Chivers for the New York Times' "At War" blog. More »
Seattle PI: “Redmond Teen Adora Svitak Wins Women’s Media Center Girls’ State Of The Union Contest”
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"Today, the Women’s Media Center launched its new website with the announcement that fourteen-year-old Redmond, Washington resident Adora Svitak,14, the winner of the first annual Girls’ State of the Union Video Contest." - VideoBlogging from the Seattle PI More »
The Atlantic: “Gloria Steinem on Rape in War, Its Causes, and How to Stop It”
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"From the Holocaust through today, Women Under Siege is illuminating the causes as well as the cures of sexualized violence by uncovering patterns and making links between them. As the director of Women Under Siege, as well as a journalist myself, I interviewed Steinem about sexualized violence in conflict and what needs to be done to understand and stop it." - Lauren Wolfe for The Atlantic More »
CNN.com: “Can we end rape as tool of war?”
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"We're calling our project Women Under Siege, because with four women being raped every five minutes in Congo alone, we can say it is nothing less than that -- an ongoing siege. And it's time we began to put an end to it." - Gloria Steinem and Lauren Wolfe for CNN.com Opinion More »
