So, just when you may think political life can’t get any more absurd in Zimbabwe, you come across something like this:

A traditional chief in Manicaland with strong ZANU PF links, has instituted civil proceedings to ban women from holding political posts in his chiefdom.
So incensed is Chief John Rukweza about the emergence of an influential [...]

Americans are familiar with the idea of garage bands.  It’s not hard to picture angsty teens, an electric guitar or two and maybe even a lava lamp.  An all girl band? Not hard to imagine either — especially not in Portland, OR where an organization like the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls is a [...]

Amidst all this talk about Hillary Clinton potentially becoming our next Secretary of State, I came across a little article about upcoming Parliamentary elections in Ghana (six women are contesting in this region):
The speakers at a forum organized by the Centre for Sustainable Development Initiative (CENSUDI), a local non-governmental organisation seeking the welfare of women [...]

I’ll admit it. I’m a self-identified NPR addict. However lately between the increasingly depressing economic news and well, the more increasingly depressing economic news, I’ve declared a slight moratorium. Now, while this doesn’t mean that I’m completely off the NPR sauce (and completely unaware of world events… it just means I tend try to catch [...]

The Center for Global Development (CGD) put together this campaign called The Girl Effect. CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community. This great video from their [...]