Today is an important day of remembrance for women worldwide. On the second Sunday of May, we in the United States as well as those in approximately ninety other countries, including Italy, Ethiopia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore and Venezuela, celebrate our mothers and the gift of motherhood. If we are lucky enough to be in the [...]
“I live alone so i need a friend or a female partner.” “Your so sexy dear i love you will you marry me.” “A woman that she accept me and know me and give me very hot love for my life” As the Community Manager of a social network—the explicit aim of which is to [...]
In an effort to curb growing rates of HIV and AIDS, the Malawi government is drafting a law to ban polygamy. Now, the country’s Muslim population is arguing that the proposed ban violates their religious freedom. Interestingly, both supporters and opposition of the ban are citing the benefit of women as their main argument: [A [...]
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke once described their song “Fitter, Happier” as a checklist of slogans for the ’90s. If it was re-written for the modern mom, the checklist might look something like this (you’ll have to imagine the computerized voice on your own):
plenty of folic acid / prenatal vitamins / no negative thoughts or actions / regular exercise / [...]
Last Tuesday, March 23rd, the Nordic island country of Iceland banned strip clubs. With the exception of two abstentions, the vote in the Parliament was unanimous. Most interestingly, it wasn’t a measure taken in close-minded, religious prudery but in the hopes of bettering the lives of Icelandic women. As Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir, the Left-Green politician who [...]
I forgive you. This is certainly not always my most readily accessible sentiment, but nor are they the hardest words I’ve ever uttered. Apparently I might just think that because I’m a woman.
Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit in on a taping of HDNet’s “Dan Rather Reports.” The episode I was in [...]
HIV/AIDs affects more women than it affects men. My professional life lies in HIV/AIDS research and it was only until recently that the particular research project that I work for decided to include a gender section of the research report.
I’ve been reading various articles about women, HIV/AIDS, and specifically Western Africa, and I was not [...]
The capital of the United States has seen a lot of changes lately, and I can’t describe them better than the Washington Post’s Petula Dvorak has:
We saw our first African American president move into the White House last year; same-sex couples were finally able to legally marry in D.C. last week; and today we might [...]
This post is a part of the Blog for IWD BLOG.
Today is International Women’s Day, and we‘ve asked you to blog about your thoughts about equal rights. Here’s what some of you are saying:
At Eugenia de Altura, a graduate student studying in Bolivia, explores the different cultural perceptions of machismo and sexismo, which she argues [...]
The development of legal and social equality in the US has never been easy or cheap. When schools were desegregated, time and money had to be spent on busing students. When women were admitted to universities, separate (and eventually coed) dorms were built. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, it cost both the [...]
