What do you get when a Pakistani pop star creates a superhero series designed to empower girls and women? None other than Burka Avenger! She is the brain child of Haroon who created the veiled superhero to get the message out that girls should be allowed to go to school. The heroine, Jiya, is publicly …
by Melissa McGowan How a film inspired the birth of an organization in Colorado which is empowering people at home, across the country and around the world. The word jovial brings to mind joy, happiness, and bliss. For Kristina Welch, it is much more than just a word. It is her life. Five years ago, Welch …
In this WNYC radio interview, Michelle Bachelet, former Director of UNWomen, current candidate for and former President of Chile discusses the role of women in preventing war with Brian Lehrer. She references concrete examples of how women have successfully organized for violence prevention in Senegal, as well as her personal experience as a head of …
With International Women’s Day on March 8, we see the usual focused interest on women’s issues including increasing female participation in political and legislative processes, decreasing violence against women, increasing the number of years of education for girls and women and decreasing the pay gap between men and women. While they are all important issues, …
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