ONE in THREE. ONE in THREE. ONE in THREE.
According to Amnesty International, one of every three women worldwide has been physically or sexually abused during her lifetime, with rates of domestic violence reaching 70 percent in some countries. We’ve know the ways violence against women can be perpetrated: rape, domestic violence, acid burnings, so-called “honor [...]

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 [...]

In the interest of bringing new voices to the blog, we welcome our guest writer, Tara!

An interesting, albeit relatively unexamined element emerged from the Sotomayor Supreme Court confirmation hearing that merits further examination.
Sotomayor’s now ubiquitous “wise Latina” comment from a 2001 speech has been overanalyzed to the point of being [...]

We here at Global Sistergoods obviously love handmade, and we’re guessing you do too. But did you know that some of your favorite businesses might be forced to close, due to some well-intentioned but ultimately bad-for-small-business legislation? It’s called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, and it was written in response to an influx of [...]

Someone just told me about Sistren, an amazing, transformative theatre company in Jamaica. Sistren stages community theatre productions that reflect socio-economic issues as they relate to gender roles. From their site:
Sistren Theatre Collective (STC) is an independent women’s organization, established in 1977 that has effectively employed the use of artistic expression as a means of [...]