Ritu Sharma, Author at Women's eNews

Burkina Faso Girl, 13, Delays Her Wedding

By Ritu Sharma ● Arts & Culture ● August 3, 2014

One girl at a time, the Kaya Girls Center is working to combat child marriage, which impacts 61 percent of rural girls in the country, says Ritu Sharma in “Teach a Woman to Fish.” In this excerpt, the members try to help a 13-year-old in a red shirt.

Sasha and Malia Enhance the Horizon for World’s Girls

By Ritu Sharma ● Commentary ● December 17, 2008

As she looks forward to the U.S. presidential inauguration Ritu Sharma finds herself thinking about girls of color around the world. When she was growing up the princess-like aura of presidential daughters was limited by race. No longer.

Disasters Dramatize How Women’s Poverty Is Lethal

By Ritu Sharma ● Uncategorized ● January 5, 2006

From Sri Lanka to the United States, 2006 begins with women around the world still enduring the effects of last year’s natural disasters. Ritu Sharma says investing in poor women is essential to the recovery and reconstruction process.

U.S. Foreign Policy Flouts Gender Equity Laws

By Ritu Sharma ● Uncategorized ● March 5, 2003

As International Women’s Day approaches this weekend, a foreign policy expert examines the failure of U.S. foreign policy to focus development aid on women and children and calls for stronger laws requiring women benefit from U.S. largesse.

We Are Living in the Age of a Feminist Earthquake

By Ritu Sharma ● Commentary ● June 19, 2000

The most recent tremor was in New York, where the United Nations special session committed to paper many important goals to assist women. Now, Congressional action is required to realize those gains.

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