Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Avik Das – Times of India – Thursday, 23 May 2013 (originally published 21 May) For a group of women in Khagra, Berhampur, the next month will bring with it the promise of a changing fortune. They have their business plan – to manufacture low-cost biodegradable sanitary napkins – ready. Their target consumers are in [...]
Agnes Odhiambo and Gauri Van Gulik – IPS – Wednesday, 22 May 2013 (originally published 19 May) NAIROBI , May 19 2013 (IPS) – Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. “I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would [...]
Jiang Yuxia – Global Times – Tuesday, 21 May 2013 (originally published 13 May) A popular Chinese adage claims women hold up half the sky, although in the theater world female directors languish as relative understudies to their male counterparts. It was this imbalance that last year inspired the inaugural International Women’s Festival (IWF), which this [...]
Chris Kang – White House Blog – Monday, 20 May 2013 (originally published 17 May) Yesterday, President Obama demonstrated his continued commitment to increasing the diversity of our federal judiciary, so that it better reflects the nation it serves. He nominated four distinguished women to serve on four different courts—women who not only have the [...]
Alice Fordham – National – Friday, 17 May 2013 (originally published 14 May) ALGIERS // It was early on a weekend morning, but the teams of women technology entrepreneurs were full of energy as they had coffee and croissants before a morning polishing their business pitches. Dressed in coloured hijabs or with bare heads, speaking [...]
