From Beijing to San Francisco

In 1995, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton riveted the world at that years Beijing World Conference on Women. She made a compelling case for all of us particularly governments to address the issues important to women and girls, and made the tag line womens rights...

GUEST POST: 7 Billion and Counting

A Guest Post by Lauren Supina Farber On October 31st, the world’s population will reach 7 billion. With this historical milestone in sight, UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) has issued a call-to-action to renew our commitment to work for a healthier, more...

Quotas for Corporate Boards?

Really very interesting conference at SAIS Hopkins on Friday re women and corporate board diversity. Lots to think about, especially the fairly slow progress of women serving on boards. One of the speakers noted that at the rate we are going it will take until 2070...