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

Half the Sky: Why You Must Join the Global Movement to Emancipate Women

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP - USA - For me and my colleagues, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s new book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide is exhilarating. Already in its 17th printing, Half...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on January 4, 2010 12:00 AM

Cambodia: Defining Peace in Order to Build Peace

by Pushpa Iyer - USA - At the entrance to the eerily preserved torture rooms in Tuol Sleng (the genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia), there is a sign bearing the face of a distinctly Cambodian man who is laughing....

Posted by Pushpa Iyer on July 6, 2009 12:00 AM

Sex Trafficking in Europe: A Holistic Front for Organized Sex Trade

by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - Some people no doubt find it exciting to adjust to a new society or a new city. My time in Copenhagen – nearly nine months so far – has not been completely negative, but...

Posted by Brittany Shoot on June 15, 2009 12:00 AM

A Different Kind of Birthday Party

by Shenali Waduge - Sri Lanka - At only a year old, would a child know that she was in front of a cake attempting to blow out something called a candle? When my daughter turned one she was pretty...

Posted by Shenali Waduge on September 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Bosnian Businesswomen: Rebuilding a Nation

by Jozefina Cutura - USA - With Hillary Clinton’s recent campaign for the presidency in the United States at its end and women leaders taking charge in countries from Chile to Liberia, women’s advances in politics are making headlines. But...

Posted by Jozefina Cutura on June 11, 2008 12:15 AM

Child Rights Activist Betty Makoni “Lights Up the Dark" for Abused and Disadvantaged Young Girls

by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - “The stories we listened to made us bleed inside, the genital wounds we later had to help nurse evoked us, the long distances we traveled every day and night to educate girls on their...

Posted by Constance Manika on October 29, 2007 6:29 AM