Here at Global Sistergoods, we are lucky to be part of a growing movement of change for women the world over. I recently had the honor of meeting Liz Forkin, founder of SSkeo Designs. Sskeo makes the cutest sandals ever while providing young women in Uganda with an income and a bridge to university.
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Happy World Breastfeeding Week, people!
I know, I just found out today that it runs August 1-7. I’m a little late to the party. But I still have a couple of hours to think about my lactivism. To paraphrase my skateboarding friends: breastfeeding is not a crime (but in some states you can be asked to [...]

Jimmy Carter has published an article rebuking religious oppression of women. A practicing Baptist who has frequently referred to his faith in public, he recently severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, asserting that “many male religious leaders help subjugate women.” It must have been a difficult decision for him. He bravely writes:
This view that [...]

Upon occasion, I take a news moratorium. I just exhaust myself with information and one day decide I can’t take it anymore, and spend a few days (weeks?) in blissful ignorance. Which is how I missed this whole BIRTHER MOVEMENT thing. At first, I thought people were talking about tabloid/reality show fodder such as these [...]