by Brittany Lane and Nükhet Kardam – USA – Entrepreneurship, or the process of starting a business or organization, has long been essential for healthy and growing economies. For the past several years, however, the burgeoning field of social entrepreneurship …
Women Communicating for Social Change is Way of Life Read more »
by Rachel Feldman –USA– As a woman director who has been working in Hollywood for 30 years, banging the drum for gender equity behind the camera, I am delighted by so many voices coming together in unison, protesting the downright …
#WomenCallAction: Illuminating the Relevance of Women Directing U.S. Media Read more »
http://vimeo.com/97342362 June 8 is World Ocean’s Day! Kate Daniels Kurz, Executive Editor of The WIP, recently sat down with Sarah-Mae Nelson, Climate Change Interpretive Specialist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Nelson has been plastic free for over three years. Plastics …
by Kate Daniels Kurz, The WIP Director Natividad Medical Center, located in Salinas, California – the heart of California’s “Salad Bowl” – is one of the state’s 19 public safety net hospitals. Providing healthcare services to patients regardless of their …
Indigenous Interpreters Provide Missing Link for Natividad Medical Center Patients Read more »
by Stephanie Koehler USA Stephanie Koehler is a journalist and photographer residing in California. She is also an advocate for the Rape Crisis Center. The goal of “Female Perspectives on Ending Sexual Violence” is to unite women all over the …
Female Perspectives on Ending Sexual Violence: Overcoming Rape-Related PTSD Read more »
by Chin Cabrido -Nepal- The young players’ hands are engraved with the names of celebrated Women’s National Basketball players. Though each displays a different champion, they have all accomplished the same seamless record of points, assists, and defensive rebounds that …
For Girls of Gangyap, Basketball Proves Life-Changing Read more »
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP I just returned from San Jose, California after covering the eighth annual Netroots Nation. In 2006 I attended the first Netroots Nation, then called the YearlyKos. My progressive partner in crime was my …
Netroots Nation: Organized People Defeating Organized Money Read more »
by Bhakti Bapat Mathew –India– It is 8 o’clock at night. A family of six – a mother, father, three teenage daughters and a young son – are all avidly watching the same TV show. Surprising? Not in India, and …
In India, Prime-Time Hindi Soap Operas as a Vehicle for Social Change Read more »
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 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 »