Women’s Issues
15 pieces
At Cipriani: 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage
New York, N.Y. Actress and humanitarian Liv Ullmann kicked off the Women's Refugee Commission 's 2012 Voices of Courage Awards luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street in New Yor…
Miss America Advocates for Prison Reform
New York, N.Y. Recently I was surprised to meet Miss America following her rousing speech on the rights of prisoners and their families to a particularly well-heeled crow…
My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"
N ew York, N.Y. My mother's words still ring out in my head, year after year. It was Thanksgiving 1998, Boston. I was continuing to complain about how traumatized I felt…
A Transcendental Transition from the U.S. Military
By Tara Jones-Wise, edited by Jim Luce. New York, N.Y. After my active duty service as I, a service-connected gulf war era navy veteran, began my transition stage, I didn…
A Working Mom Making A Difference In 700 Children’s Lives in Afghanistan
New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not onl…
Afghanistan: Working Mom Making Difference for 700 Children
New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not onl…
Filmmaker Joni Steele Kimberlin: Get Real Wise Women Speak
By Joni Steele Kimberlin, edited by Jim Luce New York, N.Y. I want to share with you some things I learned recently as I made a film called Get Real Wise Women Speak –abo…
On Park Avenue, Son & Mother’s Talk on Prison
New York, N.Y. I recently had the opportunity to attend The Osborne Association ’s 2012 Annual Lighting the Way Breakfast where I heard an array of speakers, both polishe…
Rita Cosby Speaks on Abused Women and TM
By Rita Cosby. New York, N.Y. As a television journalist for more than twenty years, I have seen women and girls in their worst state, overwhelmed by their difficult orde…
Soledad O’Brien Opens Violence Symposium
By Soledad O'Brien. New York, N.Y. It all started with a deep desire… to alleviate stress and promote peace in the lives of people everywhere… by giving them the gi…
Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn
Denpasar, Indonesia . Mid-wife and clinic founder Robin Lim is a legend in the world of women's maternity health. I have heard of her from Port-au-Prince in Haiti to New-…
Can the World's Poorest Girls Save the MDGs?
New York, N.Y. The United Nations is riveted this week on how badly our leaders are doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ). One woman of action, a glo…
Jim Luce on Women & Girls
J im Luce first wrote on women (Changing Roles of Women Discussed at College of Wooster) for his college newspaper in 1982. 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage Balinese…
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in sof…
Column: Thought Leaders & Global Citizens with Jim Luce
Jim Luce has written on a wide breadth of issues in Huffington Post , New York Times , Daily Kos and BBC . His stories are categorized below: Afghanistan Africa Animal Re…