Category: women
Believing is Seeing
I’ve been thinking. Why is it that on the one hand we are so terrified of change we’ll…
One of The Most Widespread of All Human Rights Abuses…
In 2008 a ten year old girl in Yemen, Nujood Ali, succeeded in obtaining a divorce from the…
Miss Guided
Recently I’ve been thinking – and talking – a lot about how women are portrayed in the media.…
Gender Neutrality
In 1993, the constitution of India was amended to stipulate that one third of positions as village chief…
Men Wanted
In spite of a robust GDP rate (8%-9%), almost half of all Indian children – 42% – are…
Rwandan Women Build a Future
What most of us know about Rwanda – other than the fact that it is a small country…
Little by Little One Walks Far*
UNFPA is the United Nations agency that deals with providing much needed family planning and reproductive health services…
The Most Natural Thing In the World?
As the daughter of a nurse I had some vague idea of what a fistula might be (my…