Category: News

Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times highlights another pay equity lawsuit–this one filed by women lawyers who had been working for Farmers Insurance.  The lawsuit claims not only were they paid less than men (some of whom had less Read More

Today marks the 130th anniversary of the delivery of the Statue of Liberty to the United States. Elizabeth Mitchell wrote about the Statue of Liberty and its creator, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in her book, Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Read More

If you’re like me, you have chuckled at Charlotte Whitton’s quote: “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”  But even though we may laugh at it, Read More

There’s a green hoodie sweatshirt hanging in my closet that says “Save Darfur.”  I bought it a decade ago to draw attention to the genocide there.  This was before South Sudan became an independent state–even before the United States named Read More

Memorial Day is a national holiday in the United States for remembering the men and women who died while serving their country.  There are currently more than 214,000 women serving in the U.S. armed forces, comprising approximately 14.6% of total Read More

As I have travelled around the world, I have come to realize that no matter where we live, no matter what our culture or religion or socio-economic status, all women and girls want basically the same things.  As we prepare Read More