Happy International Women’s Day! The global movement was created to inspire women and celebrate their achievements worldwide. The commemorative occasion originally started in the United States as a way for female laborers to demand shorter hours, better pay and voting rights. Now, people all over the world are organizing thousands of events, including political rallies, business [...]
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Telling the Story of Jyoti Singh Pandey
Her name is Jyoti Singh Pandey. The 23-year-old female medical student was brutally raped by six men on a private bus on her way back from watching a movie in New Delhi on December 16. She died from her injuries two weeks later in a Singapore hospital. The crime has sent India and the world [...]
Mobile Technology Empowers Women, Enables Wealth
This article is part of our coverage of the 2012 Net Impact Conference in Baltimore. It originally appeared on Triple Pundit. “Across the board, nobody wants to do accounting,” said Shivani Siroya, founder and CEO of inVenture, a global credit scoring company. ”It’s difficult or they’re lazy or they don’t see the purpose.” Her company, currently working in India, is trying [...]
Finding the Female Voice in Media
Highlights from the 2011 Benevolent Media Festival: On Sunday, November 6, Benevolent Media and BloomBars hosted a screening of Miss Representation, a documentary film that explores media’s limited portrayal of women and girls. One audience member, fashion writer Claire Sevigny, reacts to the film. Women make up 51 percent of the population in the United [...]
“Miss Representation” Flips the Script to Empower Women
The trailer for this new documentary film has been making the rounds online, especially among my strong, empowered, independent female friends. Gentlemen: Help us spread the word, too! “Miss Representation exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality,” the official website explains. “It’s [...]
Women in the World: Stories and Solutions
This Thursday, March 10, The Daily Beast and Newsweek will blast off their second annual Women in the World: Stories and Solutions summit, where extraordinary leaders from every field will come together. Brave dissidents speaking out against tyranny and cruelty. Dedicated journalists trying to tell the truth in countries where it is a deadly [...]
