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Women Who Rock the World
Sharon Farmer
Firebrands from far-flung corners of the planet gathered in Washington, D.C....
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Democracy Wins in Tunisia
We must embrace the victors and ensure strong roles for women, former representative Jane Harman says from Tunis. MORE
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Don’t Mess With Dilma
A woman is president in booming, macho Brazil. And Dilma Rousseff’s calling the shots. By Mac Margolis. MORE
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Dignity and Depravity
You shouted. You fell. But you kept rising. A letter to a defiant Sudanese woman. By Toni Morrison. MORE
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Why Michelle Rhee Isn't Done With School Reform
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Empowering Women and Saving the Environment
Last year, in the run-up to Copenhagen’s climate summit, UNDP head and former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark outlined how climate change will... MORE
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Renate Künast on Germany's Greens Leading the Way
Widespread protests over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to extend the life span of the country’s nuclear-power plants have given another boost to the... MORE
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Wangari Maathai on Women's Role in Conservation
More than three decades ago, Wangari Maathai came up with the idea of using economic incentives to encourage rural women and farmers to plant trees on their... MORE
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Canada's Green Leader on Women and Green Politics
Elizabeth May has been an environmental activist for 40 years.... MORE
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How to Balance Economy and Environment?
World leaders—including several female heads of state—now face a delicate balancing act: how to promote economic growth while still protecting the earth’s... MORE
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on Female-Focused Loans
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, deputy director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations, has spent more than five years writing and... MORE
