In 2019, Nevada became the first state in the country with a female-majority state legislature, with women holding 33 of 63 legislative seats, proving that changing the representation picture at local and national levels is possible. It just takes more women voters, candidates, and leaders.
Read MoreOne Year On, the ‘Collateral Damage’ of Dobbs on Women's Health Care in America
One year after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, women across the United States are feeling the effects. There are 25 million American women living in states with abortion bans or tighter restrictions. But even in states where abortion is legal, abortion providers are seeing patients who have traveled, sometimes great distances, to access reproductive care.
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(L-R) Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens; Woodruff Arts Center President & CEO Hala Moddelmog with Pat Mitchell, co-founder and editorial director of TEDWomen and WAC board member, and Monique Ruff-Bell, head of conferences at TED. (October, 2022, Photo by Ben Dashwood for Woodruff Arts Center).
Join Me in Taking Two Steps Forward at TEDWomen This Fall!
We’ll celebrate those taking bold strides into the future and those working unapologetically to make big dreams become reality, highlighting the progress being made toward equity in technology, science, and health care while giving space for an important review of the barriers to full economic, racial and gender equity everywhere!
Read MoreOn This World Environment Day, Join Women Leaders in Calling for Equal and Fair Representation at Climate Talks
We — as a group of leading women — ask for immediate action: we must stop investing in fossil fuels and urgently invest in women empowerment, resilience, nature-based solutions, clean energy access for all and loss and damage compensation for the ones who suffer the most. We need women leaders at all levels of decision-making to chair and drive COP28. When women are at the table, we achieve better results. This is true for peace talks as well as for climate negotiations. Sign our letter!
Read MoreThe A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act is the most comprehensive environmental justice legislation in America's history
None of us can afford to sit on the sidelines, stay silent and do nothing when the lives and livelihoods of all our communities are at stake. This bill is a big step forward for climate justice and we must take it together.
Read MoreNew UN report says the planet is likely to pass 1.5°C for the first time. What does that mean?
Scientists last week predicted that our already warming world will likely pass a key temperature threshold for the first time over the next five years. I’m not a climate scientist but I know enough to know this is not good…for any of us! It's time for all of us to make this climate emergency more personal in our lives and work.
Read MoreWhat Would It Look Like If the Workplace Was Built for Women?
Supporting the world’s working women with more equitable opportunities that provide equilibrium with our roles as wives, life partners, mothers, daughters, aunts and sisters, remains one of the significant challenges of our times for nearly all countries.
Read More50 Women in 50 States Fighting for Climate Justice
“Love Your Mother lifts up the stories of women who are poets, physicians, climate scientists, students, farmers, writers, documentary filmmakers, and more,” writes Mallory. “Their work lights the way for conversation and collective action in our homes and in the world. It's time we follow their lead.”
Read MoreThe Audacious Project Announces 2023 Changemakers
The idea for The Audacious Project sprang from the entrepreneurial and risk-taking minds of Jeff Skoll and Chris Anderson. They believed that the good work of innovators and entrepreneurs that the Skoll Foundation was funding and the ideas being presented in TED talks could be scaled if a big infusion of funding could be directed at the right time to the right people and organizations — those ready to make big changes.
Read MoreFood, Fuel and Fire at Skoll World Forum
Food. Fuel. Fire. I heard those words again and again throughout the SWF as this community of individuals and organizations embraced Ava DuVernay’s reminder that we need all three, and we must strive to be connected as a community committed to making the changes needed to get us to a future of shared peace and prosperity — Jeff Skoll’s vision for the foundation.
Read MoreA Very Small Nation Has Just Achieved a Very Big Victory for Climate Justice
Vanuatu's call for international action on climate change is not just about protecting its own nation, but about ensuring a livable future for all of us.
Read MoreClimate Justice — Women's Opportunity to Save the Planet and Ourselves
We’re on the cusp of a clean energy revolution and getting us there with just and equitable solutions is up to women.
Read MoreFearless Women Fighting for Democracy
Today is Belarus Freedom Day. We must all stand in solidarity with the brave women of Belarus. These women are my definition of fearless in their defense of their freedoms and the democratic process.
Read MoreWomen Leading on Climate
This week, I’m writing about a favorite convening that is not called a conference but a festival — the WOW Festival! WOW for “Women of the World.” I was invited to participate in a panel on the climate crisis and to share the still in-progress plans for a global campaign for climate justice led by women — named Project Dandelion.
Read MoreThis International Women's Day, #EmbraceEquity
We've waited 100 years for equality in our Constitution. When will Congress act? This week, I write about the history of International Women’s Day, the need for Congress to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and the difference between equality and equity, and why we all need to work for both in our offices and communities.
Read More“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
One of the five Oscar nominees in the Documentary Short category tells the story of Martha Mitchell and her pivotal role in the Watergate scandal in a political and psychological thriller that I highly recommend. “The Martha Mitchell Effect” had its World Premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix.
Read MoreHow Ukrainian Women Are Working to Safeguard Fundamental Human Rights in the Face of War
Oh, Sister! is a new documentary from Nobel Women’s Initiative. The 20-minute film spotlights how Ukrainian women are working to safeguard fundamental human rights in the face of war. It also shows the central role that women and civil society play in keeping life going in times of war.
Read MoreA Love Letter to Newsletters
On this Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing my love for many of the women I admire who have committed to writing the posts that help keep me and so many others informed and inspired — my ‘newsletter sisters.' These are newsletters I always open. They offer news you might otherwise miss, insights you'll appreciate, along with valued perspectives and often much needed inspiration.
Read MoreDonate to Turkey and Syria's Earthquake Response
As situation worsens with aftershocks, the freezing conditions, and every day that passes, the needs are enormous. Connected Women Leaders faculty members Michelle Nunn, the president/CEO of CARE, and Gulseren Onanç, founder of the Equality, Justice Women Platform in Turkey, are working with their organizations to deliver aid, supplies and support to those affected by the earthquake. If you can, please help and please share this post with friends and colleagues.
Read MoreFlipping the Script on Black History Month
What if we re-imagined Black History Month as Black Futures Month? Activist Alicia Garza says that she thinks about it that way in her work at the Black Futures Lab and Black to the Future Action Fund. In a great interview in YES! magazine, she says that "One of the most important things that I take from Black history is that Black communities have always been futurists… Because of the way that the rules have been rigged against our communities, we’ve been forced to imagine a new future with possibilities for freedom."
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