Monthly Archives: June 2011
Law & Order: Seeking Justice for Women in India
A recent poll conducted by the Thomas Reuters Foundation shows that gender experts believe India to be one of the top five most dangerous countries in the world for women. This is a result of human trafficking, forced marriage and violence against women. This poll … Continue reading
Women in Cuba Are Struggling to Ride the Waves of Economic Reform
Cuba is currently undergoing a series of economic reforms with the hopes of “updating” their national economy. A significant component of these reforms are cuts to public sector employment. In total 1 million civil servants are expected to loose their jobs. Unfortunately these sweeping … Continue reading
What happens when women are over half the workforce?
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Hilary Clinton: Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports
On June 6th, United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton launched the Women’s World Cup initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports. This program run by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Secretary Clinton’s Office of Global … Continue reading
LG: Improving IT Education for Women in the Middle East
LG Electronics recently announced the launch of the LE Electronics IT Academy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to train women in IT skills which they can use to pursue skills in the electronics industry. As part of LG’s CSR campaign, they have teamed up with … Continue reading
Women & Revolution: What Does Media Coverage Mean for Eman al-Obeidy?
I had originally been intending to write about a NYTs article entitled After Rape Report in Libya, Woman Sees Benefit in Publicity. This article details the plight of Eman al-Obeidy [or Iman al-Obeidi] and examines her experience through the lens … Continue reading
Role Models: Mona Sutphen, former Obama deputy chief of staff for policy
When President Obama was first elected into office, I voraciously read every single piece of news I could get my hands on about his new staff, cabinet decisions and initial days in office. During that period of frenzied research I read about … Continue reading
Mentoring: Taking on the Upgrade Problem
Despite the fact that women make up the increasing majority of undergraduate college graduates the executive level glass ceiling remains firmly in place in many corporations. In the video featured on WIPA’s coverage of the Harvard Kennedy WAPPP program it … Continue reading
Harvard Kennedy School’s Women & Public Policy Program is Working Hard to Close the Gender Gap
I recently came across the Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program website. WAPPP is a dedicated program that works toward the advancement of women and encourages the full participation of women in policy making. One way that WAPPP does this is … Continue reading