Arab Women’s Unfinished Revolution
PROJECTSYNDICATE
March 1st, 2013
Despite participation in the Arab Spring protests that bean in late 2010, women across the Middle East remain second-class citizens and fear the loss of rights on a daily basis. However, more movements and efforts to integrate women into political and economic life are underway.
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allAfrica
August 29th, 2012
But tackling deforestation and climate change aren’t the only aims of the project; it also hopes to support women by providing additional income and easing poverty.
Read More (+2 rating) Loading ...How Women Are Changing The Tech World
USA Today
June 5th, 2012
Reshaping a time-worn narrative isn’t easy. Social revolutions rarely are, especially when you’re a woman trying to break into the boys’ club that is Silicon Valley. But an emerging class of early-stage tech start-up executives is helping dispel the notion that there isn’t a leading role for them in the male-dominated valley.
Read More (+4 rating) Loading ...Women’s Work for Change Celebrated in Atlanta
AFSC 
March 22nd, 2012
Atlanta hosted a powerful discussion in celebration of Women’s History Month, when AFSC staff gathered women activists for “A Woman’s Place: In Peace & Politics,” in conjunction with an exhibit by renowned photographer Jim Alexander.
Read More (+5 rating) Loading ...GOOD Maker Challenge: Nominate an Inspiring Woman to Win $1,000 From Oxfam America
Good
March 9th, 2012
International Women’s Day has been an occasion for reflection and celebration since the early 1900s, a time when the world’s economies and political topographies experienced a disorienting shift. Armed with fearless voices and powerful ideas, women campaigned for peace in the midst of global war, battled the abuses of industrialization, and called for an end to systematic injustice at every level of society.
Read More (+1 rating) Loading ...Ethiopia: ‘The Truth Is That All Problems Have Solutions’ – Even Climate Change
allAfrica
September 6th, 2012
It has proved successful as it has earned the members of this association enough money to feed their families, pay school fees for their children and even create employment opportunities for others.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How She Leads: Sue Garnett, Ecom
GreenBiz
June 24th, 2012
With Garnett’s leadership, Ecom brings coffee consumers and farmers closer together by promoting a more sustainable way of coffee production.
Read More (+3 rating) Loading ...Birthing Justice: Women In Peace-Building: Peace Amidst War for Resource Control
Other Worlds
April 3rd, 2012
Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community.
Read More (+11 rating) Loading ...Ripples of Peace in an Island Nation: Training the Trainers in Grenada
Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
March 21st, 2012
Our group members are trying their best to address all of these forms of violence, and hopefully are planting new ideas and seeds of peace in their families, workplaces, church groups, police stations, and associations.
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Journal News
February 20th, 2012
“From the American Revolution to the present, African-American women have played a myriad of crucial roles in the making of our nation. Their labor and leadership, their motherhood and patriotism, and their intellect and artistic expression has both enriched both the African-American community and this nation at large,”
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