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Planting the seeds of women’s leadership
In an opinion piece for the Tennessean a few weeks ago, former Federal Communications Commissioner Debi Tate wrote about how important it is that leadership reflect what we look like…
Have a say in your future: Cast your vote on Nov. 4 and be thankful that you can
As early as 1848, numerous women’s groups were lending their time, their energy and their imaginations to the fight for the right to vote in the United States. The suffragettes…
Expressing gratitude to a forgotten workforce
In this increasingly mobile world, hotels have become an essential channel of communication for important messages. Past campaigns have alerted guests to the millions of gallons of water used in…
Equal Futures Partnership
March 10 – 21 marked the convening of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over the course of…
Honoring International Women’s Day
Tuesday, March 4th was International Women’s Day. AJLI’s President-Elect Ellen Rose and I spent the day with hundreds of women from around the world at the United Nations. The day,…
Memo to The New York Times: It’s Sex Trafficking!
The New York Times had a great opportunity last week to create awareness about the face of slavery today – human trafficking of women and girls for commercial sex –…
An old evil born anew
In a women’s bathroom at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike this past Thanksgiving holiday weekend, travelers were reminded of a plague of the modern age that put…
Recognition they deserve
Despite the gloomy pall of a faltering economy, an immobilized government, and the looming threat of debt default, there is sunny news for women and the recognition they’re receiving for…
Basic rights can be long in coming
In the last few months, we’ve been reminded by several key events just how precious are our rights as human beings—and how long and hard some have fought to secure…
New hope in the fight against prostitution and sex trafficking
Over the last decade we’ve watched the world’s newest technology enable the world’s oldest profession to flourish. Just as the Internet has put fashion and furniture in the hands of…