by Stephenie Foster | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
GUEST POST BY LAUREN SUPINA FARBER On Monday I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion covering the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2011. The reports tracks the global gender gap and addresses with women and menchallenges and opportunities in...
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last night I was lucky enough to attend the 21st annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall. What an inspiring night, and what a diverse group of women. From Gloria Steinem receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award to T, a brave survivor of child sex...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
I loved Robin Wrights new book, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion in the Islamic World.(And thanks to The Clash for inspiring the title!) I was also lucky enough to hear Wright speak at an event sponsored by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group. The book couldnt...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
A GUEST POST BY LAUREN SUPINA FARBER Yesterday I attended an Emily’s List luncheon covering the 2012 election cycle. If you’re not familiar with Emily’s List, it stands for “Early Money is Like Yeast…..it makes the dough rise” and...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Heres a link to my iTunes piece — really great work by the team at American University: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=438304806
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
I woke up this morning to the amazing news that three women shared this years Nobel Peace Prize: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee; and Tawakkul Karman, a Yemeni opposition leader. These three women have all been trailblazers...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
I spoke this past weekend at a fascinating all day conference of Army civil affairs personnel who will soon be deploying to Afghanistan. They were so interested in learning about how to think about engaging civilians, particularly women, and also in my impressions and...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I just returned from Kabul where I worked on a project tothink through increasing womens participation in the 2013 elections there. So, I wasnt able to attend the Little Rock event this weekend celebrating Bill Clintons announcement 20 years ago that he would run for...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
GUEST POST BY LAUREN SUPINA FARBER Recently, Vital Voices hosted an informal talk by Leymah Gbowee in honor of her memoir: Mighty Be our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. If you haven’t heard of Ms. Gbowee, she is an African peace...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week, I was in New York at the launch of the Women in the World Foundation. What an inspiring night! The women gathered in Tribeca heard from powerful women speakers on topics from forced marriage to the impact of war on women, and from governmental leaders...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
GUEST POST BY JOAN LIBBY-HAWK, Libby Hawk Associates& Advisor to UN Women: What a privilege to be in the room listening to Secretary of State Clinton assuredly deliver the case for women’s economic empowerment to leaders of the 21 APEC nations and to move...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...