Last week, I had the pleasure of attending via conference call (thank you, Google Phone), the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) Roundtable on Women & the Economy. The purpose of the Roundtable was to formally present two very significant research studies put together by the IWPR and the Rockefeller Foundation, Women and Men Living [...]

A few months ago I wrote about the need to donate to women candidates.  If we want to be better represented we need to support each other as candidates.  I have pledged time and again to give more to women candidates.  So last week I made my first donations of the 2012 election cycle, and [...]

As economies around the world work frantically to avoid another downtrend, the US has turned to the Supercommittee and congress to solve its fiscal woes. While the Obama administration is committed to seeing how women might solve the problem, the radical right seems more intent on restricting women than harnessing their potential. The impact of [...]

Pro-lifers don’t want their hard-earned money funding abortions.  And many of them generally don’t want their hard-earned money going overseas to begin with.  So they definitely don’t want their hard-earned money going overseas to fund abortions. The Global Gag Rule was originally implemented by President Reagan via executive order.  It was then rescinded by President [...]

Revolutions have consequences. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve seen longstanding and repressive regimes fall in North Africa, and continuing protests across the Middle East and Gulf. In real time, we are watching people struggle with how to structure new institutions, build democratic governments and rebuild (or build) a non-governmental civil society. They are [...]

When my friend Mike started a job at a labor union last month, he sent an email around to friends announcing his new position.  He wrote, “80 years ago, my grandfather was arrested while organizing and picketing for his union. When this happened, he called his friend Leon Davis, who had founded the union, to [...]

The plan isn’t perfect, but women’s poor employment outlook seems to be on Obama’s radar. There were a lot of rumors about what would be included in President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress yesterday. Would it be mostly tax cuts? Would it extend unemployment benefits? How much will be spent on infrastructure [...]

Today is Women’s Equality day – a day which celebrates women’s right to vote in the United States, a right protected by the 19th amendment. In the years since August 26, 1920, women across the globe have made gains and changed their lives. Women now have the right to vote in nearly every country, approximately 139 [...]

Picture this: you’re standing on the coast looking out onto Liberty Island and you see women. Women are scaling the Statue of Liberty to hang several 40-foot banners from her crown. Not far away, more women are banning together to stop the ticker at the American Stock Exchange. More than 100,000 women are coming together [...]

“Leadership is inside out.  You can’t take a poll to find out what you believe in.”  Watch this video to learn more about former Congresswoman Jane Harman’s lessons learned about women and leadership after serving nine terms in the US House of Representatives!