Obama Sends Troops to East Africa; Women and Girls Deserve More
October 26, 2011 by Amanda Montei · 1 Comment
Last week, the Associated Press announced that the U.S. would be “venturing into one of Africa’s bloodiest conflicts.” That’s a theatrical way of saying that Obama is sending 100 U.S. ...Read More
Police Refuse to Investigate Gang Rape Caught on Tape
October 10, 2011 by Holly L. Derr · 2 Comments
“Please just kill me.” The victim begged for death several times during a brutal gang rape at a Nigerian university. The men laughed. They recorded the incident, and the tape made its ...Read More
A Ms. Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee
October 7, 2011 by Emily Musil Church · 1 Comment
I had the honor of interviewing Liberian activist Leymah Roberta Gbowee just a few weeks ago, so you can imagine my excitement when she won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize today (along with Liberian President Ellen ...Read More
Remembering Dr. Wangari Maathai: “We Must Persist”
September 27, 2011 by Emily Musil Church · 3 Comments
Fearless human rights and anti-poverty crusader. Visionary environmental leader. Global women’s rights activist. Advocate for democracy. More than one phrase is required to begin to sum up the contributions ...Read More
High Dropout Rates, No Simple Answers, for Northern Uganda’s Girls
September 2, 2011 by Amanda Montei · 1 Comment
On the brick wall outside Oloo Primary School in northern Uganda, a small chalkboard displays the “attendance record” for students by gender. From first to seventh grade, the number of ...Read More
Honey, Equity’s A Nag
August 31, 2011 by Emily Musil Church · 2 Comments
Last summer the world watched as Kenya established its new Constitution, more than two decades in the making. The Ms. Blog, in fact, posted a celebratory article last August highlighting the ways ...Read More
South Africa’s Subversive SlutWalk
August 28, 2011 by Gillian Schutte · 4 Comments
In 2008 hundreds of South African women donned their miniskirts and protested at the taxi rank where a young girl was brutally accosted by taxi drivers and hawkers for wearing a short denim skirt. ...Read More
South African Women March Against Fracking
August 15, 2011 by Andreas Spath · 1 Comment
South Africans celebrate not one, but two Women’s Days every year. First there’s International Women’s Day in March and then there’s the country’s own National Women’s Day on the 9th of ...Read More
Don’t Skimp on Aid to East Africa–Women Will Pay the Price
August 11, 2011 by Christie Thompson · Leave a Comment
This week, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged a total of $122 million to famine relief in East Africa, putting the total U.S. contribution to the crisis over $580 million. ...Read More
Maternal Deaths Quadruple in South Africa
August 9, 2011 by Amelia Thomson-Deveaux · 3 Comments
A disturbing new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) declares that maternal care in South Africa is “failing.” According to the report, the maternal mortality rate in South Africa has quadrupled ...Read More
