Editor’s Note: Moroccan activists are protesting after a 16-year-old girl committed suicide by swallowing rat poison over the weekend after she was forced to marry a man who raped her last year. Morocco’s laws allow for the “kidnapper” of a minor to marry his victim. The victim’s families, hoping to avoid scandal, often support this [...]
Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Debold, EdD, an author, internationally reknowned gender researcher and cultural commentator has an interesting post @ Huffington Post Women suggests the perceived advancements for women in Western countries masks “a world of dignity, respect, and equality between the sexes.” Rather than celebrate historical advancements for women, Debold suggests we use Women’s History [...]
Editor’s Note: Former British First Lady Sarah Brown, who is a passionate advocate for women’s health and global education issues around the world and serves as Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, has a great piece @ Huffington Post Women explaining “education is the cure” to unlocking success in areas of [...]
Editor’s Note: To commemorate International Women’s Day, Yahoo! Shine profiles the best and worst places in the world for women, and highlights some of the key findings from an analysis conducted by the UK’s The Independent. In honor of the 101 st International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8, London-based The Independent analyzed women’s status [...]
Editor’s Note: Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama Valerie Jarrett spoke at the World Conference of Women’s Shelters on February 27 and followed up with a post at Huffington Post recapping her remarks and sharing her thoughts on the progress being made to end domestic violence. “There is much work we still must do, [...]
Editor’s Note: National Organization for Women (NOW) President Terry O’Neill has an OpEd on HuffingtonPost.com regarding what she describes as “an outright War on Women” by the Republican Party including “one of the more degrading tactics up the radical-right sleeve: mandatory ultrasound laws.” O’Neill holds no punches as you’ll see below… For decades, the radical [...]
Ah, the Oscars! The dresses, the jewelry, the hair, the makeup. It’s all so fun! I love the glizt and glamour, but the news last week of “Am I Ugly” and then Tumblr announcing a new policy against “self-harm” blogs has me more pensive and eager to steer conversations away from vanity. Furthermore, I was [...]
