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It’s Time We Close the Treatment Gap for Women

By Brooke Story ● Commentary ● October 1, 2024

Women’s health has been underfunded, under-researched, and underserved.

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Book Excerpt – She Is Me: How Women Will Save The World

By Lori Sokol, Ph.D., Executive Director, Women's eNews ● Uncategorized ● July 19, 2020

“Because Lori Sokol tells the truth about her own story — and listens with her heart — thirty diverse women have told her the truth of their lives. ‘She Is Me’ takes us from global to personal.” – Gloria Steinem

Want Equal Pay for Equal Play? Pass the ERA!

By Charlotte Geissler ● Equal Rights Amendment ● September 3, 2019

“What the ERA would give is a base of equality in every realm: It would be understood, and enforceable by law.”

Weekly Column: WRighteous

By Amy Ferris ● Commentary ● September 28, 2018

She decided that her life was worth saving, and that she would save it, she alone, and she would help other women save theirs…

Legs Together and Apart

By Linda Stein ● Commentary ● September 26, 2018

I don’t need or want to take up two seats on the train. I just need more freedom and choice within any space that I occupy.

‘My Passion, My Philanthropy:’ Lauren Embrey on Giving Bold and ‘Now’

By Lauren Embrey ● Commentary ● August 9, 2016

Helping to drive social change opened up Lauren Embrey’s world in ways she never imagined. And now here we are, finally, with a woman as the presidential nominee of a major party. The first in our series, “My Passion, My Philanthropy.”

Teen Shares the Beauty of Kenya for Girls, Visitors

By Mercy Wambui ● Teen Voices ● August 3, 2016

From communities who pitch in to send a girl to university to the graceful Grevy’s zebra, the writer shares her favorite things about living in Kenya.

Abortion is on the Agenda at Women Deliver: ‘Elephant in the Room’

By Anubha Bhonsle ● Employment ● May 16, 2016

This week’s big gathering in Denmark also features the McKinsey Institute’s latest research on the wage gap and a new philanthropic initiative co-chaired by Melinda Gates and Mette-Marit, crown princess of Norway.

In India, Daughters Have Big Family Problems with Inheritance

By Gagandeep Kaur ● Arts & Culture ● May 2, 2016

The popularity of novelist Ratna Vira, who writes about this common family drama, could be a sign of cultural shift. But for now, many women in India are discouraged from inheriting family property on the same basis as their brothers.

From Cairo to Louisiana, More Female Judges Needed

By Sally J. Kenney ● Commentary ● April 12, 2016

Egyptian feminists are well aware of the distinction between law on the books and law in action; the challenge is now to implement the constitutional mandate.