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April 03, 2017

Security Equality—What Is It?

Just as “political equality” for women is about improving women’s political rights and increasing the participation of women in decision-making, security equality is about “the distribution of protection between men and women.”
January 23, 2017

Dear World, Move Us Toward Peace

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
December 12, 2016

Women and Bicycles

In the 1880’s women in America and England were considered "fast" if they rode bicycles. Their clothes changed from long skirts to split pants that some considered detrimental to the female sex. Bicycle riding was also thought to be a danger to fertility.
December 12, 2016

Glass-Ladders and Glass-Cliffs

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.