Archive for the ‘Women and Democracy’ Category

May 5

19% representation is not good enough

Over the years I have met and befriended many incredible women, in different fields and different countries and with different strengths and different viewpoints. One thing I’ve noticed though, is that many of these highly intelligent, high achieving, super successful women don’t believe they deserve their success. Beth and I have spoken about it (you [...]

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April 8

Liberia’s Iron Lady: so stinking cool.

Africa’s first democratically elected woman president (hard to believe it took this long! oh wait, we are still waiting for our first woman president..ahem…), Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, is so stinking cool. (Okay, if you aren’t a neoliberalist, just bear with me. The lady is coping with some serious post-conflict issues.) Last year, Global Sistergoods hosted a [...]

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