by Stephenie Foster | Apr 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
I just took a class on women and development at George Washington University. Not really. I did attend an event at George Washington Universitys Elliot School of International Affairs on April 14, which brought together five experts to discuss the implementation of...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
April 11 was Equal Pay Day. Each year, Equal Pay Day reflects how far into the current year women must work to match what men earned in the previous year. While women have come far, there is still far to go. When the Equal Pay Act was enacted in 1963, women earned 59...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
For the second year running, I moderated the Washington, DC blog breakfast for the baronessgoudie.com blog. This smart blog, founded by my friend and member of the British House of Lords Baroness Mary Goudie, raises issues of importance to women and girls around the...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am a fiction reader, and its rare when a non-fiction story grabs me in the same way as a good novel. Well, Gayle Tzemach Lemmons The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is such a book. Lemon was an accomplished journalist, in business school in 2005, who was assigned to write...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I love this piece by Kathleen Parker in todays Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/women-arent-pet-rocks/2011/04/01/AFTU4wJC_story.html As they taught us in law school, it speaks for itself.
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
As we confront the food security issue, we need to pay attention to women farmers globally. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, simply providing women farmers the same access to land, technology, financial services, education and markets as men...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is a compelling (and provocative) analysis of how the Daily Journal, the daily legal publication in San Francisco covers women in the legal profession. Its written by my good friend Gay Grunfeld, a partner at Rosen Bien and Galvan,and second year law student...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
The 2010 best companies for women was just released by the National Association of Female Executive (NAFE). This list reflects companies that make use of all of their talented staff and create incentives for high performers to stay and thrive. The Top 50 companies...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am so pleased to be part of this excellent and comprehensive publication Encyclopedia of Women in Todays World, which was published yesterday. Iauthored severalsectionsin the Encyclopedia, including one on Women Heads of State and one on Michelle Obama. In...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Daily Beasts Women of the World summit was full of bold face names President Clinton, Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Condoleeza Rice and Hillary Clinton, Tina Brown, Charlie Rose, Melinda French Gates, Michelle Bachelet – but also of very real...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
I felt like I was at a NOW conference. Well, not quite. For the last two days, I attended a meeting put on by UN Women and the UN Global Compact to examine the progress made this last year in the implementation of the Womens Empowerment Principles. The Womens...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, the President and the Administration saluted the extraordinary accomplishments of women worldwide Presidential Proclamation: Womens History Month Weekly radio address – Women...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today, March 8, 2011, is the 100th Anniversary of International Womens Day. I was privileged to spend part of the day at the US State Department Fifth Annual Women of Courage Awards. I think Ive been almost every year, and I am always amazed that each year group of...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Newsweek and The Daily Beast Honor 150 Extraordinary Women They are heads of state and heads of household, angry protesters in the city square and sly iconoclasts in remote villages. With a fiery new energy, women are building schools, starting businesses, fighting...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
In March 6, 2011’s Washington Post, there is a disturbing piece on Afghanistan and USAIDs priorities with respect to women.In severalrebuilding efforts, USAID has apparently weakened its emphasis on increasing womens rights in Afghanistan.I am a pragmatist too...
