Women’s rights
9 pieces
Reflections on Leadership from Marietta's McDonough Conference
Marietta College, Ohio. The J. Luce Foundation ( link ) is opening the Luce Leadership Centre at Caribbean Maritime University ( link ) in June, open to its 6,000 student…
U.N.: Women's Rights Face Global Pushback from Fanaticism
New York, N.Y. Women’s rights are under threat from a “backlash” of conservatism and fundamentalism around the world, a United Nation panel warned on Friday. “ Alarming p…
Creating Reasons to Live: Overcoming Gay-Bashing and Ebola in Africa
New York, N.Y. In 2017 the J. Luce Foundation awarded HIV & AIDS educator, activist and human rights defender-in-exile Ghislain Joël Nkontchou Honorable Mention for his w…
Ambassadors Awarded for Achievement in Global Goals
New York, N.Y. It’s a heady experience to be surrounded by world leaders, so it was a particular pleasure for me to attend a special celebration of the adoption of the ne…
Ireland: U.N. Experts Urge Amending Abortion Ban
New York, N.Y. A woman in Ireland who was forced to choose between carrying her foetus to term, knowing it would not survive, or seeking an abortion abroad was subjected…
TRASH: Ambassadors Awarded for Achievement in U.N. Global Goals
New York, N.Y. It’s definitely always a heady experience to be surrounded by world leaders, so it was a particular pleasure for me to attend a special celebration of the…
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Hosts Manhattan Soiree
By Sara Herbert-Galloway. New York, N.Y. John and Margo Catsimatidis , Francine LeFrak , and Pamela Newman hosted an exclusive reception at The Four Seasons Restaurant fo…
Interview: Founder of Saudi ‘Women’s Right to Drive’ Movement
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Blazing new territory in women’s rights is fraught with danger and peer pressure. Manal Al-Sharif, the 33-year old Saudi woman who sparked a nationw…
First 'Davos' for Women's International Development in NYC
New York, N.Y. I met Cecilia Attias, former First Lady of France and founder and executive chair of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for It was extraordinarily successful -…