by Chryselle D’Silva Dias –India– I was a schoolgirl when I first experienced harassment on public buses in Mumbai. I still remember the red double-decker #361, the conductor with the pock-marked face and thick black moustache not moving an inch …
One Billion Rising Against Sexual Violence: Will It Be Enough for India? Read more »
by Amy B. Scher –USA– I am on a 21-hour flight, I am disabled, uncomfortable, and in pain. I hate crowds, I get anxious when I cannot escape from a small space, and I am not fond of germs. I …
Medical Tourism: When Push Comes to Shove, My Embryonic Stem Cell Adventure Begins Read more »
by Diane Latiker –USA– After eight children, 13 grandchildren, and two husbands, I was blessed with a passion that fills my soul. My mom raised me to be independent, married or not. She taught me to always stand for something …
One Woman’s Quest to End Violence and Empower Youth in Chicago’s Roseland Read more »
by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor One light amongst the darkness of the tragedy that befell Newtown, Connecticut and this nation last week is the collective outrage that persists. In daily conversations with friends and family, throughout the social media, and …
by Paromita Pain –USA– Birthdays mark milestones. For Terry Arnold, one birthday changed the course of her life. “I had just turned 49 when one morning I woke up with one breast significantly swollen,” she says. “Soon I went from …
No Lump Still Cancer: Understanding Inflammatory Breast Cancer Read more »
by Meghan Lewis –UK– In the same week that Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor for the National Review, said that “The pay gap is exaggerated, discrimination doesn’t drive it and it’s not clear that government can eliminate it – or should …
Equal Pay UK: Why Some Are Paid More Than Others Read more »
by Leslie Patrick –South Korea– She smiles brightly as she pushes her walker past me on the garden path. Though her eyes have turned milky with cataracts and age, her gaze is bright. She is tired of fighting. I am …
by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor Post last week’s gains for women in the United States Senate and record numbers of women running for seats in Congress this election cycle, the country and the US media has been aflutter with insight …
Zubeida Mustafa: Visionary, Pioneer, and Trailblazer for Women in Leadership Read more »
by Jemma Williams –Australia– The gondola glides smoothly up into the Andean hills on the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia, as I peer through its clean glass windows in fascination at the world below. Slums sprawl over rugged green hills, with …
Breaking Social Boundaries: Innovative Transport for the Poor in Colombia Read more »
by Arwa Aburawa –U.K.– When I first heard about the murder of Nancy Zaboun in Bethlehem on Monday, July 30, all I could think about was that another woman had been let down by the system. A weak and underfunded …
Palestinian Women Are Being Failed by Refuge and Shelter Services Read more »