August 26, 2009 posted by Linda Basch
The recent New York Times Magazine feature on women’s global rights did not include any mention of key women’s organizations such as WEDO, MADRE, or AWID, underscoring the importance of raising the visibility of women’s political work. As we all know, suffrage laws in the early 1900s resulted in a shift [...]
August 26, 2009 posted by Terry O’Neill*
Today, August 26, marks the anniversary of the end of the 72-year fight for women’s right to vote. That’s right – our forebears faced 72 years of ridicule, ostracism, abuse, imprisonment … and also hope, determination, courage, and eventually, victory.
Securing the right to vote was a huge step toward [...]
August 26, 2009 posted by Gloria Thomas*
Women will not have achieved political equality until critical societal changes have taken place. First, women’s successes in being elected and appointed to political positions, corporate and non-profit executive leadership roles, as well as significant public and private boards must no longer be an anomaly to demonstrate equality has [...]
August 26, 2009 posted by Aviva Dove-Viebahn*
I don’t know much about politics, but I do know a little bit about equality. And I know that right now the two terms don’t really mix. Still, I have this fantasy about the American political system, and I can’t decided if it’s more disheartening to think that it’s [...]
August 25, 2009 posted by Gwendolyn Beetham*
When I was in graduate school in London, one of my professors told a cute story about his daughter, born during the Thatcher era, who as a small child had asked him whether a man could be Prime Minister. The point that my professor was trying to make was [...]
