“I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds,” a Guantanamo Bay prisoner said recently in a New York Times op-ed. “I will not eat until they restore my dignity.” The op-ed, dictated by the [...]

On October 9, armed militants in Pakistan’s Swat Valley stopped a bus carrying children home from school. Which girl, the militants wanted to know, was Malala Yousufzai, the 14 year-old blogger and activist? When two others pointed out Malala, the [...]

As an area manager at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Lilly Ledbetter did the same work as the men around her. Her paycheck, however, was not the same.  Ledbetter was paid 40 percent less than four of her male peers, [...]

Food brings people together in a way few other things can. This, says the team behind the organization Artfully Unforgotten, is the reason why The Recyclers’ Urban Farm and Garden exists in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. The garden is [...]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls it “a practice that robs millions of girls of their childhood, their rights and their dignity.” Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson says it’s an issue about the “squandered potential of hundreds of millions of girls [...]

Ten years ago, Canadian Benjamin Peterson was working at the Ghanaian Ministry of Justice, helping write Ghana’s reports to the UN. Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque, a graduate of Vassar and the London School of Economics, had a similar job in Cote d’Ivoire. [...]

The fair-trade company Same Sky is known for its signature pieces: the crocheted, hand-blown glass bead bracelets that have been worn by everyone from Liza Minnelli to Chelsea Clinton. The popular bracelets look like they could have been made in [...]

The idea of jewelry and accessories as political statements is not new. Those in favor of women’s suffrage expressed their support by wearing yellow roses on their lapels. During the Second World War, Norwegians similarly wore paper clips, in a [...]

Who:  Matilde Gattoni Where: Currently in Lebanon What she does: Photojournalism Photo by Matteo Fagotto What’s on her mind today: I have the possibility of moving from Beirut to Nairobi, and I keep on thinking about it, but I just [...]

Gloria Steinem and Lauren Wolfe want to end rape as a tool of war. The renowned feminist activist and the award-winning journalist are spearheading Women Under Siege, the Women’s Media Center initiative that documents how rape and other forms of [...]

“What is it about my heartbeat that said ‘beat me?’” asks one of 15 characters in Trafficked, a play written and performed by members of Project Girl Performance Collective. Launched in 2008, PGPC workshops and performances provide girls age 8-21 [...]