One Woman’s Quest to End Violence and Empower Youth in Chicago’s Roseland

by Diane Latiker -USA- After eight children, 13 grandchildren, and two husbands, I was blessed with a passion that fills my soul. My mom raised me to be independent, married or not. She taught me to always stand for something...

Posted by Diane Latiker on January 7, 2013 11:45 AM

The Courage to Create Social Change

by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor One light amongst the darkness of the tragedy that befell Newtown, Connecticut and this nation last week is the collective outrage that persists. In daily conversations with friends and family, throughout the social media, and...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on December 19, 2012 11:41 AM

Innovative Internet-based Projects Give Indian Women Platform to Fight Violence

by Paromita Pain -India- Gropes, stealthy fingers that pinch and leave bruises, catcalls, severe beatings, systematic starvation, emotional torture and worse – harassment against women takes many forms, and like issues of hunger and poverty, it is global in scope....

Posted by Paromita Pain on September 23, 2011 12:01 AM

Anne Firth Murray’s Paradigm Found: Global Recovery for the 21st Century

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP In advance of International Women’s Day, celebrated around the world on March 8, The WIP is reposting this interview from last March with Anne Firth Murray, founder of The Global Fund for Women...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 24, 2010 12:01 AM

A Brave New World: Women as Architects of Peace

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor & Founder, The WIP This past weekend I was invited to keynote the Global Women’s Conference at CSU Fullerton. It was a great opportunity for me to reflect on the journey that we’ve been on...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 8, 2010 12:00 AM

Students in India Take Social Change into Their Own Hands

by Zakeer Fehmida - India - Not long ago, a young man named Srinivas and his friends had just planted saplings along one of Chennai's busy thoroughfares and stood wondering how they could ensure the plants' survival amidst the sidewalk...

Posted by Fehmida Zakeer on November 11, 2008 10:00 AM