by Stephenie Foster | Nov 19, 2012 | Women in Leadership
“What is happening with Afghan women?” is a frequent question. There isn’t one answer but the new documentary film Mohtarama provides some insight and context for any discussion of this question. Shot in black and white by Afghan filmmakers Malek Shafi’i and Diana...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 17, 2012 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
This also appeared today on the Huffington Post: Afghanistan has made significant progress over the last ten years, and in particular, Afghan women and girls have made great strides. Millions of girls are in school; the maternal mortality rate has dropped; and health...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 12, 2012 | Women in Leadership
I must say, I love this story about a movement in Sweden to have a gender neutral pronoun, in addition to the pronouns “she” and “he.” It’s controversial, even in Sweden, but what strikes me as I read the story is the power of language to shape our views and our...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 17, 2012 | Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
After a hectic week, I’m back from the Grassroots Women’s Political Forum in Chittagong. It was an amazing experience, and given the multiple languages being spoken, quite a communications challenge. But, with Urdu, Hindi, Dari, Bangla, Nepalese and English flying...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 10, 2012 | Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
The Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh is hosting the first Grassroots Women’s Political Leadership Forum, being held in conjunction with the US State Department. I’m here with a courageous group of Afghan women leaders, who are participating along ...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 31, 2012 | Readings, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Here’s a very interesting piece on US Global Ambassador for Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer’s recent conversation with women leaders in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The piece gives a great sense of the issues women care about in this region, and...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 30, 2012 | Readings, Women in Leadership
This amazing photo of the Saudi delegation to the Olympics is a snapshot (literally) of the progress that women athletes are making globally. For the first time ever, every country is fielding women athletes to compete, quite an incredible accomplishment. ...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 24, 2012 | Readings, Women in Leadership
To me, Sally Ride was a hero, a trailblazer and an icon. She made history as the first American woman in space as well as the youngest American to do so. She literally reached for – and grasped – the stars. So much has been written about her career and life in the...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 21, 2012 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
I am always struck by how, despite our differences around the globe, there are so many similarities in the challenges we share as women and the potential solutions. Here’s a case in point. In May, I interviewed Ifat Zamir, the Executive Director of Israel’s...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 18, 2012 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership
Sometimes change seems upon us and at the same time like slow molasses. There are now three women justices of the Supreme Court, and the current president of the American Bar Association is a woman. But this progress masks the work that the legal profession still...
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 | 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. ...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 20, 2012 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Today I was lucky enough to moderate a discussion with a group of six members of parliament (four women and two men) from Burkina Faso, who are in the US for a study mission through NDI and the Institute for Responsive Government. We discussed the differences...
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