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Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant

Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world. During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important thin...more

KICK IT UP! launches at FIFA World Cup

Soccer (or football as it’s known around the globe) is the world’s most popular sport, and  Global Girl Media is using the largest international soccer event to help young women find their voices. The non-profit org’s pilot project KICK IT UP! has ...more

World Cup Song: Shakira ‘Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’

We are just a few days away from the exciting beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2010 being held at South Africa and international superstar Shakira is scheduled to perform her new single, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” during the opening ceremony ...more

From the Editor’s Desk: Help the Women of the Congo this V-Day

She could be your little niece, 3-years-old and fully of rare innocence and wonder for the world. She could be your great aunt who is a little crazy and loses her wits when she has a glass of Chardonay. She could be your mother who against all odds, you f...more

Iran’s girls’ soccer team back in Youth Olympics

With this summer’s inaugural Youth Olympics fast approaching, there was one group of young women who were facing exclusion. That is until this week when FIFA said they will allow the Iranian girls soccer team to compete at the Games as long as their pl...more

India's economy and women's influence

What a great time to be in India! I am having the good fortune of visiting this great country for the next couple of weeks and it is such an exciting time.  On March 8, which is International Women's Day, The Women's Reservation Bill was the topic of di...more

From the Editor’s Desk: Help the Women of the Congo this V-Day

She could be your little niece, 3-years-old and full of rare innocence and wonder for the world. She could be your great aunt who is a little crazy and loses her wits when she has a glass of Chardonnay. She could be your mother who against all odds, you f...more

Lifting the Veil: A Look at the Burqa

Two weeks ago, French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced his party’s plans to implement a ban on the burqa in France. The burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and is worn by some Muslim women around the world, is a perennial top...more

How chicks can help Haiti

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti about 10 miles southwest of its capital, Port-au-Prince. It has left hundreds of thousands people dead, missing or injured. Buildings, including hospitals, schools and people’s hom...more

Emma Thompson on The View talking about sexual slavery

Emma went on The View yesterday to talk about Journey which is opening in NY today.  Kudos to the View for discussing the topic and really letting her talk about it in lots of details.  I was kind of surprised at how little Barbara Walters seemed to kno...more

Sand Art: Ukraine's Got Talent 2009 Winner Kseniya Simonova [Video]

Kseniya Simonova from the Ukraine is a true artist. If, like me, you've never heard of sand animation, then you'll be amazed by what this talented woman does with sand as her palette. She tells a story with creativity and with emotion. Simply masterful…...more

Nine-year-old girl wins competition to design coin for London 2012

A new 50 pence coin to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, designed by nine-year-old Florence Jackson from Bristol, England, will be officially launched this week. Florence beat more than 17,000 entries to win the contest, which was spon...more

Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant

Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.  During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important th...more

Dear soon to be graduates of Ms. Van Alstyne’s English Class:

(Ed. Note: Writer Heather Dune Macadam is the author of Rena's Promise, a non-fiction account of the first transport of women into Auschwitz. The book is required reading in many high schools and colleges and this blog is devoted to some of the many ques...more

2016 Olympics in Chicago? Nastia Liukin, President and Michelle Obama say “yes”

Personally, I think it would be cool to have the Olympics in Chicago in 2016. Nastia Liukin thinks so (click picture below), as well as President and Michelle Obama – they’re traveling to Copenhagen today to pitch Chicago’s bid to the International ...more

Does being an “Artist” trump being a Rapist

So much has been written about the Roman Polanski saga of late.  The lingering questions of why after 30 years did the prosecutors decide now was the time to arrest him.  The fact that the victim wants to move on.  The amount of resources being spent o...more

Traveling on a budget? Try a hotel alternative

As a newly minted college grad, I had one thing on my mind: buy a plane ticket to Europe and spend six week backpacking across the countries I had only ever dreamed of visiting. But after I started calculating the price tag of my European adventure - from...more

Spotlight on Tammy Tibbetts: Empowering Liberian Youth

Whether it’s finding the perfect prom dress for a girl that can’t afford one, providing positive advice for girls celebrating their prom or their quinceañeras, fundraising and working towards a tuition-free school in Liberia, or finding ways to conti...more

Dangerous Gigs: The price we pay for the causes closest to our hearts

Twenty-three-year-old Rachel Corrie fought to the death for the people who mattered most to her. As an American Human Rights Worker living in Palestine, she had seen the atrocities of war firsthand and wanted the world to know about the kind of work that ...more

Iraqi girls live the dream at in Lady Vols’ basketball camp

An Iraqi girls’ basketball team took part in a Tennessee Lady Vols basketball camp last week as part of a program promoting peace and cultural understanding through sports. Under Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi National Women’s Basketball Team was dismantl...more

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