by Stephenie Foster | Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
I read Marlo Thomas great piece on Huffington Post last week, entitled Passing the Torch: Whos Going to Run with It? and decided it would be a good idea to ask this question to some younger women. And so, I talked to my friendAbigail Collazo at www.fem2pt0.com, and...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
My latest book review on Huffington Post Books is of Land of the Unconquerable: Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women. Its worth a read and helped to strenghthen my understanding of this complex place.
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well, the debt ceiling debate is over at least for now. Now that so many decisions will be made by the 12 person super committee, its important that 50% of those serving on the super committee be women. I must admit it was troubling to see the pictures of the meetings...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week, I was lucky enough to attenda preview of The Whistleblower. Its a powerful and tough movie, starring Rachel Weisz as an American peacekeeper who uncovers human trafficking in post-war Bosnia. Kathy Bolkovac was also at the preview; the movie is based on her...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, I participated in my first tweet chat. The tweet chat was led by Vital Voices and focused on the importance of womens voices in policy making. The impetus for the tweet chat was an article by Micah Zenko in Foreign Policy called City of Men, which documents...