This is the first in a series on the women toiling at Ground Zero in the ashes of the World Trade Center. The women profiled are helping the city recover and rebuild–police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, construction workers. They are us.
Women are just 14 percent of the U.S. House of Representatives, but on Wednesday California Democrat Nancy Pelosi was elected the first woman minority whip-the most powerful woman ever in the House and next in line to be speaker.
Some women lawmakers say military force will not end but increase terrorism, while others support a decisive well-planned military strategy. Still others say Americans should turn inward, re-examine U.S. foreign policy and ask, “Why are we so hated?”
One of every five Africans is Nigerian, yet the continent’s largest nation has lagged behind many others in one key measure–the advancement of women. Now, in what may be a breakthrough, 17 out of 25 Lagos state court judges are women.
A counselor of abusive men says this time of crisis is a teachable moment in which men must admit to their vulnerability, engage in self-reflection, and exercise a new leadership emphasizing compassion, not retribution that would claim more lives.
Women religious leaders across the United States are preaching peace, reconciliation, and healing–and addressing their own feelings of grief, anger and fear that this country may embark on misguided vengeance and war.
The city’s first woman firefighter still working to save lives, the African American Manhattan borough president, the state’s U.S. senator with worldwide name recognition are united in expressing not only sadness but determination to rebuild.
Eighty-one years after women won the right to vote, they are taking stock of their progress, their position in the pipeline and their possibilities in the U.S. political system. Women in other powerful positions may be the key.
Top Women’s Enews writers were asked to assess major issues related to women and education and they produced a remarkable series of five articles beginning on Monday. Combined, they provide a powerful road map of accomplishments and goals.
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