Opinion & Insights

• Dear World, Move Us Toward Peace

  January 23, 2017 in Women's Rights and Empowerment

  

  Repeat after me... I am a woman, I am smart, I have opinions, I have feelings, I care, I make a difference, I matter, I am a woman and I am proud of who I am. -Nour, Algeria

• Saying their Peace: Melanie Greenberg

  January 18, 2017 in Peace and Security, Women's Rights and Empowerment

  

  Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.

  Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.

• “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” Audre Lorde

  January 16, 2017 in Women's Rights and Empowerment by Sahana Dharmapuri

  

  The Civil Rights Movement and the advancement of women’s rights are founded on the principle of equality and the respect for the dignity of all life.

• Women and Bicycles

  December 12, 2016 in Women's Rights and Empowerment by Sahana Dharmapuri

  

  On Human Rights Day, December 10^th, it’s good to remember the rights we enjoy.

  It took me a long time to learn how to ride a bicycle. At age seven, the training wheels embarrassing but I could not find my balance without them.  When the training wheels finally came off of my light blue, 10-speed Scwhinn, I did something that drove my mother crazy: I undid both of my long braids.

• Glass-Ladders and Glass-Cliffs

  December 12, 2016 in Leadership and Participation by Caroline Meserve

  

  With the newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, women are beginning to form a critical mass of representation within the world’s highest offices. 

• Five things you should know about grassroots women crisis responders

  December 07, 2016 in Leadership and Participation by Caroline Meserve

  

  From Kenya, to Colombia, to Nepal, to Iraq, grassroots women are providing lifesaving humanitarian relief. Here is what you need to know.

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