By Emily Wilson
Arts commentator Emily Wilson talked to singer and composer Jewlia Eisenberg about her latest installation in San Francisco, a project that brings to life the ancient, secret writings of women in what is now Iraq.
At the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, some people are gathered in a double [...]
By Cynthia Benjamin
The promise of a homecoming next week for all combat troops stationed in Iraq is not the end of the struggle for commentator Cynthia Benjamin and other such mothers, whose sons and daughters still suffer the trauma of engagement.
August 31 is the deadline promised by Barack Obama for the complete withdrawal of combat troops [...]
By Nichola D. Gutgold
As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to welcome Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court bench this fall, she reflects on the value of civil discourse in an interview with Associate Professor Nichola D. Gutgold.
Earlier this month when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke at the American Bar Association meeting [...]
By Laura Tillman
Social-entrepreneurial partnerships can be win-win situations, reports writer-photographer Laura Tillman, but nonprofits and celebrities have to choose their collaborators carefully.
Shelley Simmons of The Body Shop discusses the company’s campaign against child sex trafficking. Photo by Laura Tillman.
Recently, Sandra Bullock asked to be pulled from a Women of the Storm video campaigning for the [...]
By Marianne Schnall
In her final year as California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver turns public attention to Alzheimer’s advocacy at her influential California Governor & First Lady’s Conference on Women. Reflecting on an interview with Shriver, author and Feminist.com founder Marianne Schnall explores the personal stories and experiences behind Shriver’s decision.
For Maria Shriver, a passion for [...]
By Jill Marcellus
Three recent reports offer contradictory messages about women and finance. Taken together, they suggest that women’s greater financial awareness following the recent recession will take them only part way to greater solvency.
For the past decade, the financial industry has puzzled over the gap between women’s desire to take charge of their [...]
By Linda Basch and Shyama Venkateswar
As the U.S. economy shows faint signs of recovery, innovative and diverse leadership is essential. At a recent Leadership Summit in New York City, The National Council for Research on Women identified ways of advancing and retaining women of color in positions of responsibility in the business sector.
CNN anchor Soledad [...]
By Sally Kohn
As the law plays catch-up, Judge Vaughn Walker includes an eloquent analysis of changing gender roles in declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Commentator Sally Kohn argues that the next step should go even further.
Rallies in California and around the U.S. marked the district court ruling.
The recent Federal District Court ruling declaring Proposition 8 [...]
By Linda Villarosa
In this second WMC report on the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Linda Villarosa explains why the development of a medicinal gel is both a lifesaving step forward for women and an affirmation of women and African Americans working to develop treatments.
The new gel to treat HIV/AIDS is a potential game [...]
By Kali Villarosa
Already an award winning writer, our 14-year-old correspondent at the international HIV/AIDS conference, July 18 to 23, tells and shows us why it was important for her to be among the youth delegates struggling to have their voices heard.
Every two years people come from all over the world to the international HIV/AIDS [...]
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