by Stephenie Foster | Jul 8, 2012 | Book Reviews, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
Not even a month after her book, Mighty Be Our Powers, was published in September 2011, Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize along with two other women, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen. Gbowee was awarded the prize for...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 4, 2012 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
As we celebrate July 4th today, here is my most recent Huffington Post blog piece on how women are key to economic and political progress. Across the globe – and here in the US – women are crucial to building strong, vibrant societies and economies. To...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 1, 2012 | Book Reviews
I had purchased Diane Keaton’s recent book, Then Again, when it came out and put it in a stack of books to read later. And so this weekend, in the sweltering Washington, DC heat, I picked it up and decided to read it because, frankly, I thought it would be a very...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 27, 2012 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
“Breaking Down the Barriers: Women in Economic and Political Leadership” is the latest feature-length interview done by the Center for International Private Enterprise, one of the four arms of the National Endowment for Democracy. It’s a topic near...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 25, 2012 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
You don’t often hear Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a girl, but she was called just that on a powerful and touching video tribute to her featured at the National Partnership for Women & Families annual lunch, where Secretary Clinton also was honored. ...